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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Radio host Ted Mack and Joseph Gregg with an unidentified nurse

Radio host Ted Mack and Joseph Gregg, Chairman of the hospital Central Governing Board, standing with an unidentified white female nurse next to a young white girl patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Gregg is handing a bag of candy to the girl who is laying in bed with her leg in a sling. Mack and Greg are looking down at the girl who is smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00143.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Kansas City Chiefs football player Reg Carolan visiting a patient

Kansas City Chiefs football player Reg Carolan visiting a young African American girl patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Carolan is kneeling and smiling at a girl sitting in a wheelchair. She is holding a doll (white) and cup while resting her head on one arm and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00141.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Radio host Ted Mack visiting patients

Radio host Ted Mack visiting patients at Children's Mercy Hospital on Halloween. Two young patients (one African American, one white) in costumes are sitting up in their beds. An unidentified white man wearing a tuxedo is standing on the right with his eyes closed. Mack is sitting in back looking at one of the kids. Other adults (white) are standing around the room which is decorated for Halloween.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00145.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Radio host Ted Mack visiting a young girl patient

Radio host Ted Mack visiting a young African American girl patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Mack is leaning forward to speak with the girl who is laying on a bed. The girl has a blanket on her. Several stuffed animals are on the side of her bed.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00142.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Radio host Ted Mack speaking to people

Radio host Ted Mack speaking to people at Children's Mercy Hospital. A group of patients, nurses, and other adults (African American and white) are standing and sitting around the room watching him. Some of the children are in Halloween masks.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00144.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Members of the Kansas City Athletics visiting a patient

Members of the Kansas City Athletics baseball team (all white men) visiting a white boy patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Gus Nichols, Jim Walker, Dan Pfister, Jim Archer, and Wayne Causey are standing left to right behind the bed of a young boy. The boy is looking up at Causey who is looking down and smiling. There are several toys on the boy's bed.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00140.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Actress June Lockhart visiting a patient

Actress June Lockhart visiting a white girl patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Lockhart is standing on the right in front of a bed with side rails. The girl is sitting in bed with food on a tray. An unidentified white female nurse is standing in back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00139.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Jackie Gleason and June Taylor visiting patients

Jackie Gleason and June Taylor visiting patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. Gleason is signing an autograph while Taylor looks down at him. Boys (white) are sitting on chairs along the hallway and other unidentified white men are standing in back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00138.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Clayton Moore visiting two boy patients

Clayton Moore visiting two white boy patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. The actor is wearing his costume from the Lone Ranger television show. He is holding both boys in his lap while looking forward and smiling. The boys are kissing him on his cheeks. There's a drawing of two squirrels behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00146.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Disney characters dressed in Hawaiian costumes

Disney characters dressed in Hawaiian costumes performing on stage at Children's Mercy Hospital. From left to right are three bears in the Country Bear Jamboree, Goofy, Mickey Mouse, and Donald Duck. They are dancing with their arms in the air. Children are sitting in rows of chairs looking up at the stage. Photo taken from behind the audience.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00148.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Disney characters dressed in Hawaiian costumes

Disney characters dressed in Hawaiian costumes performing on stage at Children's Mercy Hospital. In the front row are Donald Duck, Goofy, and Mickey Mouse standing left to right. Three bears from the Country Bear Jamboree are standing in back. The bears are playing instruments and the characters in front are waving their arms to the left.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00149.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Mickey Mouse interacting with young patients

Mickey Mouse interacting with young patients (African American and white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. Mickey is kneeling and holding the hand of a young white boy wearing braces. Other boys and girls are sitting nearby. A man wearing a chimney sweeper costume is kneeling on the left.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00153.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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William Boyd holding two infants

William Boyd holding two white infants at Children's Mercy Hospital. The actor is in costume as Hopalong Cassidy. He is holding the infants in both arms and is looking forward while smiling. An unidentified white woman is sitting on the left and another white woman is on the right helping stabilize the babies.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00147.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Cinderella visiting patients

Cinderella (white) visiting patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. Young girls and boys (white) are sitting on the left with an unidentified white woman. One girl is wearing orthopedic leg braces. Cinderella is kneeling on the right and is smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00154.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Characters from Disney's County Bear Jamboree performing

Characters from Disney's County Bear Jamboree performing on stage at Children's Mercy Hospital. Mickey Mouse is standing in back. The bears are playing a fiddle, bass, and banjo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00150.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281