Ken Curtis visiting a toddler in a high chair
Ken Curtis dressed as Festus from the TV show Gunsmoke crouched down and talking to a young white boy patient in a high chair with a tray as African American and white female nurses and another...
Lab technician in the cardiovascular lab
Unidentified African American woman working at a piece of equipment in the cardiovascular lab. She's wearing a lab coat and is mostly turned away from the camera. More instruments and equipment is...
Lab technicians at work
An unidentified African American woman in a nurse's uniform (left) and an unidentified white woman in a lab coat (right) working in Dr. Stanley Hellerstein's laboratory at Children's Mercy Hospital...
Laughing nurse and patient
Nurse Dorothy Wells standing by the bed an African American girl patient is sitting on before moving in the new Children's Mercy Hospital building. Both are laughing and Wells is looking into the...
Lobby Christmas party for the children
Christmas party in the lobby of Children's Mercy Hospital for the patients (all white boys and girls except for one African American child). Nurse Iris Jensen is standing behind the children, many of...
Louise Hedrick receiving her 15 year pin
Louise Hedrick walking back to her seat after accepting her 15-year service award at the Service Awards dinner. Ned Smull is standing behind the head table and an unidentified African American woman...
Man in a stocking cap down on his knees
Unidentified white man down on his knees wearing a stocking cap and joking with two other unidentified white men. Standing to the left in the photograph are three young white women. An African...
Margaret Weaver handing out a certificate
Margaret Weaver presenting certificate to Mintie Carnahan during the Service Award tea. She is seated to the right of John Stockwell with Ethel Vaughn seated to the right of her at the end of the...
Margaret Weaver, nurses, and others posing for a photo
Margaret Weaver (far left, dark dress) posing for a photo with other unidentified women (all white) and three Red Cross Nurses (one African American woman, the others white women) standing by a table...
Marion Kreamer breaking ground on the Sombart Building
Dr. Dreher in lab coat clapping his hands and Marion Kreamer holding up a scoop of dirt at the Sombart Building groundbreaking. Two unidentified white men are standing with Kreamer and Dreher and a...
Members of the Young Americans Choir performing
Members of the Young Americans Choir performing in a stairwell of Children's Mercy Hospital. Young men (white with one African American) and women (white with one African American) are standing on the...
Mobilized for moving day
Children's' Mercy Hospital staff mobilized for moving day. At the far left is an unidentified white woman in a lab coat; Dr. Ned Smull seated with microphone in hand with three unidentified white men...
Mother and son entering a doorway
African American mother holding her young son's hand as they enter through a door. A white male doctor and white female nurse are partially seen beyond. Photo taken from behind the pair.
Mother fixing her daughter's hair
African American mother fixing her daughter's hair while sitting in a crib at Children's Mercy Hospital. The girl is holding a cookie.
Mother fixing her daughter's hair
African American mother fixing her daughter's hair while at Children's Mercy Hospital. The girl is holding a cookie and a paper cup.
Moving an infant in an incubator to the new hospital building
Infant in an incubator being checked on by a white female nurse as it's moved from the old to the new Children's Mercy Hospital building. Lines of unidentified employees (white men, African American...
Naomi Kirksey shaking hands with Dean Cowles
Naomi Kirksey (left) shaking hands with Dean Cowles (right) while Cowles hands her a certificate or award during a service recognition event.
Ned Smull and Margaret Weaver giving an award
Dr. Ned Smull, together with board member Margaret Weaver, presenting an award to an unidentified African American woman in glasses while shaking her hand during an awards ceremony for Children's...
Ned Smull giving a tour for Carolyn Reid Bond
Dr. Ned Smull with Carolyn Reid Bond and Mrs. Hugh Sprague and three unidentified female nurses (one African American woman, two white women) during a tour. One of the nurses is filing something.
Ned Smull giving an award
Dr. Ned Smull presenting an award certificate to an unidentified African American woman while shaking her hand during an award ceremony at Children's Mercy Hospital. People seated at tables are seen...
Ned Smull giving an award
Dr. Ned Smull presenting an award certificate to an unidentified African American woman while shaking her hand during an award ceremony at Children's Mercy Hospital. People seated at tables are seen...
Ned Smull giving an award
Dr. Ned Smull presenting an award certificate to an unidentified African American woman wearing white evening gloves during an award ceremony at Children's Mercy Hospital. People seated at tables are...
Ned Smull giving an award
Dr. Ned Smull presenting an award certificate to an unidentified African American woman during an award ceremony at Children's Mercy Hospital. People seated at tables are seen behind them (including...
Ned Smull giving an award
Dr. Ned Smull presenting an award certificate to an unidentified older white woman wearing a scarf during an award ceremony at Children's Mercy Hospital. People (African American woman and white men...
Neonatal nurse tending to a patient
Unidentified African American female nurse tending to a baby in an incubator in the neonatal care unit.