Former hospital patient on a pony
Young white boy riding on a pony in a barnyard. A cart is behind him and an unidentified white man with a cowboy hat is behind the cart. A barn and/or stable is in the background. The boy is a former...
Former hospital patient with a dog
Young white boy in shorts in the yard of a house with his dog. The boy is a former patient at Children's Mercy Hospital who had dislocated hips. There's a wooden fence around the house and other...
Four year old boy on horseback
Four year old white boy seated on horseback with a barn in the background.
Gene Austin playing piano and singing
Gene Austin playing piano and singing for patients (white girls and boys) and other visitors (white women) around Christmas time. A large Christmas tree is next to the piano and cribs are in the...
Girl in a mask in a wheelchair
African American girl patient with leg braces seated in a wheelchair and wearing a mask. An African American boy is in the background.
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).
Governor Hearnes visiting a young patient
Governor Warren Hearnes visiting a young white male patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Hearnes is reading from a book called Bedtime Stories and is smiling. The boy is laying on a bed and is...
Governor Warren Hearnes visiting a patient in bed
Governor Warren Hearnes leaning over the hospital bed of a young white boy patient while visiting the hospital. The boy has his hand raised and touching the governor's head. Patient's back is mostly...
Group meeting
Endocrinology learning or support group seated around a table. Left to right, Norman Scott and his son; Kathy Scott; Becky Flurry and her son; Pam Reichardt and her daughter; Stephanie; and Joyce at...
Group of boys and one girl in group in a ward
Four boys (one African American, one white) and one white girl gathered together for a photo in one of the wards. The boy at the right of the photo is in a wheelchair.
Group of boys in a poor neighborhood
Group photo of white boys, some sitting, some standing, all centered around a boy lying on a cot on the ground on the edge of a depressed slum-like area of the city.
Group of children behind apartment buildings
Group of boys (two are African America, the rest white) and one white girl standing around in the back of a tenement area with laundry hanging from various buildings in the background.
Group of children outside in the park
Group of young patients (all white girls and boys) out on the lawn, in the area of the Children's Mercy Hospital stadium steps. Some patients are seated in hospital carts and some are seated on a...
Group of children playing in a room of the hospital
Five young boys (four African American, one white) playing with various toys located on a teaching toy tower, including a toy keyboard and play clock, in a playroom of Children's Mercy Hospital...
Group of children visiting the hospital
Mrs. Margaret Pierce and a group of children (all white girls and boys) from the Independence Boulevard Christian Church visiting the hospital. The children are looking at, and two touching, a statue...
Group of Hospital Hill Run volunteers
Group photo of four white women and one white boy, all Hospital Hill Run volunteers. All but one of the women are wearing plastic leis, all wearing Run t-shirts and shorts. Standing in front of a...
Group photo for families of children that underwent ECMO
Families gathered for a group photo together at the Wonderscope Children's Museum during the 1995 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Reunion. One boy in the front has his face painted. Children range...
Group photo from the boys' ward
Group photo of nine white boys of varying ages in the boys' ward. Five are standing and the others are on hospital beds behind them.
Group photo of a Boy Scouts troop
Group photograph of a troop of Boy Scouts, most with hats, some in uniform, others in plain clothes. All members are white. Text on photo reads "Boy Scouts 'Soldiers of Peace' Enlisted to help Mercy...
Halloween hats in the classroom
Group of patients (African American and white) and a white female teacher in a Children's Mercy Hospital classroom wearing goofy homemade Halloween hats. One girl is in a wheelchair.
Harriet West helping young child on a tricycle
Nurse Harriet West (likely) crouching down to help young African American boy riding a tricycle on the outdoor patio.
Harriet West with two boys
Nurse Harriet West crouching on the patio speaking with two toddler boys. The white boy is standing and the African American boy is on a tricycle.
Harriet West with two boys
Nurse Harriet West on the patio with two toddler boys. The white boy is standing and the African American boy is on a tricycle. West is crouched down talking to both of them.
Hearing and Speech patient portrait
Portrait of a white boy Hearing and Speech patient. He's seated while holding one bent knee and looking directly at the camera.
Hearing and Speech patient portrait
Portrait of a white boy Hearing and Speech patient. He's seated while holding one bent knee and looking directly at the camera.