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...
Children and nurses outside on the sun porch
Group of patients (white girls and boys) out on the third floor sun porch with four white female nurses. Some of the children are sitting on a hospital bed and others are in wheelchairs or with...
Children in the hospital classroom
Unidentified white female teacher standing at a piano in the hospital's classroom with children (all white girls and boys) lined up in a semi-circle for the photograph. Some children are in...
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.
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...
Dr. Richardson's birthday celebration
Celebration in honor of Dr. Richardson's birthday and Mrs. O.U. Hoover who was Treasurer from 1905-1955. Guests (all white) left to right: Mrs. Dietz; Mrs. Walsh; Mrs. Weaver; Dean Cowles, R.N...
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...
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...
Girls sewing together
White girl patient's in a hand sewing class at the sitting together and sewing. Two girls are in wheelchairs and the rest seated on hospital beds.
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.
Kids with plastic Santas
Group of boys (white) and girls (two white and an African American girl in a wheelchair) in a circle around two identical facing plastic Santa statues. One boy is looking directly at the camera and...
Lobby Christmas party for the children
Christmas party in the lobby of Children's Mercy Hospital for the patients (all white boys and girls except for one African American child). Nurse Iris Jensen is standing behind the children, many of...
Margaret Weaver dancing with Santa
Margaret Weaver, Board President, wearing a volunteer uniform and dancing with Santa Claus (white male). An African American child in a wheelchair is seen behind them. Most of Weaver's face is turned...
Music class
Children's Mercy Hospital patients (white and African American girls and boys) seated in a classroom, all in wheelchairs and hospital beds, for music time. Most patients are holding some sort of...
Nurse outside with a group of patients
Unidentified white female nurse with a group of patients (all white girls and boys) on the hospital's third floor patio. Some children are in wheelchairs.
Parade float from Children's Mercy Hospital
Children's Mercy Hospital parade float featuring a young white girl sitting in a wheelchair holding a balloon while a white female teenaged nurse in uniform with cape is waving to crowd. The float is...
Santa and his helpers giving out presents
Santa Claus (white) handing out presents to children (white and African American) at Children's Mercy Hospital with the help of Charles Wesley Pirtle (left) and Bob Paxton (right). Pirtle is in a...
Sewing class modeling finished items
White girls from a sewing class held at the hospital modeling some finished items in a group picture. One girl is seated in a wheelchair, others are in hospital beds and the rest are standing. One...
Sewing class modeling finished items
White girls from a sewing class held at the hospital modeling some finished items in a group picture. One girl is seated in a wheelchair, others are in hospital beds and the rest are standing.
Teacher with children in the hospital classroom
Children (white boys and one white girl) at desks in the hospital's classroom working on assignments and assisted by an unidentified white female teacher sitting in the middle of them. Visitors from...
Toddlers listening a woman play the dulcimer
Musettes (two white women) entertaining school children/patients (all white boys and girls) by playing a dulcimer. Some patients are in wheelchairs and one is lying in a hospital bed. Taken in the...
Unidentified actor and actress sitting with young boys and girls
An unidentified white actor and white actress sitting with young boys and girls (all white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. Several of the patients are sitting in wheelchairs and one is on a hospital...
Young girl view large campaign poster of herself in wheelchair
Two unidentified white men and young white girl alongside a United Way campaign poster, featuring a photo of a young girl in a wheelchair who appears to be the same little girl only a little younger...