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Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

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This not-for-profit hospital was founded in Kansas City in 1897 by two sisters, Alice Berry Graham and Katherine Richardson to serve the poor and ill children of the area. This collection features photos of patients, staff, and volunteers all through the hospital's history.

Items in Collection: 3,206

Topics

Advertising & Media

Asian American History & Representation

Indigenous History & Representation

Kansas City History

Women’s History & Representation

1 - 4 of 4 items

Carol Belt, Davoren Tempel, and others during an open house event

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Crowd around a desk where Carol Belt and Davoren Tempel are seated during an open house event at Old Children's Mercy on Independence Avenue. Also seen are Dr. Cathy Shafer, the Shafer's son, Dr...

Date Published

1996-11-16

Margaret Griffen Webb and son Bob

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Margaret Griffen Webb and son Bob Webb posing for a photo together.

Date Published

1993-11-02

Volunteer "Pathfinder" at work

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Unidentified Children's Mercy Hospital volunteer (older white man) wearing a blue vest with Children's Mercy Hospital embroidered on one side and foot tracks on other side and the word "Pathfinder"...

Date Published

1997-03-24

Volunteer "Pathfinder" at work

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Date Published

1997-03-24

Clear selected
Mothers and sons
Older men

Types (Collection)

photographs (4)

Genres (Collection)

Color photographs (4)
Group portraits (4)
Snapshots (4)

Time Periods (Collection)

1991-2000 (4)

Subjects (Collection)

Men, White (4)
Women, White (4)
Volunteer workers in hospitals (3)
Boys (2)
Children, White (2)
Children--Hospital care (2)
Hospital patients (2)
Name tags (2)
Older women (2)
Toddlers (2)
Wagons (2)
Children of physicians (1)
Corsages (1)
Desks (1)
Hospitals--Employees (1)
Mothers and daughters (1)
Nurses (1)
Philanthropists (1)
Physicians (1)
(-) Mothers and sons (4)
(-) Older men (4)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Belt, Carol (1)
Boyd, Betty (Nurse) (1)
Lathrom, Nancy (1)
Lathrom, Sarah (1)
Shafer, Cathy (1)
Shafer, Stan (1)
Tempel, Davoren (1)
Weaver, Bruce (1)
Webb, Margaret Griffin (1)