Patients in a school classroom
Patients (all white boys and girls) in a school classroom at Children's Mercy Hospital. They are all looking down at their desks and writing. The student in front is in a mobile hospital bed. Several...
Patients on the hospital playground
Patients (white girls and boys) outside on the hospital playground in wheelchairs and carts. Unidentified white woman is at the far left with them. Trees seen in the distance.
People lined up outside the hospital
Group of people (African American women and men and white men and a white woman) lined up on a sidewalk outside of Mercy Hospital, including several doctors in lab coats, nurses in uniform, a woman in...
Preparing for the move
View of a corridor in the old hospital building with a group of white female nurses and other staff (white women and men) at the far end and two unidentified white men in the foreground along with...
Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh visiting young patients
Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh visiting young patients (African American and white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. Rabbit is holding a Piglet doll and is standing next to an unidentified white man in a...
Radio host Ted Mack speaking to people
Radio host Ted Mack speaking to people at Children's Mercy Hospital. A group of patients, nurses, and other adults (African American and white) are standing and sitting around the room watching him...
Reg Carolan with young girl
Reg Carolan of the Kansas City Chiefs visiting with a young white girl in a wheelchair and leg braces. Both are laughing and the girl has something in her hands.
Ruth Yohe checking in a patient
Dr. Ruth Yohe checking the ID bracelet of a white boy patient arriving through the doors of the new Children's Mercy Hospital building on moving day in a wheelchair with a blanket over his lap. An...
Santa and his helpers giving out presents
Santa Claus (white) handing out presents to children (white and African American) at Children's Mercy Hospital with the help of Charles Wesley Pirtle (left) and Bob Paxton (right). Pirtle is in a...
Santa and Mrs. Claus speaking with a boy in a wheelchair
Santa and Mrs. Claus (both white) kneeling on either side of wheelchair occupied by a white boy holding a Christmas stocking and looking over at Santa. Other people can be seen from the waist down...
Santa and others handing out gifts or candy
Santa Claus (white man) passing out either small gifts or candy to young patients with nurses and other adults in attendance during a Christmas party in the lobby.
Santa Claus entertaining children
Santa Claus (white) entertaining children (African American and white) at Jerry Smith's "Christmas Village USA." Santa is facing the children with his arms outstretched. The children are looking up...
Santa Claus handing a toy horse to a young boy
Santa Claus (white) handing a toy horse to a young white boy patient. The boy is sitting in a wheelchair. Santa is kneeling while handing over the gift. Other adults (white) are only partially seen...
Santa Claus holding up Christmas stockings and waving
Santa Claus (white) holding Christmas stockings and waving while standing with a group of children at the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. The children (mostly white with one African American girl at the...
Santa Claus visiting a young girl and boy
Santa Claus (white) visiting a young girl and boy (both white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. The patient on left is sitting in a wheel chair holding a doll. Santa is sitting in the middle handing a...
Santa Claus with child patients
Santa Claus (white) leaning down to speak with child patients (all white) at the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. Santa is holding a cup and sleigh bells. The children are sitting in wheelchairs. Other...
Santa holding out his sleigh bells to young girl
Santa Claus (white man) holding out his sleigh bells to a young white girl in a wheelchair during a Christmas party for the patients.
Santa speaking with boy in a wheelchair
Santa Claus visiting with a young boy in a wheelchair being pushed by an unidentified white man who is leaning over him from behind. A white man dressed as an elf is partially seen standing on the far...
Several young girls holding dolls
Several young girls (white and African American) are holding dolls at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party. Some are sitting in wheelchairs. Female nurses and other adults (all white) are partially seen...
Sewing class modeling finished items
White girls from a sewing class held at the hospital modeling some finished items in a group picture. One girl is seated in a wheelchair, others are in hospital beds and the rest are standing. One...
Sewing class modeling finished items
White girls from a sewing class held at the hospital modeling some finished items in a group picture. One girl is seated in a wheelchair, others are in hospital beds and the rest are standing.
Sinclair representative Frank R. Sogorka showing dinosaur models to children
Frank R. Sogorka in a red Sinclair jacket showing a set of dinosaur models to a group of children (mostly African American girls and boys, with a white girl also seen), some in wheelchairs, in front...
Sinclair representative Frank R. Sogorka showing dinosaur models to children
Frank R. Sogorka in a red Sinclair jacket showing a set of dinosaur models to a group of children (African American and white girls and boys) in wheelchairs lined up in front of him. Another white boy...
Snoopy dressed as the Red Baron with child patients
Snoopy dressed as his Red Baron character interacting with child patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. The white boy in the center is wearing a body brace and football helmet while being held by a...
Speaker at fountain dedication
Unidentified white male speaker in front of a microphone at the third dedication of the bronze boar fountain for Children's Mercy Hospital on the Country Club Plaza. John Stockwell is seen in the...