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Dr. Robert C. Fairchild examining a patient's ear

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Dr. Robert C. Fairchild, Director of Clinics, examining the ear of an African American girl patient in the Emergency Room of Children's Mercy Hospital. He's using an otoscope to look into her ear.

Date Published
1991
2000

Dr. Robert Schauffler and others

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Group photo with Dr. Robert Shauffler Jr. (left) and his wife who is holding an African American boy toddler patient, two unidentified white men, and one unidentified white woman (far right) during an...

Date Published
1998-05-26

Dr. Smull and Ilus Davis talking with a mother and child

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Dr. Ned Smull in a lab coat leaning over a table with Kansas City mayor Ilus Davis to talk with a mother and her daughter (both white) in one of the hospitals wards. A young African American girl is...

Date Published
1965-12-23

Dr. Smull showing Ilus Davis a ward of children

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Dr. Ned Smull in a lab coat standing with Kansas City mayor Ilus Davis in one of the hospitals wards. A young white girl is seated across from them in her mother's lap with a table between them and...

Date Published
1965-12-23

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 a formal dinner in a hospital room

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Unidentified African American couple (woman and man) are dressed up and seated at a formally set table for four in a hospital room or ward with tablecloth, centerpiece, etc. Salads are before them...

Date Published
1971
1980

Eeyore visiting young patients

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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...

Date Published
1967-09-08

Emmet Kelly Jr. shaking hands with skeptical boy

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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...

Date Published
1966-12-01
1966-12-31

Emmet Kelly Jr. speaking with children

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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.

Date Published
1966-12-01
1966-12-31

Girl during a Christmas party

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Young African American girl dancing during a Wendy Ward Christmas party. She's holding something in her hand. A row of seated African American and white women and white men (one holding a white girl...

Date Published
1965-12-19

Girl petting Tuffie the baby elephant

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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).

Date Published
1967-06-01
1967-06-31

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

Governor Warren Hearnes speaking with nurse McGoffin

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Nurse McGoffin seated outside the X-Ray department holding a young African American patient and chatting with Governor Warren Hearnes (standing) during a visit by the Governor to Children's Mercy...

Date Published
1965-01-01
1965-12-31

Icee the Bear entertaining boys and girls

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Icee the Bear entertaining young boys and girls (African American and white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. The mascot for the 7-Eleven company is holding up a hand-made birthday card in front of boys...

Date Published
1974-07-17

Icee the Bear entertaining boys and girls

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Icee the Bear entertaining young boys and girls (African American and white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. The mascot for the 7-Eleven company is celebrating the 49th birthday of the company. Boys and...

Date Published
1974-07-17

Jack Steadman visiting a patient with Herman Sutherland

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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...

Date Published
1965-05-09

John O'Donoghue playing Santa

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John O'Donoghue, Kansas City Athletics pitcher, playing Santa Claus and entertaining African American girls in wheelchairs. They are all holding onto his sleigh bells. A group of hospital employees...

Date Published
1965-12-19

Junior Volunteers seated with family

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Junior Volunteers and some family members seated in auditorium seats watching part of the recognition program. Hospital CEO Lawrence McAndrews is also seen in the audience in a suit.

Date Published
1987-09-01

Kanga visiting young patients

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Kanga from Winnie the Pooh visiting young patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. Kanga has a small plush Roo in the pouch and is looking down at two rows of boys (African American and white). Young...

Date Published
1967-09-08

Katharine B. Richardson Elementary School dedication

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An unidentified white man is speaking at a podium on stage during the Katharine B. Richardson Elementary School dedication; Dr. Ned Smull, second from left is among those seated on stage behind the...

Date Published
1964-05-19

Ken Curtis greeting four girls

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Ken Curtis greeting four girls (two African American and two white) and a white woman at Children's Mercy Hospital. Curtis is dressed as Festus from the TV show Gunsmoke. He is leaning down to shake...

Date Published
1967-10-19

Ken Curtis talking with a boy

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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...

Date Published
1967-10-19

Ken Curtis talking with a boy

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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...

Date Published
1967-10-19