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 and toy soldier visiting children
Santa Claus (white man), holding a giant comb and his sack, along with a person dressed up in a toy soldier costume visiting two young white boy patients at the hospital. A white female nurse is in...
Santa at Children's Mercy Hospital
Santa Claus (white man) holding sleigh bells and entertaining the children at the mayor's Christmas party. An African American female nurse can be seen in the background.
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...
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...
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...
Staff conference participants
Mercy Hospital Staff Conference. First row: Dr. Ridley, Dr. Madison, Dr. Nemeth, Dr.. Harry Gilkey, Dr. Basehart, Dr. Schimmelpfennig ; Back Row: Dr. Julius Kantor, Sr. Schaffer, Virginia Peete, Dr...
Standard Oil Co. guests visit the dentistry department
Unidentified white male dentist working on a young white boy patient's teeth assisted by his white female nurse. Three white men, visitors from Standard Oil Company, are standing behind them observing...
Surgeon and nurses during surgery
Unidentified white male surgeon and four unidentified white female surgical nurses in the middle of an unidentified surgery.
Surgeon and nurses during surgery
Unidentified white male surgeon and four unidentified white female surgical nurses in the middle of an unidentified surgery. Only one nurse is clearly seen, one other partially seen, the others unseen...
Surgeon and nurses during surgery
Unidentified white male surgeon and four unidentified white female surgical nurses in the middle of an unidentified surgery. Only one nurse is clearly seen with back to the camera, one other partially...
Surgeon and nurses during surgery
Unidentified white male surgeon and four unidentified white female surgical nurses in the middle of an unidentified surgery. Only one nurse is clearly seen, one other partially seen, the others unseen...
Surgeon and nurses during surgery
Unidentified white male surgeon and four unidentified white female surgical nurses in the middle of an unidentified surgery. Only one nurse is clearly seen, one other partially seen, the others unseen...
Surgeon and nurses during surgery
Unidentified white male surgeon and four unidentified white female surgical nurses in the middle of an unidentified surgery. Only two of the nurses are seen. Photo taken from an angle looking up at...
Surgeon and nurses during surgery
Unidentified white male surgeon and four unidentified white female surgical nurses in the middle of an unidentified surgery. Only two of the nurses are seen.
Surgeon and nurses during surgery
Unidentified white male surgeon and four unidentified white female surgical nurses in the middle of an unidentified surgery. One nurse clearly seen, the others partially seen.