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Volunteer with cat and dog visiting Armenian earthquake victim

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Children's Mercy Hospital Volunteer Molly Meyer holding a black cat in one arm and a Malamute beside her, visiting with a young boy Armenian Earthquake victim hooked up to a ventilator and wearing a hospital gown. An unidentified white man, either a translator or the boy's father, kneeling down far left. The boy is smiling down at the animals and turned in his seat to see them better.
Date Published
1989-01-01
1989-12-31
Subjects
Women, White
Men, White
Boys
Children--Hospital care
Hospital patients
Children, White
Volunteer workers in hospitals
Cats
Alaskan Malamute
Dogs
Respirators (Medical equipment)
Medical instruments and apparatus
Armenians
Translators
Fathers
Domestic animals--Therapeutic use
Time Periods
1981-1990
Notes

1989

Handwritten note on verso: VEW Molly Meyer with Armenian Earthquake victim 1989.

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 12 x 9 cm
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01711.tif
Genres
Black & white photographs
Gelatin silver prints
Snapshots
Group portraits
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
In Copyright.
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.

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