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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

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 and nurses outside on the sun porch

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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...

Date Published
1951
1960

Children in the hospital classroom

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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...

Date Published
1952-05-28

Children outside on the sun porch

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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...

Date Published
1951
1960

Children outside on the sun porch

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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.

Date Published
1951
1960

Counting pennies

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Five white boys and one white girl around a table counting pennies from a penny bank sitting on the table. Additional children (white) in the background.

Date Published
1951
1960

David Morgan's children at Christmas

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Children of David Morgan (two girls and two boys) sitting and standing at the foot of a stairwell. The oldest girl is holding a book called "The Animals' Merry Christmas" open as if reading to the...

Date Published
1953-12-01
1953-12-31

Dr. Richardson's birthday celebration

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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...

Date Published
1959
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

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

Girl in bed with toys

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White girl sitting up in a hospital bed holding a stuffed dog with gifts and a decorative paper Santa on the bed beside her. The two gifts are a "Stylofil threadwriter" and a game of "Chinese Checkers...

Date Published
1951
1960

Girl in robe with a doll

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Young white girl in a quilted robe holding a doll. She's looking over at the camera.

Date Published
1951
1960

Girl receiving a sweater at Christmas

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Teenaged white girl sitting up in a hospital bed and opening a gift of a sweater on Christmas morning. She's looking forward at the unseen person who gave it to her. Two dolls are on the empty bed...

Date Published
1951
1960

Girl receiving an eye exam

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Young African American girl receiving an eye exam from an unidentified white male optometrist. She's wearing a measuring device and is seated next to a cabinet of various lenses. Her coin purse is in...

Date Published
1951
1960

Girl with a piggy bank

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Young white girl sitting up in her hospital bed wearing a hospital gown and holding a handmade piggy bank fashioned from an old bleach bottle.

Date Published
1951
1960

Girl with older woman

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Unidentified pre-teen white girl with unidentified older white woman in glasses standing behind her to the left. Possibly the girl's mother.

Date Published
1960-01-01
1960-01-31

Girls sewing together

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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.

Date Published
1951-06-30

Group of adolescent girls at Easter

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Group photo of nine white teenage girls; three sitting in the foreground wearing dresses and holding Easter baskets and a decorated egg (perhaps); six girls sitting on or around the hospital bed in...

Date Published
1951
1960

Group of boys and one girl in group in a ward

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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.

Date Published
1960-10-01
1960-10-31

Group of ten girls

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Group of ten white girls gathered for a group photo as participants in an unidentified show. Two girls are wearing sleeveless gowns.

Date Published
1951
1960

Home economics class presenting handmade gifts

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Marylane Thorne, teacher at the hospital's school, accepting donated items handmade by a home economics class (white girls) of the Kansas City Public School System. Another white woman is watching...

Date Published
1951
1960