Radio host Ted Mack speaking to people
Radio host Ted Mack speaking to people at Children's Mercy Hospital. A group of patients, nurses, and other adults (African American and white) are standing and sitting around the room watching him...
Ruth Yohe checking in a patient
Dr. Ruth Yohe checking the ID bracelet of a white boy patient arriving through the doors of the new Children's Mercy Hospital building on moving day in a wheelchair with a blanket over his lap. An...
Santa Claus and another man handing out gifts
Santa Claus (white) and another white man handing out gifts to children (African American and white) in the hospital at the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. They are holding boxes with dolls and other...
Santa Claus clapping his hands together
Santa Claus (White) clapping his hands together at the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. A set of sleigh bells are hanging off one arm. Nurses (female) and children (all white) are sitting on the back...
Santa Claus delivering a present
Santa Claus (white) delivering a present at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party. Santa is handing a toy to a young white boy patient in a hospital bed. A white female nurse is holding the boy's head on the...
Santa Claus holding up Christmas stockings and waving
Santa Claus (white) holding Christmas stockings and waving while standing with a group of children at the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. The children (mostly white with one African American girl at the...
Santa Claus visiting two boys
Santa Claus (white male) is leaning over talking to two boys (white, and African American) during a Wendy Ward Christmas party. The African American boy is looking straight ahead rather than at Santa...
Santa Claus visiting two young boys
Santa Claus (white man), holding sleigh bells and visiting with two African American boy toddler patients being held by two white female nurses. The boys are turned to look at each other. The boy on...
Santa Claus with child patients
Santa Claus (white) leaning down to speak with child patients (all white) at the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. Santa is holding a cup and sleigh bells. The children are sitting in wheelchairs. Other...
Santa visiting a young child in his hospital bed
Santa Claus (white man) dangling his sleigh bells next to a young white patient lying in bed with an unidentified white female nurse seated beside the bed during the Christmas party.
Selected award tea participants
Doris Clark Graddy, Margaret Weaver, John Stockwell, Mintie Carnahan, and Ethel Vaughn all posing together for a photo from behind a table during the Service Awards Tea. All the women have corsages.
Service award recipients at Nurse Hall
Alice Walker, seated and pouring tea at a table with her back to the camera during a service award ceremony in Nurse Hall. Award recipients (African American and white women and men) are standing in a...
Several young girls holding dolls
Several young girls (white and African American) are holding dolls at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party. Some are sitting in wheelchairs. Female nurses and other adults (all white) are partially seen...
Sharon Ellis with girl in a crib
Sharon Ellis standing next to hospital crib with a African American girl patient lying down. Ellis is holding her hand and the girl is looking over at the camera and her leg seems to be bandaged and...
Sharon Ellis with young girl
Sharon Ellis seated next to and speaking with a young white girl patient sitting in a chair with a doll in her lap.
Snoopy dressed as the Red Baron with child patients
Snoopy dressed as his Red Baron character interacting with child patients (African American and white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. A toddler is sitting and crying in the center of the room. A white...
Snoopy dressed as the Red Baron with child patients
Snoopy dressed as his Red Baron character interacting with child patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. The white boy in the center is wearing a body brace and football helmet while being held by a...
Speaker at fountain dedication
Unidentified white male speaker in front of a microphone at the third dedication of the bronze boar fountain for Children's Mercy Hospital on the Country Club Plaza. John Stockwell is seen in the...
Student nurse and boy with Easter baskets
White female student nurse standing next to the hospital bed of a young white boy with large eye patch and who has two Easter baskets. The boy is sitting up and smiling.
Sylvia Bonadonna dressing a patient for the move
Young African American girl patient sitting on the edge of a hospital bed in the old building while nurse Sylvia Bonadonna assists her with hat and coat in preparation for the move to the new Children...
Sylvia Bonadonna helping a patient into a van
Nurse Sylvia Bonadonna helping a young African American girl patient into a hospital van while the driver (white woman) holds the door open for the trip to the new Children's Mercy Hospital building.
Tap dancer entertaining at the Christmas party
Unidentified white woman tap dancer in a fake beard entertaining the audience (African American and white children and women) at the Christmas party for the patients.
Tending to an infant in a bed
Two white women staff members bandaging the head of a white infant patient in a hospital bed surrounded by equipment at Children's Mercy Hospital.
Tex Chambers performing with his trained dog
Tex Chambers performing with his trained dog Spaghetti. The dog is in a large box on a carpeted stage. They are in front of a group of boy and girl patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. The children...
Tex Chambers performing with his trained dog
Tex Chambers performing with his trained dog Zest. Chambers is bending down while Zest climbs on his back. They are in front of a group of boy and girl patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. The...