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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

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

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

Katherine Wilson with four unidentified men

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Katherine Wilson, Children's Mercy Hospital School Principal standing with four unidentified white men in the lobby by the stairs. She is holding a rolled up piece of paper in her hands.

Date Published
1951
1960

Lobby Christmas party for the children

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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...

Date Published
1954-01-01
1954-12-31

Music class

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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...

Date Published
1951
1960

Patients in class at Children's Mercy Hospital

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Children's Mercy Hospital school room with children (white boys and girls) sitting at desks working, while teacher Ruth Thomas is in background assisting a pupil while the principal Katherine Wilson...

Date Published
1951
1960

Ruth Thomas teaching students with visitors looking on

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Teacher Ruth Thomas providing instruction to two white girl patients who are in their hospital beds and one white boy seated at a desk in front of the beds. Observing are three white men, visitors...

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

Teacher with children in the hospital classroom

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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...

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

Toddlers listening a woman play the dulcimer

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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...

Date Published
1951-11-19