Dr. Robert C. Fairchild examining a patient's ear
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.
Dr. Robert Schauffler and others
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...
Dr. Smull and Ilus Davis talking with a mother and child
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...
Dr. Smull showing Ilus Davis a ward of children
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...
Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting patients
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...
Eating a formal dinner in a hospital room
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...
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...
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.
Girl during a Christmas party
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...
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).
Girl receiving an eye exam
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...
Governor Warren Hearnes speaking with nurse McGoffin
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...
Icee the Bear entertaining boys and girls
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...
Icee the Bear entertaining boys and girls
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...
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 African American girls in wheelchairs. They are all holding onto his sleigh bells. A group of hospital employees...
Junior Volunteers seated with family
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.
Kanga visiting young patients
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...
Kansas City Chiefs football player Reg Carolan visiting a patient
Kansas City Chiefs football player Reg Carolan visiting a young African American girl patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Carolan is kneeling and smiling at a girl sitting in a wheelchair. She is...
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson visiting a patient
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson visiting an African American boy patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Dawson is smiling while looking down at the young boy held by nurse Karen Nelson. The...
Katharine B. Richardson Elementary School dedication
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...
Ken Curtis greeting four girls
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...
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...