Santa Claus (white) handing a toy horse to a young white boy patient. The boy is sitting in a wheelchair. Santa is kneeling while handing over the gift. Other adults (white) are only partially seen...
Santa Claus (white) holding Christmas stockings and waving while standing with a group of children at the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. The children (mostly white with one African American girl at the...
Santa Claus (white male) is leaning over talking to two boys (white, and African American) during a Wendy Ward Christmas party. The African American boy is looking straight ahead rather than at Santa...
Santa Claus (white man), holding sleigh bells and visiting with two African American boy toddler patients being held by two white female nurses. The boys are turned to look at each other. The boy on...
Santa Claus (white) leaning down to speak with child patients (all white) at the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. Santa is holding a cup and sleigh bells. The children are sitting in wheelchairs. Other...
Santa Claus (white man) visiting patients and passing out Christmas presents to a group (African American girls and boys) seated before him. Other adults (African American women, African American man...
Santa Claus (white man) posing for a photo with Margaret Weaver (right) and an unidentified white woman (left) in the hospital lobby. Santa is holding a set of sleigh bells in one hand.
Santa Claus visiting with a young boy in a wheelchair being pushed by an unidentified white man who is leaning over him from behind. A white man dressed as an elf is partially seen standing on the far...
Santa Claus (white man) dangling his sleigh bells next to a young white patient lying in bed with an unidentified white female nurse seated beside the bed during the Christmas party.
Crowd of people (white) in the lobby while Santa (white) visits with children (African American and white). He has his arm around a young white boy standing next to him while others are seated in...
A white male Santa Claus with glasses visits with two little white girls each being held by a white woman (likely their mothers) on either side of him during the Mercy Hospital Employee's Christmas...
Unidentified white female nurse seated in a heavy wooden chair holding a young white child while another white child using a single crutch holds up an unidentified object with a string hanging down...
Doris Clark Graddy, Margaret Weaver, John Stockwell, Mintie Carnahan, and Ethel Vaughn all posing together for a photo from behind a table during the Service Awards Tea. All the women have corsages.
Selma Kuehn, registered nurse, seated at a desk with a vase with flowers and a phone.
Employees receiving Children's Mercy Hospital Service award pins. Left to right are Geraldine Mathis, Sarah Wright, Edna Russel, Dr. Ruth Yohe, and Grace Barr.
Employees receiving Children's Mercy Hospital Service award pins. Left to right are Ray Wilson, Ella Woods, Grace Barr, and Betty Sherman. The African American woman at the far right is unidentified.
Employees receiving Children's Mercy Hospital Service award pins. Left to right are Ethel Byard, Troy Wilson, Laura Leib, and Ross Hammerson
Employees receiving Children's Mercy Hospital Service award pins. Left to right are Fred Atkisson, Essie Grant, Leota Willet, Geraldine Mathis, and Hester Kienzie.
Alice Walker, seated and pouring tea at a table with her back to the camera during a service award ceremony in Nurse Hall. Award recipients (African American and white women and men) are standing in a...
Several young girls (white and African American) are holding dolls at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party. Some are sitting in wheelchairs. Female nurses and other adults (all white) are partially seen...
Sharon Ellis standing next to hospital crib with a African American girl patient lying down. Ellis is holding her hand and the girl is looking over at the camera and her leg seems to be bandaged and...
Sharon Ellis seated next to and speaking with a young white girl patient sitting in a chair with a doll in her lap.
Shawsie Branton, Children's TLC founder, kneeling beside a young white girl in leg braces and crutches. Both are looking at each other and smiling. Children's TLC is now known as Ability KC.
Herman Sutherland (arms folded) with his wife (white) and unidentified white man showing a young white girl an aluminum Christmas tree during the open house for the new Children's Mercy Hospital...
Dr. Raymond Anderson with an unidentified white woman holding an African American girl up to look at a painting of a circus at Children's Mercy Hospital.
