Patients on the porch of the 414 Highland Building
Patients (all white) in beds on the porch of the 414 Highland Building at Children's Mercy Hospital. The beds are in two rows next to outdoor windows looking out on a city landscape. There is a large...
Pediatric resident holding a baby boy
Pediatric resident Kathleen Shaffer sitting in a chair holding a tiny African American baby boy. She has one hand on his chin as if examining him. Medical devices seen in the background.
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...
People standing outdoors around Santa Claus
People (all white) standing outdoors around Santa Claus at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party. The crowd of adults and children are looking at Santa Claus riding a horse wearing fake antlers to look like...
People waiting in the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic
Families (African American woman and children, a white man, two white women, and a white girl) seated while waiting in the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic. Two women have children seated on their laps and...
Performing elephant
Audience on the stadium steps at Children's Mercy Hospital watching a man standing up on the back of a performing elephant.
Photographer and crowd gathered for the groundbreaking
White male photographer with camera to his eyes and the crowd (African American men; white men and women) gathered for the new hospital building's groundbreaking. In the front of the crowd can be seen...
Physical therapy in a pool
White female nurse administering physical therapy to a white child suspended in a small pool by a harness. The nurse is working on the child's legs.
Physician and nurses examining a child
White female doctor with a stethoscope examining a young African American patient wearing an oxygen mask with two white female nurses assisting and the patient's mother sitting next to the bed.
Physician examining an infant lying on a table
Unidentified white male doctor examining white infant patient on an examining table with a stethoscope.
Picnic in front of the old Mercy Hospital
Patients (all white boys and girls except for one African American child) and white female nurses having a picnic at an unidentified location with old Mercy Hospital in the background behind a wrought...
Pitcher during a softball game
White male pitcher throwing the ball during a softball game with other players in the field also seen as well as a line of trees in the background.
Playboy Bunnies lined up for a softball game
Playboy Bunnies (white women) lined up by the field during a charity softball game with fire fighters (white men) to benefit Children's Mercy Hospital. Unknown location, likely Kansas City.
Playboy Bunny at bat
Playboy Bunny (white woman) at bat during a charity softball game with fire fighters (white men) to benefit Children's Mercy Hospital. Unknown location, likely Kansas City.
Player on home bending over
Unidentified woman player with foot on home plate bending over to pick up a ball during a softball game. She seems to be wearing a baby's bonnet and mask. Buildings can be seen in the distance.
Playground of the Katharine B. Richardson Elementary School
Group of seven African American children playing on the playground of the Katharine B. Richardson Elementary School. Two bicycles are also seen.
Playing outdoors
Children playing outside at a playground. Four children (two African American, two white) are on a swing set with two white women wearing name tags pushing them. On the path behind the swing set is...
Playing with girl
Unidentified white female doctor or technician playing with a young white girl who's lying down in her hospital bed and laughing.
Police motorcycle escort during the move
View from inside a car following the ambulance and the motorcycle police escort (white man) transporting patients to the new hospital on Gillham Road. Billboards, and buildings can be seen.
Police motorcycle escort during the move
Police officer (white man) on a motorcycle escorting the Children's Mercy Hospital van and ambulance while transporting patients en route to the new hospital on Gillham Road. Several cars parked along...
Pre-school children at the Crippled Children's Nursery School
Crippled Children's Nursery School, African American woman instructor and children (African American and white) circled around a young African American girl in a chair with a book at the Crippled...
Preparing a baby for brain surgery
Doctors (white men) and nurses (white women) in the neonatal operating unit preparing an African American toddler for brain surgery. The baby's head is shaved and feet and hands are tied down to the...
Preparing for an x-ray
Unidentified white female x-ray technician preparing a young white girl patient for x-raying in the Radiology Department. The technician is positioning the patient. Both are photographed from the side...
Preparing for the Mercy Club bazaar
Group of unidentified older white women seated in the Club House preparing for the Mercy Club Bazaar to benefit Children's Mercy Hospital.
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...