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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Front view of the hospital

Front View of Children's Mercy Hospital on Independence Avenue. Taken from across the street.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01173.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Children in wheelchairs in the park

Row of white children (one girl, the rest boys) in wheelchairs riding on the Blue Bird Walk that encircled the back yard stadium of Children's Mercy Hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01174.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Child under medical instrument

White boy patient lying on an examining table with an unidentified domed machine covering middle portion of his body. Looking over at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01175.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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View of the receiving ward

View of a the receiving ward including several cribs and the cubicles used to help stop the spread of communicable diseases.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01176.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Old Marsh home

Outside view of the old Marsh home. A sign on the porch reads "For sale material in this building -- For the benefit of Mercy Hospital".
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01177.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Cardiac Technician Eloise Williams

Eloise Williams, Cardiac Technician, monitoring hospital equipment at Children's Mercy Hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01178.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Mrs. Alving Nurse Hall Housemother

Portrait of Mrs. Alving, housemother at Nurse Hall, seated at her desk with a notebook open in front of her. She is reflected in a large mirror on the wall beside the desk.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01179.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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People lined up outside the hospital

Group of people (African American women and men and white men and a white woman) lined up on a sidewalk outside of Mercy Hospital, including several doctors in lab coats, nurses in uniform, a woman in a wheelchair and a man in the foreground leaning over bicycle. Unknown reason for the line.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01180.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurses' library

View of the library in Nurse Hall showing shelving, tables with lamps and a mirror on the wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01181.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Hospital laundry building

View of the hospital laundry building. Beside the building is a man standing next to a car parked next to the building.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01182.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Four year old boy on horseback

Four year old white boy seated on horseback with a barn in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01183.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Doctor's scrubbing before surgery

Three unidentified white male doctors in white pants, t-shirts, and wearing caps and mask gathered around a sink while scrubbing up before surgery.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01184.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Two girls looking at an aquarium

Two unidentified white girls looking at an aquarium containing fish, a turtle, rocks, and shells as part of a science class for patients at Children's Mercy Hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01185.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse attending an infant on the baby ward

Unidentified white female nurse leaning over a crib in the baby ward. Photo taken from inside an office looking out into the ward.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01186.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Group photo in Nurse Hall

Large group of women (all white) gathered for a party arranged for a group photo in Nurse Hall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01187.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281