Nurses' library
View of the library in Nurse Hall showing shelving, tables with lamps and a mirror on the wall.
Old Joe in front of a shed
Older white man named Old Joe standing outdoors in front of a shed and wearing a white shirt, dark pants, and suspenders.
Patients and nurses on the fourth floor roof
Patients (all white) and female nurses on the fourth floor roof of Children's Mercy Hospital. Information on the back of the photo explains that the children are on the roof for Heliotherapy. There...
Patients at the hospital school
Mrs. Kearney teaching sentence diagramming in the hospital's school room to a group of children (white girls and boy) gathered around her as she writes on a chalkboard. One boy is in a wheelchair and...
Patients on the balcony of ward 2 East
Patients (all white) on the balcony of ward 2 East at Children's Mercy Hospital. All the young girls are in beds or playing on the floor. Some are riding tricycles and are smiling. Three white female...
Peeking in the windows
Young white boy with white hat and coat and using crutches standing outside the window of a hospital door, peeking in using his hands as shade.
Performing elephant
Audience on the stadium steps at Children's Mercy Hospital watching a man standing up on the back of a performing elephant.
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.
Portrait of Clara Bixby
Portrait of Clara Bixby of the Children's Mercy Hospital Century Club. She's wearing a necklace with pendant.
Portrait of Mr. Sigmund Stern
Portrait of Mr. Sigmund Stern, who joined the original Board of Trustees for Children's Mercy Hospital and was still serving on the Board in 1947. Stern is looking forward while turning his body...
Portrait of Mrs. A.J. Reeder
Portrait of Mrs. A.J. Reeder, past president of the Children's Mercy Hospital Century Club. She is sitting, facing the left while turning her head forward. She is wearing a knee-length skirt and has a...
Portrait of Mrs. A.W. Mackie
Portrait of Mrs. A. W. Mackie of the Children's Mercy Hospital Century Club.
Portrait of Mrs. C.W. Armour
Portrait of Mrs. C.W. Armour, a member of the Central Governing Board of Children's Mercy Hospital. She is looking slightly to the left with a neutral expression. She is wearing a dress with an...
Portrait of Mrs. E.H. Mumford
Portrait of Mrs. E.H. Mumford, past president of Children's Mercy Hospital Century Club. She is facing forward with a neutral expression. There is a floral pattern on her dress.
Portrait of Mrs. George A. Heinold
Portrait of Mrs. George A. Heinold, the president of the Children's Mercy Hospital Century Club in 1928. She is looking forward with a neutral expression. She is wearing pince-nez glasses.
Portrait of Mrs. J.E. Ramp
Portrait of Mrs. J. E. Ramp of the Children's Mercy Hospital Century Club.
Portrait of Mrs. John Hatcher
Portrait of Mrs. John Hatcher, a member of the Central Governing Board of Children's Mercy Hospital. She is facing forward with her head tilted to the left. She is wearing pince-nez glasses and a...
Portrait of Mrs. Millard Dietz
Portrait of Mrs. Millard Dietz of the Children's Mercy Hospital Century Club. She is wearing a coat with a fur collar and flowers with a bell or cloche hat.
Portrait of Mrs. O. Hoover
Portrait of Mrs. O. Hoover, treasurer of the Central Governing Board of Children's Mercy Hospital. She is looking to the left with a neutral expression. She is wearing a large, braided necklace.
Portrait of Mrs. Rudolph Hirsch
Portrait of Mrs. Rudolph Hirsch, secretary of the Central Governing Board of Children's Mercy Hospital. She is turning her head to look forward while smiling. She is wearing a large pearl necklace.
Portrait of Mrs. W.C. Bowman
Portrait of Mrs. W.C. Bowman, president of the Central Governing Board of Children's Mercy Hospital from 1922 - 1937. She is looking to the left with a neutral expression.
Portrait of Mrs. William H. Beebe
Portrait of Mrs. William H. Beebe of the Children's Mercy Hospital Century Club. She is wearing a string of pearls and a large flower corsage.
R.R. Brewster Sr.
Portrait photo of R. R. Brewster Sr., attorney for Children's Mercy Hospital and its first Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He's wearing a grey suit and tie and facing the camera, not smiling.
Row of hospital beds on the sun deck
Rows of hospital beds lined up outside on the sun deck of Children's Mercy Hospital.
Seated boy with crutch
Young white boy seated and resting his head against a crutch. He's wearing long stockings as part of an appeal for donations of them.