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Admiring a new heart-lung machine

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Marion Kreamer (left) with young white girl cardiac patient and two unidentified white women standing with Doctor Thomas Holder (right) around a new heart-lung machine on the floor.

Date Published
1951
1960

Board members, nurses, physicians, and a patient

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Board members, nurses, physicians, and a patient (all white) with KMBC radio journalists at Children's Mercy Hospital. They are sitting in a circle talking into a microphone. The young boy is sitting...

Date Published
1951
1960

Board of Trustees from November 1960

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Group photo of the Children's Mercy Hospital Board of Trustees seated around a table and looking forward at the camera. Shown left to right are: Richard B. Fowler, Perry E. Faeth, George L. Gordon...

Date Published
1960-11-01
1960-11-30

Boy getting his teeth x-rayed

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Young white boy seated in a chair while an unidentified white male orderly places an x-ray machine by his jaw as another white male orderly looks on. Other equipment is seen around the room.

Date Published
1958-09-01
1958-09-30

Century Club members

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Century Club members with young patient (all white), the adopted daughter of Ruth Roy, Children's Mercy Hospital's payroll clerk. The woman on the left of Patty Roy holding the donation can is...

Date Published
1951
1960

Check giving ceremony

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Mrs. Nourse receiving a check from an unnamed organization from Clinton, Missouri in the southwest corner of the lobby. Two white men are on the right of the photo, one in a winter coat, and three...

Date Published
1952-12-01
1952-12-31

Children receiving dental care

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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...

Date Published
1951
1960

Christmas party at Children's Mercy Hospital

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Children (all white girls and boys), some in wheelchairs, at a Hallmark Christmas party for Children's Mercy Hospital patients. Christmas decorations are on display on the table at the left with a...

Date Published
1957-12-18

Classroom arts and crafts time

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The Musettes (Mrs. Morton Jones and Mrs. Walter McCardy) handing out art supplies and other items to student patients (all white girls and boys) in the classroom at Children's Mercy Hospital...

Date Published
1951-11-19

Dinner event in Nurse Hall

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Margaret Weaver (left) standing up from her table during a dinner event being held in Nurse Hall. Projection screen behind the attendees (all white women and men), many of whom are looking over at the...

Date Published
1951
1960

Dinner event in Nurse Hall

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Children's Mercy Hospital dinner event being held in Nurse Hall Lounge. An unidentified white male doctor is speaking the attendees (all white women and men). Tables are covered in dishes with half...

Date Published
1951
1960

Dinner event in Nurse Hall

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Children's Mercy Hospital dinner event being held in Nurse Hall Lounge. Dr. Harsh is standing to the left of a projection screen in the right side of the photo in front of the diners (all white women...

Date Published
1951
1960

Dr. David Snow Howard and his family

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Dr. David Snow Howard, Children's Mercy Hospital resident, seated for a photo on a sofa with his wife and two young children (all white).

Date Published
1951
1960

Dr. Harry Gilkey and others at a staff conference

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Seated together in a large room for a staff conference are: Dr. Wayne Hart, Dr. Dodge, Dr. Gibson, Dr. Julius Kantor, Dr. Dobratz, Dr. Harry Gilkey, and Dr. Van Biber; two unidentified white women are...

Date Published
1953-03-19

Dr. Robert Schauffler at his desk

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Dr. Robert Schauffler sitting at his desk while smoking a pipe and leaning back on his chair. Desk is covered with papers and framed photos and portraits are on the wall behind him. Looking to the...

Date Published
1953-06-01
1953-06-30

Dr. Wayne Hart with Margaret H. Weaver and others

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Dr. Wayne Hart (right, child psychiatrist) standing with Margaret H. Weaver (center) and two other unidentified white women and an unidentified white man. All are talking and laughing together.

Date Published
1951
1960

Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting patients

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Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting a group of child patients (all white except one African American girl) at Children's Mercy Hospital. Renaldo is standing in the back left, dressed at the Cisco...

Date Published
1953-10-01
1953-10-31

Eating cake

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Joe Lewis, Washington Director of the Baker's Union sitting between two white girl patients, all eating cake with icing on their faces. The girl on the right is in a wheelchair and the other has her...

Date Published
1951
1960

First annual Awards Tea

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Attendees (white men, white and African American women) of the First Annual Awards Tea. Female nurses and other hospital employees are seated at several tables with a row of people standing in the...

Date Published
1905-05-13

Gene Austin playing piano and singing

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Gene Austin playing piano and singing for patients (white girls and boys) and other visitors (African American and white women and a white man) around Christmas time. A large bird cage is on top of...

Date Published
1951
1960

Gene Austin playing piano and singing

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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...

Date Published
1951
1960