Children outside on the sun porch
Group of patients (white girls and boys) out on the third floor sun porch. Some of the children are sitting on a hospital bed and others are in wheelchairs or with crutches. One boy is looking down...
Children outside on the sun porch
Group of patients (white girls and boys) out on the third floor sun porch. Some of the children are sitting on a hospital bed and others are in wheelchairs or with crutches.
Children painting
Two young white boy patients and one white girl patient are sitting at classroom table with paints and brushes while wearing identical smocks. One boy is laughing.
Children playing in a hospital ward
Three white female nurses in a hospital ward with white girl toddlers engaged in various play activities on the floor between rows of beds. A stained glass window is on the far wall on the right. The...
Children playing in the Junior League Playroom
Children (one African American boy, the rest white boys and girls) playing in the Junior League Playroom at Children's Mercy Hospital supervised by white female nurses. There are young boys and girls...
Children playing in the Junior League Playroom
Children (all white) playing in the Junior League Playroom at Children's Mercy Hospital supervised by nurses. There are young boys and girls playing with a variety of toys and equipment including a...
Children playing on the swings
One white girl being pushed on the swings on the playground by a Junior Volunteer with five other children (two African American girls, two white girls, and a white boy) standing nearby.
Children playing on the swings
Children (white girls and boys) playing on the swings on the playground with Junior Volunteers supervising them and giving them pushes.
Children playing with puppets
Five children (two white boy, two white girls, and an African American girl) playing with hand puppets around a desk in the hospital classroom. Two have their backs to the camera.
Children preparing for a carnival
Group of white boys from Mosby, Missouri gathered around a riding lawn mower (likely) in preparation for a carnival with the proceeds to go to Children's Mercy Hospital's Physical Therapy Room.
Children reading on hospital beds
Young white girl and two white boys sitting on a hospital bed with books in hand, one young boy is holding a small piece of paper up. Another boy is seen on a bed further behind them.
Children receiving dental care
Children (white) receiving dental care at the hospital's Dental Clinic. Left to right, dental student Crutchfield; back view of Dr. Sosnet, Dr. Padgham with patient in the chair, Phyllis Henderson...
Children watching a female clown
Children (African American and white) watching a white woman performing in a clown outfit. The woman is dressed in overalls with a plaid shirt. She has a black hat and makeup on the face. The children...
Children watching a performance
Group of children (African American and white) with white female nurses watching Santa Claus, who is not seen in the photo, during the mayor's Christmas party. Dr. Richard Dreher is standing at the...
Children watching a program or presentation
Audience of children (one African American boy, the rest white boys and girls) at Children's Mercy Hospital watching something out of the photo. An unidentified white woman is seated with the children...
Children watching a puppet show
Children's Mercy Hospital patients (mostly white girls with one African American girl and one white boy) seated in wheelchairs in Ward 2E watching a puppet show presented by Jim Hesse of Creegan...
Children with two women in a ward
Unidentified older white woman (left) holding up a quilt and facing a group of six small white girls standing and sitting on floor, one young girl with crutches, and an unidentified white female nurse...
Children's Mercy building under construction
View of Children's Mercy Hospital while under construction at 24th and Gillham. A crane has been erected on the roof and there's a temporary shed on the side. Two cars and two trucks are parked in...
Children's Mercy Hospital building
View of the newly constructed Children's Mercy Hospital building at 24th & Gillham.
Children's Mercy Hospital Resident Physicians
Five physicians (white, men) standing on a staircase at Children's Mercy Hospital. The physicians are identified, left to right, as Jack Vernon Sharp, John C. Mac Queen, Charles E. Vilmer, Julius M...
Children's Mercy Hospital Staff watching a performance
Children's Mercy Hospital Staff watching a performance of the Young America Choir. The choir is off-camera. The physicians (white), nurses(white), and other adults (white with two African American men...
Chimney Sweep with young patients
A white man dressed as a Chimney Sweep from Mary Poppins visiting young patients (African American and white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. The man is wearing black gloves and a floppy hat. Three...
Choir entertain at the hospital
Central Junior High School Girl's choir entertaining at Children's Mercy Hospital. All the teenage girls are African American, as is their director. Two unidentified white women are seated behind the...
Christmas at Children's Mercy Hospital
A hospital ward crowded with unidentified people and patients (African American and white, men, women, boys, and girls), some in hospital beds, celebrating Christmas. Christmas decorations are on one...
Christmas at Children's Mercy Hospital
A hospital ward crowded with unidentified people and patients (African American and white, men, women, boys, and girls), some in hospital beds, celebrating Christmas. Paper Christmas trees lay in...