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...
At the mayor's Christmas party
Two white children at the mayor's Christmas party at Children's Mercy Hospital. The boy is in a wheelchair and attached to an IV bag. The girl is in front of him and playing with an inflatable Santa...
Boy by a Christmas tree
Three year old white boy patient sitting in a wooden sleigh and holding a toy top next to a Christmas tree. He's posing for Children's Mercy Hospital's annual Christmas Card.
Christmas at Children's Mercy Hospital
A hospital ward crowded with unidentified people and patients (African American and white, men, women, boys, and girls), some in hospital beds, celebrating Christmas. Christmas decorations are on one...
Christmas at Children's Mercy Hospital
A hospital ward crowded with unidentified people and patients (African American and white, men, women, boys, and girls), some in hospital beds, celebrating Christmas. Paper Christmas trees lay in...
Christmas at Children's Mercy Hospital
A hospital ward crowded with unidentified people and patients (African American and white, men, women, boys, and girls), some in hospital beds, celebrating Christmas. Paper Christmas trees lay in...
Christmas at Children's Mercy Hospital
Large crowd of unidentified people and patients (African American and white) packed into a room for a Christmas celebration at Children's Mercy Hospital. Several patients are in hospital beds and...
Christmas party at Children's Mercy Hospital
Children (all white girls and boys), some in wheelchairs, at a Hallmark Christmas party for Children's Mercy Hospital patients. Christmas decorations are on display on the table at the left with a...
Delivering books to the children at Christmas
One little white girl sitting on a white female nurse's lap and another small African American child in wheelchair receiving presents and books from a white woman and two white men, (man handing book...
Doctors and nurses with patient
Doctors (white men) and female nurses (one African American, one white) around the hospital bed of a patient in an oxygen tent. From left to right: Dr. Lauer, Dr. Thomas Holder, Linda Morgan, R.N...
Elves, Santa, and Mrs. Claus visit a boy
Santa and Mrs. Claus (both white) along with two elves (both white) visiting a young white boy during the Hallmark Christmas party at Children's Mercy Hospital. Mrs. Claus is holding a paper bag with...
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...
Girl in bed with toys
White girl sitting up in a hospital bed holding a stuffed dog with gifts and a decorative paper Santa on the bed beside her. The two gifts are a "Stylofil threadwriter" and a game of "Chinese Checkers...
Girl with doll by a Christmas tree
Five year old white girl patient sitting next to a Christmas tree holding a doll. She's posing for Children's Mercy Hospital's annual Christmas card.
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...
Kids with plastic Santas
Group of boys (white) and girls (two white and an African American girl in a wheelchair) in a circle around two identical facing plastic Santa statues. One boy is looking directly at the camera and...
Lobby Christmas party for the children
Christmas party in the lobby of Children's Mercy Hospital for the patients (all white boys and girls except for one African American child). Nurse Iris Jensen is standing behind the children, many of...
Mr. and Mrs. Claus entertaining patients
Santa and Mrs. Claus (both white) entertaining patients (African American and white), nurses, and staff (white women seen) in the lobby during a Christmas show for the children. Santa's holding up...
Photographer photographing someone in a Christmas Tree costume
A white female photographer taking a photo of someone in a Christmas tree costume during an event with patients (African American and white) and hospital staff (white women and men) participating. A...
Santa and a Christmas Tree visiting a patient
Santa Claus (white man) and someone wearing an elaborate Christmas Tree costume visiting a white patient in their hospital bed.
Santa and Mrs. Claus speaking with a boy in a wheelchair
Santa and Mrs. Claus (both white) kneeling on either side of wheelchair occupied by a white boy holding a Christmas stocking and looking over at Santa. Other people can be seen from the waist down...
Santa and others handing out gifts or candy
Santa Claus (white man) passing out either small gifts or candy to young patients with nurses and other adults in attendance during a Christmas party in the lobby.
Santa and others helping with a Christmas stocking
Santa Claus and two unidentified white female hospital attendees helping young patients (white girl, right, African American child, left (partially seen)) with a Christmas stocking during a Christmas...
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.