Admiring a new heart-lung machine
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.
Board members, nurses, physicians, and a patient
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...
Board of Trustees from November 1960
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...
Boy getting his teeth x-rayed
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.
Century Club members
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...
Check giving ceremony
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...
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...
Christmas party at Children's Mercy Hospital
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...
Classroom arts and crafts time
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...
Dinner event in Nurse Hall
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...
Dinner event in Nurse Hall
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...
Dinner event in Nurse Hall
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...
Doctors and nurses in a cafeteria line
Doctors (white men) and nurses (white women) in line at the cafeteria during a staff conference.
Dr. David Snow Howard and his family
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).
Dr. Harry Gilkey and others at a staff conference
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...
Dr. Robert Schauffler at his desk
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...
Dr. Wayne Hart with Margaret H. Weaver and others
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.
Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting a young girl patient
Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting a young white girl patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Renaldo is standing on the right looking down, dressed as the Cisco Kid. Carrillo is standing on the...
Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting a young male patient
Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting a young white male patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Renaldo is standing on the left dressed as the Cisco Kid. Carrillo is standing on the right dressed as...
Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting a young male patient
Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting a young white male patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Renaldo is sitting on the left dressed as the Cisco Kid. Carrillo is sitting on the right dressed as...
Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting patients
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...
Eating cake
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...
First annual Awards Tea
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...
Gene Austin playing piano and singing
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...
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...