Santa Claus holding up Christmas stockings and waving
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 visiting two boys
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 visiting two young boys
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 with child patients
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 visiting a young child in his hospital bed
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.
Sarah Wright with toddler
Sarah Wright, nurse, holding a young, crying, African American girl toddler up.
Seated nurse with two children
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...
Selected award tea participants
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 seated at a desk
Selma Kuehn, registered nurse, seated at a desk with a vase with flowers and a phone.
Service award recipients at Nurse Hall
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 holding dolls
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 with girl in a crib
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 with young girl
Sharon Ellis seated next to and speaking with a young white girl patient sitting in a chair with a doll in her lap.
Six nurses in front of a wall
Six white female nurses standing in front of a dark wall. The are all facing left and looking forward while smiling. The nurses are wearing white dresses and white hats.
Six white-robed women posing for a photo
Six unidentified white women in large bulky sack-like white robes or uniforms, possibly nurses, posing together for a photo outside of an unknown location.
Snoopy dressed as the Red Baron with child patients
Snoopy dressed as his Red Baron character interacting with child patients (African American and white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. A toddler is sitting and crying in the center of the room. A white...
Snoopy dressed as the Red Baron with child patients
Snoopy dressed as his Red Baron character interacting with child patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. The white boy in the center is wearing a body brace and football helmet while being held by a...
Speaker at fountain dedication
Unidentified white male speaker in front of a microphone at the third dedication of the bronze boar fountain for Children's Mercy Hospital on the Country Club Plaza. John Stockwell is seen in the...
Staff conference participants
Mercy Hospital Staff Conference. First row: Dr. Ridley, Dr. Madison, Dr. Nemeth, Dr.. Harry Gilkey, Dr. Basehart, Dr. Schimmelpfennig ; Back Row: Dr. Julius Kantor, Sr. Schaffer, Virginia Peete, Dr...
Standard Oil Co. guests visit the dentistry department
Unidentified white male dentist working on a young white boy patient's teeth assisted by his white female nurse. Three white men, visitors from Standard Oil Company, are standing behind them observing...
Student nurse and boy with Easter baskets
White female student nurse standing next to the hospital bed of a young white boy with large eye patch and who has two Easter baskets. The boy is sitting up and smiling.
Student nurse Helen Christiansen
Portrait of Helen Christiansen, student nurse, Children's Mercy Hospital.
Student nurse Helen Christiansen standing outside of the hospital
Helen Christiansen, student nurse, standing outside of Children's Mercy Hospital.
Student nurse with crying baby
Unidentified white female student nurse looking down on a crying white baby in a crib with its legs in casts and in traction. There's a doll in the corner of the crib.
Student nurse with four children
Student nurse (white woman) from the Children's Mercy Hospital Training School seated for a publicity photo in a chair with four children (all white) around her. One girl is in her lap, a boy behind...