Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Description
This not-for-profit hospital was founded in Kansas City in 1897 by two sisters, Alice Berry Graham and Katherine Richardson to serve the poor and ill children of the area. This collection features photos of patients, staff, and volunteers all through the hospital's history.
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LaBudde Special Collections
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Parents and children in the waiting room

Parents (African American and white women) and children (African American and white girls and one white boy) in the waiting room of Children's Mercy Hospital. Most are seated; one African American woman is standing by a chair. A group of African American girls are at a table with paper and crayons.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00951.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Parents and children in the waiting room

Parents (African American and white women) and children (one African American boy and two white children of indeterminate sex) in a waiting room of Children's Mercy Hospital. One white woman is holding her child on her lap and other children are playing with toys on the floor.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00952.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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In physical therapy

White women helping white children with physical therapy by working with balls and other therapy objects on the floor. Other equipment is seen around the room.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00953.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurses with patient in the ER

Nurse D.K. Strickland (left) with nurse Mahoney (right) working on an African American trauma patient on a table between them in the Emergency Room of Children's Mercy Hospital. They've stabilized the child's head and neck and are attaching other instruments. There is an unidentified white male doctor in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00954.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse and child in burn care

Unidentified white female nurse wearing mask, gown, and cap caring for a white toddler lying in a crib in the Burn Unit of Children's Mercy Hospital. The child is in a diaper and has bandages on the legs, left arm, and is wearing an oxygen tube.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00955.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurses and child in intensive care

Two unidentified female nurses (one African American, one white) working on a white infant on a table between them in the neonatal care unit of Children's Mercy Hospital. Both are wearing masks.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00956.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Doctors examining a toddler

Dr. Colleen Ryan seated in front of an African American boy toddler seated on his mother's lap with her hands to his face. Dr. Jean Barton (center) is watching.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00957.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Crowded outpatient clinic

View of the crowded outpatient clinic. Two unidentified female doctors or nurses, or a nurse and doctor (one African American, one white) are consulting to the right of the photo. A young white woman in background center holding a white baby with one hand and helping a white toddler with the other. A young African American boy is laying in an examination bed wearing a Raiders cap with his right arm hooked up to an I.V. bag hanging on a hook next to him.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00958.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Cathy Burkes holding an infant

Nurse Cathy Burkes holding a white baby to her with a patch on its cheek and tubes connected to the patch in the neonatal care unit of Children's Mercy Hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00959.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse checking on a patient

Young white boy patient sitting up in a hospital bed shirtless and wearing an oxygen mask and one arm bandaged. Unidentified white female nurse is standing by his bed with one hand on the respiratory machine.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00960.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Employee parking shuttle

Unidentified white woman exiting the Children's Mercy Hospital's shuttle bus for employee parking. She, wearing raincoat and carrying an umbrella. Other cars and surrounding buildings can also be seen.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00961.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Administrative office trailers

Aerial view of one of the parking lots at Children's Mercy Hospital showing cars parked along left side and administrative office trailers along the left side of lot. Across the street is the Hallmark Cards Building and further up the street is Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic church and the KCTV-5 Tower.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00962.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Exterior view of the old hospital building

Exterior view of the old General Hospital building. The verse "The Quality of Mercy is not Strained…" from Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice is engraved on the portico of the front entry.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00963.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Exterior view of parking lot and structure for Children's Mercy Hospital

Aerial view of Children's Mercy Hospital's parking lot and stacked deck parking. The KCTV-5 Tower can be seen in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00964.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse listening to a toddler's heart

Unidentified white nurse with stethoscope listening to the heart of an African American girl toddler Burn Unit patient seated on an examination table. A supply cabinet with glass doors in the background along with other medical equipment.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00965.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281