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 in a crib with a nurse and Standard Oil visitors all around her
White toddler seated in a crib with a white female nurse and thirteen white men visiting from Standard Oil Company standing all around.
Girl in a wheelchair arriving on moving day
Unidentified white female nurse delivering a girl patient in a wheelchair and dressed in a winter coat to the new Children's Mercy Hospital building on moving day. Dr. Ruth Yohe can be seen standing...
Girl on a gurney being wheeled somewhere
White girl lying on gurney and covered in a blanket being wheeled through the hallway by a white male orderly past waiting people (all white women) in the clinic.
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 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...
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 photo for families of children that underwent ECMO
Parents (African American woman, white women and men) with their children who were helped by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) therapy at Children's Mercy Hospital. One father is wearing a...
Herman Sutherland with young patient
Herman Sutherland, Board President, seated with a young white girl patient on his lap. Her right hand is bandaged and she's wearing a Minnie Mouse shirt and holding a plastic teapot. Sutherland is...
Herman Sutherland with young patient
Herman Sutherland, Board President, seated with a young white girl patient on his lap. Her right hand is bandaged and she's wearing a Minnie Mouse shirt and holding a plastic teapot. Sutherland is...
Herman Sutherland with young patient
Herman Sutherland, Board President, seated with a young white girl patient on his lap. Her right hand is bandaged and she's wearing a Minnie Mouse shirt and looking at the camera and leaning in toward...
Herman Sutherland with young patient
Herman Sutherland, Board President, seated with a young white girl patient on his lap. Her right hand is bandaged and she's wearing a Minnie Mouse shirt and looking at the camera. Sutherland seems to...
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...
Irma Stillwell and two others in the neonatal care unit
Irma Stillwell (center) standing next to an oxygen tank assisting an unidentified white male doctor working on a baby in an incubator. An unidentified white female nurse on the right is checking a...
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...
Jackie Gleason and June Taylor visiting patients
Jackie Gleason and June Taylor visiting patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. Gleason is signing an autograph while Taylor looks down at him. Boys (white) are sitting on chairs along the hallway and...
James and Sandy Lowe with Erline Allen and Joyce Douglas during an open house
Dr. James Lowe, his wife Sandy Lowe, Erline Allen and former patient Joyce Douglas standing together near a railing during an open house event at Old Children's Mercy on Independence Avenue.
Jeanette Rafinder talking to a mother and physician
Jeanette Rafinder, Red Cross Volunteer-Patient Representative, with a clipboard making her rounds as she talks with a white patient's mother on the right, and a white male doctor on the left. All are...
Jerry Smith with toddler
Jerry Smith holding a white toddler during an open house for the new Children's Mercy Hospital building. The toddler is reaching out and grasping the hand of a white woman just out of the photo.
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...
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...
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...