Backhoe digging
Backhoe breaking ground for the construction of the new Children's Mercy Hospital building. Dirt is falling out of the bucket and other buildings can be seen in the background.
Balladiers performing at the Service Awards dinner
Three young white men, The Balladiers, performing at the Service Awards dinner. One is playing the guitar while all sing. The audience (African American man, white women and men) is seen all around...
Ballerina dancing for the Christmas party
White ballerina dancing on her toes with hands above her head for the audience (African American and white children, white women and men, African American women) during the Christmas party.
Bandaged child under a tent
White toddler girl lying on her stomach in a hospital bed under a cloth tent with her right arm and partial body covered in gauze in the Burn Unit of Children's Mercy Hospital.
Bandaged patient with nurse
African American boy patient lying in his hospital bed on his side with the middle portion of his body wrapped in bandages, playing with toy truck. An unidentified older white woman is beside his bed...
Bandaged patient with nurse
Bandaged white boy patient with stitches in his leg with nurse Barbara Toombs-Tyson during the United Way Campaign.
Barrett Hedden and Dr. Ned Smull
Barrett Hedden shaking hands with Dr. Ned Smull during an open house for the new Children's Mercy Hospital building. A plaque is on the wall behind Dr. Smull.
Baseman during a softball game
Unidentified white male baseman and three other players, including an African American woman and a white woman, standing in the field during a softball game.
Batter swinging during a softball game
Unidentified white male batter swinging on home plate during a softball game. Storage building or workshop behind the fence and the downtown skyline can be seen.
Batter up during a softball game
Unidentified white male batter at home plate ready to swing with a female catcher behind him during a softball game. She seems to be wearing a baby's bonnet and dark mask of some sort, for some reason...
Bendix employees at the hospital's entrance
Group of unidentified white male and female Bendix employees at the entrance of Children's Mercy Hospital Clinic and Emergency Room preparing for a United Campaign tour of the hospital.
Bendix employees visiting a boy in traction
Two unidentified white women with the Bendix Corporation visiting with a white boy patient with his leg in traction. They are there as part of a United Campaign tour of the hospital.
Bendix employees visiting a patient eating lunch
Two unidentified white men with the Bendix Corporation visiting with an African American boy patient eating lunch in his hospital bed. They are there as part of a United Campaign tour of the hospital.
Boarding the bus to the circus
Nurses (white women) getting onto a Kansas City Transit Bus after the children have been seated for a trip to the Shrine Circus. The African American male bus driver is standing to one side of the...
Bob Random signing autographs
Bob Random signing autographs for a white female nurse and two girl patients (one African American, the other white) The Iron Horse actor is standing on the left and looking down next to nurse Diane...
Bob Random talking with Christopher Johnston
Bob Random, actor on The Iron Horse, talking with Christopher Johnston, Associate Director for Administrative Affairs, next to a large founder's plaque in Children's Mercy Hospital.
Bob Random visiting a young patient
Bob Random visiting a young white boy patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Iron Horse actor is looking down at the boy in bed who is holding a prop long barreled pistol at Random. Nurse Pat Wyatt...
Bob Random visiting a young patient
Bob Random visiting a young white boy patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Iron Horse actor is holding a pistol and smiling while talking with nurse Pat Wyatt (African American) and the boy...
Bob Random visiting two young patients
Bob Random visiting two young patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Iron Horse actor is standing between the two boys (African American and white). The white boy on the left is standing with...
Bob Random visiting young patients
Bob Random visiting with young patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Iron Horse actor is standing on the right and looking down at patient Yolanda Montgomery (African American) who is holding a...
Bobbi Johnson and Charles O. Finley visiting a patient
Bobbi Johnson, Miss USA, and Kansas City Athletics owner Charles O. Finley delivering a souvenir megaphone to white boy patient with bandages on his torso lying down in a hospital bed. They are...
Bobbi Johnson and Charles O. Finley visiting a patient
Bobbi Johnson, Miss USA, and Kansas City Athletics owner Charles O. Finley delivering a souvenir megaphone to white girl patient seated in a hospital bed. Finley is also holding out two large sheets...
Bobbi Johnson visiting with patients
Bobbi Johnson, Miss USA, delivering Kansas City Athletics souvenir megaphones to three white patients (two girls, one boy) while visiting Children's Mercy Hospital. She's standing behind them leaning...
Bobbi Johnson visiting with two boys
Bobbi Johnson, Miss USA, delivering Kansas City Athletics souvenir megaphones to two white boys outside the entrance to the hospital. She's standing between them wearing her tiara and sash. The boy on...
Boxed lunch for committee members
Boxed luncheon in Nurse Hall during the Eighth Annual Missouri Outstate Committee Meeting. Several tables of white women and men are seen in the photo.