Doctors and nurses with patients in a ward
Doctors (white men) and nurses (white women) attending to patients (white girls and boys) in a ward of the hospital. Many hospital beds and a wagon for moving children can be seen.
Dr. Ned Smull and others looking over clothing donations
Looking over a table of clothing donations to the hospital during the Mayor's Christmas Tree event are (left to right) Fire Chief Hughes, Dr. Ned Smull, Caroline Schulte, an unidentified African...
Dr. Norton with girl outside the hospital
Doctor Norton with her arm around a young white girl patient on a sidewalk outside of Children's Mercy Hospital. Norton is looking down at the girl and girl has a large bow in her hair.
Dr. Pakula examining a toddler
Dr. Pakula examining a crying African American toddler girl with a stethoscope while an unidentified white female nurse holds her. The toddler is facing the camera.
Dr. Pakula examining a toddler
Dr. Pakula examining a crying African American toddler girl with a stethoscope while an unidentified white female nurse holds her.
Dr. Rengasamy Gowdamarajan and Chitra Gowdamarajan with others
Chitra Gowdamarajan (second from left), and Dr. Rengasamy Gowdamarajan(to Chitra Gowdamarajan's left), Chief of Cardiology, with three unidentified white women and a young white girl. They're standing...
Dr. Richardson, Dr. Francisco and others posing with the hospital cornerstone
Dr. Katharine Richardson (left) and Dr. Francisco (right) standing with white girl and boy patients and two unidentified white women by the Children's Mercy cornerstone dedicated to Alice Berry Graham...
Dr. Richardson's birthday celebration
Celebration in honor of Dr. Richardson's birthday and Mrs. O.U. Hoover who was Treasurer from 1905-1955. Guests (all white) left to right: Mrs. Dietz; Mrs. Walsh; Mrs. Weaver; Dean Cowles, R.N...
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...
Easter Bunny with two children
Unidentified white man in an Easter Bunny costume bending down and holding the hands of a white boy (right) and white girl (left). All are holding Easter baskets and a white female nurse is watching...
Eeyore, Kanga, and Winnie the Pooh visiting young patients
Eeyore, Kanga, and Winnie the Pooh visiting young patients (only white children seen in the photo) at Children's Mercy Hospital. The characters are walking around a room filled with children. Two...
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.
Families in a waiting room
Patients and family (African America and white women and children, one African American man) seated in chairs in a clinic waiting room at Children's Mercy Hospital. A sign (unreadable) is on the wall...
Family posing for photo together
Unidentified white man, woman, two boys, and a young girl, presumably a family, posing together during an unidentified hospital event. The oldest boy (right) is wearing a baseball uniform and cap. The...
Gene Austin playing piano and singing
Gene Austin playing piano and singing for patients (white girls and boys) and other visitors (white women) around Christmas time. A large Christmas tree is next to the piano and cribs are in the...
Getting a patient ready for the move
Nurse Diane Galardi getting a white girl patient in a crib ready to move to the new Children's Mercy Hospital building. Galardi is wearing a winter coat.
Girl celebrating her birthday
White girl Mercy patient celebrating her ninth birthday in her hospital bed with Mrs. Mildred Wilson, a Red Cross Volunteer, and another white girl patient. Wilson is placing a party hat on the...
Girl celebrating her birthday
White girl Mercy patient celebrating her ninth birthday in her hospital bed with Mrs. Mildred Wilson, a Red Cross Volunteer, and another white girl patient. The birthday girl has a fancy hat on and...
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 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).
Girl speaking with a woman
Close up of a white girl in a purple shirt talking to a white woman who is not facing the camera.
Girl swinging a sock monkey around
Young white girl patient standing up in a playpen and swinging a sock monkey around. The arm and hand of an unidentified white woman is seen reaching toward the girl from the right of the photo. An...