Gene Austin playing piano and singing
Gene Austin playing piano and singing for patients (white girls and boys) and other visitors (white women) around Christmas time. A large Christmas tree is next to the piano and cribs are in the...
Gene Autry and Gail Davis with a young patient
Gene Autry and Gail Davis with a young white male patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Autry is standing to the left of the child while shaking a hand. Davis is dressed as the character Annie Oakley...
Gene Autry standing with young patients
Gene Autry standing with young patients (white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. A young boy is standing in front of Autry, who is holding a cowboy hat at his side. Two other children are sitting in a...
Gerald J. Blouin leading a tour
Gerald J. Blouin (right) wearing a blue hard hat and giving a tour of new hospital construction to a group of people (one white man, two white women in photo) all wearing identical blue hard hats.
Gerald J. Blouin leading a tour
Gerald J. Blouin (right) wearing a blue hard hat and giving a tour of new hospital construction to a group of white men and women all wearing identical blue hard hats. An unidentified woman is...
Gerald J. Blouin leading a tour
Gerald J. Blouin (second from the left) wearing a blue hard hat and giving a tour of new hospital construction to a group of four white men and one white woman all wearing identical blue hard hats...
Gerald J. Blouin leading a tour
Gerald J. Blouin wearing a hard hat facing a group of men and women (all white) wearing blue hard hats during a tour of new construction for the hospital.
Gerald J. Blouin reading to children
Gerald J. Blouin in front of a group of children (all white) holding the book "Green Eggs and Ham" and wearing a Cat in the Hat hat. Presumably he's about to read the book to the children. An...
Gerald J. Blouin reading to children
Gerald J. Blouin in front of a group of children and adults (all white) holding the book "Green Eggs and Ham" and wearing a Cat in the Hat hat with one arm raised. Presumably he's about to read the...
Gerald J. Blouin speaking to a group
Gerald J. Blouin with back to camera speaking to a group of people (white women and men) seated at banquet tables.
Getting a patient ready for the move
Nurse Diane Galardi getting a white girl patient in a crib ready to move to the new Children's Mercy Hospital building. Galardi is wearing a winter coat.
Getting coffee at the banquet table
Unidentified white man and woman being served coffee or tea by another unidentified white woman at the banquet table set up in the Children's Mercy Hospital's Sombart Lobby as part of the National...
Getting the hospital's files and records ready to move
Unidentified white man and woman packing and getting medical records and other files ready to be moved to the new Children's Mercy Hospital building. Various carts and boxes are seen in the corridor.
Girl celebrating her birthday
White girl Mercy patient celebrating her ninth birthday in her hospital bed with Mrs. Mildred Wilson, a Red Cross Volunteer, and another white girl patient. Wilson is placing a party hat on the...
Girl celebrating her birthday
White girl Mercy patient celebrating her ninth birthday in her hospital bed with Mrs. Mildred Wilson, a Red Cross Volunteer, and another white girl patient. The birthday girl has a fancy hat on and...
Girl during a Christmas party
Young African American girl dancing during a Wendy Ward Christmas party. She's holding something in her hand. A row of seated African American and white women and white men (one holding a white girl...
Girl in a crib with a nurse and Standard Oil visitors all around her
White toddler seated in a crib with a white female nurse and thirteen white men visiting from Standard Oil Company standing all around.
Girl in a wheelchair arriving on moving day
Unidentified white female nurse delivering a girl patient in a wheelchair and dressed in a winter coat to the new Children's Mercy Hospital building on moving day. Dr. Ruth Yohe can be seen standing...
Girl on a gurney being wheeled somewhere
White girl lying on gurney and covered in a blanket being wheeled through the hallway by a white male orderly past waiting people (all white women) in the clinic.
Girl petting Tuffie the baby elephant
Tuffie the Baby Elephant, with her white male handler, being petted by a white girl while surrounded by patients (African American boys) and staff (African American and white women).
Girl speaking with a woman
Close up of a white girl in a purple shirt talking to a white woman who is not facing the camera.
Girl swinging a sock monkey around
Young white girl patient standing up in a playpen and swinging a sock monkey around. The arm and hand of an unidentified white woman is seen reaching toward the girl from the right of the photo. An...
Girl with older woman
Unidentified pre-teen white girl with unidentified older white woman in glasses standing behind her to the left. Possibly the girl's mother.
Governing board luncheon for Mercy related women's clubs
Head table during a luncheon given by the Mercy Hospital Governing Board in honor of Mercy connected Women's Clubs. Seated left to right: Mrs. H.R. Barrow, Charles D. Swint, Mrs. I.D. Pearce, Herman...
Governor Hearnes at the dedication ceremony
Governor Hearnes standing just outside of a tent and about to shake hands with an unidentified white man. Another unidentified white man is standing beside Hearnes with his hand out as well. A large...