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Children playing in the Junior League Playroom

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Children (one African American boy, the rest white boys and girls) playing in the Junior League Playroom at Children's Mercy Hospital supervised by white female nurses. There are young boys and girls playing with a variety of toys and equipment including a doll house, a merry-go-round, a small pool for boats, blocks, and a sand box. Several children are sitting in wheelchairs and one child is in a mobile hospital bed. Nurses are assisting kids along the back wall.
Date Published
1921
1925
Publisher
Anderson Photo Company
Subjects
Boys
Girls
Hospital patients
Nurses
Playgrounds
Children--Hospital care
Playgrounds--Equipment and supplies
Wheelchairs
Surgical plaster casts
Children, White
African American children
Women, White
Time Periods
1921-1930
Notes

No date; likely between 1921 and 1925

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
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00190.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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