Eeyore visiting young patients
Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh visiting young patients (African American and white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. Eeyore is looking down and holding out one arm to boys sitting in chairs. Most of the...
Eeyore, Kanga, and Winnie the Pooh visiting young patients
Eeyore, Kanga, and Winnie the Pooh visiting young patients (only white children seen in the photo) at Children's Mercy Hospital. The characters are walking around a room filled with children. Two...
Elves, Santa, and Mrs. Claus visit a boy
Santa and Mrs. Claus (both white) along with two elves (both white) visiting a young white boy during the Hallmark Christmas party at Children's Mercy Hospital. Mrs. Claus is holding a paper bag with...
Emmet Kelly Jr. shaking hands with skeptical boy
Emmet Kelly, Jr. shaking hands with a young African American boy in a coat and hat. The boy is not at all thrilled and looks as if he might start to cry. Another African American boy behind them looks...
Emmet Kelly Jr. speaking with children
Emmet Kelly, Jr. visiting on Clown Day. He's speaking with a group of white girls in a corridor. There are people (African American and white women and men) lined up on both sides of the corridor.
Examining a boy's ear
Unidentified white male doctor examining a white older boy patient's damaged ear with an otoscope.
Examining a boy's ears
Unidentified white male doctor examining the ear of a white boy seated on an exam table with an otoscope.
Families in a waiting room
Patients and family (African America and white women and children, one African American man) seated in chairs in a clinic waiting room at Children's Mercy Hospital. A sign (unreadable) is on the wall...
Girl in a mask in a wheelchair
African American girl patient with leg braces seated in a wheelchair and wearing a mask. An African American boy is in the background.
Girl petting Tuffie the baby elephant
Tuffie the Baby Elephant, with her white male handler, being petted by a white girl while surrounded by patients (African American boys) and staff (African American and white women).
Governor Hearnes visiting a young patient
Governor Warren Hearnes visiting a young white male patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Hearnes is reading from a book called Bedtime Stories and is smiling. The boy is laying on a bed and is...
Governor Warren Hearnes visiting a patient in bed
Governor Warren Hearnes leaning over the hospital bed of a young white boy patient while visiting the hospital. The boy has his hand raised and touching the governor's head. Patient's back is mostly...
Group of children visiting the hospital
Mrs. Margaret Pierce and a group of children (all white girls and boys) from the Independence Boulevard Christian Church visiting the hospital. The children are looking at, and two touching, a statue...
Group of women and children in a ward
Group of nine children (African American and white girls and boys) and three adults and one nurse (all white women) in a hospital ward. Three children are sitting in a bed, two are standing, and three...
Halloween hats in the classroom
Group of patients (African American and white) and a white female teacher in a Children's Mercy Hospital classroom wearing goofy homemade Halloween hats. One girl is in a wheelchair.
Herman Sutherland and the Landreths
Herman Sutherland (right) speaking with Herbert Landreth and his two grandsons during the open house for the new Children's Mercy Hospital building. Mrs. Landreth is partly seen behind an unidentified...
Herman Sutherland greeting the Landreths
Herman Sutherland (far right) greeting Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Landreth with two grandsons at the open house for the new Children's Mercy Hospital building. Unidentified others (white women and men) behind...
Icee the Bear with boys and girls
Icee the Bear sitting with several boys and girls (African American and white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. There are two girls sitting on the lap of the mascot for the 7-Eleven company. Another boy...
Jack Steadman visiting a patient with Herman Sutherland
Jack Steadman (right), general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs presenting an autographed football to an African American boy patient. Herman Sutherland, president of the Central Governing Board of...
John O'Donoghue playing Santa
John O'Donoghue, Kansas City Athletics pitcher, playing Santa Claus and entertaining patients at the Wendy Ward Party at Children's Mercy Hospital. He's seated on a sofa with a young white girl on his...
Ken Curtis talking with a boy
Ken Curtis talking with a white boy on a hospital bed in Children's Mercy Hospital. Curtis is dressed as Festus from the TV show Gunsmoke. He is leaning forward and looking down at the boy in the bed...
Ken Curtis talking with a boy
Ken Curtis signing an autograph for an African American boy patient on a surgical bed. Curtis is dressed as Festus from the TV show Gunsmoke. The boy is sitting up and is smiling. Two unidentified...
Ken Curtis talking with Dr. Ned Smull
Ken Curtis talking with Dr. Ned Smull from Children's Mercy Hospital. Curtis is dressed as Festus from the TV show Gunsmoke. A small white boy is standing in the center and is looking up. Smull is...
Ken Curtis talking with two boys
Ken Curtis talking with two white boys at Children's Mercy Hospital. Curtis is dressed as Festus from the TV show Gunsmoke. He is leaning down on a table where one boy is sitting. Both boys are...
Ken Curtis visiting a child at his hospital bed
Ken Curtis dressed as Festus from the TV show Gunsmoke talking to an African American boy patient lying in his hospital bed.