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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

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Asian American History & Representation

Indigenous History & Representation

Kansas City History

Women’s History & Representation

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Young girl being examined by a doctor

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Young white girl patient being held by her mother who's seated in a chair while a white male doctor examines her with a stethoscope. The mother is smiling and the doctor has his back to the camera.

Date Published

1981

1990

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Auscultation
Physical diagnosis--Examination

Types (Collection)

photographs (26)

Genres (Collection)

Group portraits (26)
Snapshots (26)
Color photographs (20)
Black & white photographs (6)
Gelatin silver prints (6)

Time Periods (Collection)

2001-2010 (19)
1981-1990 (4)
1951-1960 (1)
1961-1970 (1)
1991-2000 (1)

Subjects (Collection)

Stethoscopes (26)
Hospital patients (24)
Children--Hospital care (21)
Residents (Medicine) (19)
Medical instruments and apparatus (16)
Women, White (16)
Boys (12)
Children, White (12)
Men, White (12)
African American children (10)
Physicians (7)
Girls (5)
Infants (5)
Mothers and sons (5)
Toddlers (5)
Hospitals--Emergency services (3)
Mother and child (3)
Pediatric emergency services (3)
Teenage girls, White (3)
Hospital beds (2)
Nurses (2)
African American women (1)
Hospitals--Employees (1)
Mothers and daughters (1)
Oxygen therapy--Equipment and supplies (1)
Oxygen therapy for children (1)
Tables (1)
(-) Auscultation (26)
(-) Physical diagnosis--Examination (26)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Sypniewski, Stephanie (8)
Burghardt, Brian (3)
Black, Philip (Doctor) (1)
Falcone, Lori (1)

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