Accordionist playing for young children
White man, kneeling down on the ground, playing an accordion while an African American toddler watches. She is standing in front of a wheelchair. Other patients (African American and white) in...
Actor George Lindsey visiting a patient
Actor George Lindsey visiting a patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. He and a white female nurse are standing over a white infant in a crib. Lindsey is talking while the nurse is smiling. Medical...
Administrators and children with clothes donations
From left to right are an unidentified white female nurse, Jerry Cohen, an unidentified white man, Dr. Ned Smull, Caroline Schulte, and Mr. Black, all seated in a row and examining a donation of...
Admiring a new heart-lung machine
Marion Kreamer (left) with young white girl cardiac patient and two unidentified white women standing with Doctor Thomas Holder (right) around a new heart-lung machine on the floor.
Adults and a young girl in arm and leg braces at the Open House
Adults (all white) and a young white girl at the Open House for the new building at Children's Mercy Hospital. The girl is walking with leg braces and crutches. She is dressed in a winter coat and cap...
Adults and child patients at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party
Adults and child patients (all white execpt an African American girl seated) at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party. A row of young children are sitting in wheel chairs in the foreground. An adult dressed...
Allstate Insurance representatives visiting a patient
Four representatives from Allstate Insurance Company (all white men) standing around the bed of a young white boy in traction with a bandaged leg.
Armenia earthquake survivor
Armenian boy who survived an earthquake is hooked up to a ventilator and wearing a hospital gown seated in a chair. He is visiting with an Alaskan Malamute and black cat (both off camera) brought in...
Audience applauding during event for teen volunteers
Crowd of people (Teens and adults, all white) seated at picnic style tables during a presentation of awards during an event to honor the hospital's teen volunteers held at the Cool Club Miniature Gold...
Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Anna Allen
Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Anna Allen [Anderson] with a group of young patients (all white). Babe Ruth is standing on the right and is shaking hands with Allen [Anderson]. He is wearing a suit and tie...
Ballerina dancing for the Christmas party
White ballerina dancing on her toes with hands above her head for the audience (African American and white children, white women and men, African American women) during the Christmas party.
Betty Boyd with Dr. Stan Shafer
Betty Boyd (facing away from the camera) standing with Dr. Stan Shafer and his child in front of a display on the hospital's history during an open house event at Old Children's Mercy on Independence...
Bill Kersten with boy patient
Bill Kersten, wrestling announcer, holding a white boy patient in one arm. The boy is smiling shyly.
Board members, nurses, physicians, and a patient
Board members, nurses, physicians, and a patient (all white) with KMBC radio journalists at Children's Mercy Hospital. They are sitting in a circle talking into a microphone. The young boy is sitting...
Bob Random signing autographs
Bob Random signing autographs for a white female nurse and two girl patients (one African American, the other white) The Iron Horse actor is standing on the left and looking down next to nurse Diane...
Bob Random visiting a young patient
Bob Random visiting a young white boy patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Iron Horse actor is looking down at the boy in bed who is holding a prop long barreled pistol at Random. Nurse Pat Wyatt...
Bob Random visiting a young patient
Bob Random visiting a young white boy patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Iron Horse actor is holding a pistol and smiling while talking with nurse Pat Wyatt (African American) and the boy...
Bob Random visiting young patients
Bob Random visiting with young patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Iron Horse actor is standing on the right and looking down at patient Yolanda Montgomery (African American) who is holding a...
Bobbi Johnson and Charles O. Finley visiting a patient
Bobbi Johnson, Miss USA, and Kansas City Athletics owner Charles O. Finley delivering a souvenir megaphone to white boy patient with bandages on his torso lying down in a hospital bed. They are...
Bobbi Johnson and Charles O. Finley visiting a patient
Bobbi Johnson, Miss USA, and Kansas City Athletics owner Charles O. Finley delivering a souvenir megaphone to white girl patient seated in a hospital bed. Finley is also holding out two large sheets...
Bobby Bell and other players visiting the hospital
Children's Mercy Hospital Alumni Football Players, including Bobby Bell, visiting Children's Mercy Hospital. An unidentified white man is next to Bell and an older white woman volunteer in a blue...
Boy getting his teeth x-rayed
Young white boy seated in a chair while an unidentified white male orderly places an x-ray machine by his jaw as another white male orderly looks on. Other equipment is seen around the room.
Boy in an oxygen tent
Nurse Lila Lee Langerman standing to the left of a five year old white boy patient in an oxygen tank while holding a Huckleberry Hound stuffed animal. An unidentified white man is standing behind the...
Boy on a gurney with parents standing behind him
White boy lying on a gurney and propping himself up on his elbows looking directly at the camera. A white man and woman, presumably his parents, are standing behind him, looking down at him and...
Brian Burghardt examining a young boy
Resident Brian Burghardt examining a young white boy with his stethoscope in an exam room. Both are standing.