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Tuffie the baby elephant

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Tuffie the baby elephant and her white male handler visiting Children's Mercy Hospital. An unidentified white female nurse is watching as a white man hands a photo to someone seated and out of the photo. Other children (African American and white) and adults (African American and white women) are seen in the background.
Date Published
1967-06-01
1967-06-31
Subjects
Men, White
Children--Hospital care
Hospital patients
Nurses
Women, White
Elephant trainers
Elephants
Captive elephants
Crowds
Boys
Girls
African American children
Children, White
African American women
Time Periods
1961-1970
Notes

June 1967

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

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 9 x 9 cm
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01491.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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