Details
Nurses and doctors (all white) interacting with patients (African American and white) on the roof garden at Children's Mercy Hospital. Writing on the photograph indicates the patients are receiving heliotherapy. A sign in the back indicates facilities are provided by the Maywood club. Hospital beds are spread along the garden terrace in the sun. Nurses and physicians are caring for some of the children in beds.
Date Published
1931
1940
Subjects
Time Periods
Notes
No date; likely between 1931 and 1940
Stamp on back of photo indicates it was printed in the Kansas City Journal-Post in the 1930s.
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 25 x 20 cm
Member of
Source File
umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00230.tif
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
In Copyright.
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