Dr. Smull and group of hospital employees on stage
Dr. Ned Smull (far left) standing on stage with fifteen women (five African American, ten white) and one white man, all unidentified and some holding certificates.
Eating a formal dinner in a hospital room
Unidentified African American couple (woman and man) are dressed up and seated at a formally set table for four in a hospital room or ward with tablecloth, centerpiece, etc. Salads are before them...
Eeyore visiting young patients
Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh visiting young patients (African American and white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. Eeyore is looking down and holding out one arm to boys sitting in chairs. Most of the...
Examining a model heart
Nurse Betty Lynch (standing) instructing nurses' aides Sheila Sante (left) and Lillian Reeves (right) on the heart using a model heart donated by the Kaw Valley Heart Association. There are booklets...
Families in a waiting room
Patients and family (African America and white women and children, one African American man) seated in chairs in a clinic waiting room at Children's Mercy Hospital. A sign (unreadable) is on the wall...
First annual Awards Tea
Attendees (white men, white and African American women) of the First Annual Awards Tea. Female nurses and other hospital employees are seated at several tables with a row of people standing in the...
Gene Austin playing piano and singing
Gene Austin playing piano and singing for patients (white girls and boys) and other visitors (African American and white women and a white man) around Christmas time. A large bird cage is on top of...
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 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).
Group at a staff recognition lunch
Unidentified people (one African American man, one African American woman, the rest white women and a white man) gathered around a table, holding up certificates at what appears to be a staff...
Group of adolescent girls at Easter
Group photo of nine white teenage girls; three sitting in the foreground wearing dresses and holding Easter baskets and a decorated egg (perhaps); six girls sitting on or around the hospital bed in...
Group of volunteers working on a project
Three women (two African American and one white) and two white male volunteers gathering various materials on a table where they are sitting packaging the materials.
Group photo for families of children that underwent ECMO
Parents (African American woman, white women and men) with their children who were helped by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) therapy at Children's Mercy Hospital. One father is wearing a...
Group photo of nursing students on the hospital entrance stairs
Children's Mercy Hospital Nursing Students in a group photo taken on the stairs of the hospital's entrance: Richard Bates; Mary Enslen; Pamela Willis; Wendy Daniels; Charyl Bovos; Pat Stegner; Joan...
Group photo with Katharine Berry Richardson, Dr. Robert Schauffler and others
Group photo with Katharine Berry Richardson (standing, center, top step) and Dr. Robert Schauffler (seated on ledge, right) with two unidentified female nurses (one African American, one white) and...
Hospital Hill Run volunteer
Unidentified African American woman volunteer wearing a Run t-shirt, plastic lei, and hat with the logo "Master Circuit" on the front. Wearing eyeglasses and looking directly at the camera. Two other...
Icee the Bear entertaining boys and girls
Icee the Bear entertaining young boys and girls (African American and white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. The mascot for the 7-Eleven company is celebrating the 49th birthday of the company. Boys and...
In the hospital's cafeteria
Photo taken from behind the counter of the hospital's cafeteria. Two women workers (one white, one African American) are seen along with a line of patrons (white women and men) on the other side of...
John O'Donoghue playing Santa
John O'Donoghue, Kansas City Athletics pitcher, playing Santa Claus and entertaining African American girls in wheelchairs. They are all holding onto his sleigh bells. A group of hospital employees...
Junior Volunteers seated with family
Junior Volunteers and some family members seated in auditorium seats watching part of the recognition program. Hospital CEO Lawrence McAndrews is also seen in the audience in a suit.
Junior Volunteers seated with family
Junior Volunteers and some family members seated in auditorium seats watching part of the recognition program. Hospital CEO Lawrence McAndrews is also seen in the audience in a suit.
Kanga visiting young patients
Kanga from Winnie the Pooh visiting young patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. Kanga has a small plush Roo in the pouch and is looking down at two rows of boys (African American and white). Young...
Katharine B. Richardson Elementary School dedication
An unidentified white man is speaking at a podium on stage during the Katharine B. Richardson Elementary School dedication; Dr. Ned Smull, second from left is among those seated on stage behind the...
Ken Curtis talking with a boy
Ken Curtis signing an autograph for an African American boy patient on a surgical bed. Curtis is dressed as Festus from the TV show Gunsmoke. The boy is sitting up and is smiling. Two unidentified...
Ken Curtis talking with two boys
Ken Curtis talking with two white boys at Children's Mercy Hospital. Curtis is dressed as Festus from the TV show Gunsmoke. He is leaning down on a table where one boy is sitting. Both boys are...