Adults and child patients at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party
Adults and child patients (all white execpt an African American girl seated) at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party. A row of young children are sitting in wheel chairs in the foreground. An adult dressed...
Christmas party at Children's Mercy Hospital
Christmas party at Children's Mercy Hospital held in the children's playroom at the 1710 Independence Avenue building. Santa (white) is standing in front of a large decorated Christmas tree. Young...
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...
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...
Keystone Cop style clown holding young boy
Keystone Cop style clown (white man) holding a young white boy with Mr. and Mrs. Claus (both white) nearby during the Christmas party. Mrs. Claus has her accordion.
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...
Margaret Weaver dancing with Santa
Margaret Weaver, Board President, wearing a volunteer uniform and dancing with Santa Claus (white male). An African American child in a wheelchair is seen behind them. Most of Weaver's face is turned...
Meeting Santa Claus
Santa Claus (white man) reaching down with his hand out to a white girl toddler in the lobby of Children's Mercy Hospital during the mayor's Christmas party. A group of other patients (African...
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...
Mr. and Mrs. Claus visiting patients
Santa Claus & Mrs. Claus (both white) with accordion visiting a white patient in one of the hospital wards. An unidentified white woman next to Santa and an unidentified white male clown next to Mrs...
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 his helpers giving out presents
Santa Claus (white) handing out presents to children (white and African American) at Children's Mercy Hospital with the help of Charles Wesley Pirtle (left) and Bob Paxton (right). Pirtle is in a...
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.
Santa Claus and a candy striper with a young boy
Santa Claus (white) and a white female candy striper with a young white boy patient in a crib at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party. The child is laying on his side and looking up while the candy striper...
Santa Claus and a young female patient
Santa Claus (white) kneeling while speaking to a young white female patient at the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. The young girl is standing on the right, wearing a bandage wrap on her head. She is...
Santa Claus and a young woman next to a young boy
Santa Claus (white) and a young African American woman visiting a young African American boy patient. The boy is sitting up in a crib with one foot wrapped in bandages and supported by rope on a...
Santa Claus and another man handing out gifts
Santa Claus (white) and another white man handing out gifts to children (African American and white) in the hospital at the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. They are holding boxes with dolls and other...
Santa Claus and Jane Hart
Santa Claus (white man) standing next to Jane Hart who is playing the accordion during the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. Santa is holding a white toddler in his arms. An unidentified white man in...
Santa Claus clapping his hands together
Santa Claus (White) clapping his hands together at the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. A set of sleigh bells are hanging off one arm. Nurses (female) and children (all white) are sitting on the back...
Santa Claus delivering a present
Santa Claus (white) delivering a present at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party. Santa is handing a toy to a young white boy patient in a hospital bed. A white female nurse is holding the boy's head on the...