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"The Scout" statue at Penn Valley Park

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Distant view of "The Scout" statue surrounded by fencing at Penn Valley Park, Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
U.S. Epperson Collection

Agnes Messersmith with her son

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Agnes Messersmith holding her son while outside near some trees. She's wearing a heavy coat.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

An unidentified woman and an unidentified man at "The Scout" statue at Penn Valley Park

Image

"The Scout" statue surrounded by fencing; an unidentified woman and an unidentified man stand in foreground at Penn Valley Park, Kansas City, Missouri...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
U.S. Epperson Collection

Clinic entrance from the west

Image

View of the Children's Mercy Hospital's clinic entrance from the west side and from and elevated spot. Snow is covering the ground.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Crowd of children posing for an Uptown Theater Kiddie Show promotion

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Newspaper clipping of crowd of children posing for an Uptown Theater Kiddie Show promotion (Castle ice cream and the film "Mysterious Island") at...

Date Published
1930
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Decorative elephant statue and two Pekingese dogs outside Epperson House

Image

Color-tinted photo of decorative elephant statue displayed on outside Epperson House; two Pekingese dogs are on the left and right.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
U.S. Epperson Collection

Decorative elephant statues in Epperson House

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Close-up of decorative elephant statues in the "Elephant Room" of Epperson House.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
U.S. Epperson Collection

Dr. Berger outside with his bag

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Dr. Berger, pediatrician, standing on a sidewalk and holding his medical bag in one hand and wearing a hat. Facing the camera.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Dr. Berger outside with his bag

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Dr. Berger, pediatrician, standing outside holding his medical bag in his right hand and wearing a hat.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Dr. Denny at the hospital's entrance

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Dr. Charles Clayton Denny wearing a hat and standing by the hospital's entrance steps.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Dr. Lanning

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Doctor Lanning, otolaryngologist, standing outside on the sidewalk, hands clasped in front of him and looking slightly to the left of the photo.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Dr. McCartney with hat in hand

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Dr. McCartney standing on a walkway holding his hat in his hands. Trees and shrubs are behind him.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Dr. Nelson with child

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Dr. Nelson (likely) standing outside holding a white toddler in his arms. Looking to the left of the photo with a house in the background.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Dr. Norton with girl outside the hospital

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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...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Driveway past the clinic door

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View of the driveway past the clinic door of Children's Mercy Hospital. The First Congregational Church can be seen in the background. It is snowing.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

East view of the hospital

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East view of Children's Mercy Hospital, on Independence Avenue.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Exterior view from Wyandotte Street of Pla-Mor Amusement Center

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Exterior view from Wyandotte Street of Pla-Mor Amusement Center in Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Pla-Mor Ballroom Photograph Collection

Exterior view of Children's Mercy Hospital

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Distant exterior view of Children's Mercy Hospital at 1710 Independence Avenue. A chalkboard sign on the right reads "Not everybody can give money but...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Exterior view of Children's Mercy Hospital

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Exterior view of Children's Mercy Hospital. There are trees on all sides of the three-story building. A signboard is on the right listing things...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Feeding toddlers

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Unidentified white female student nurse feeding three white children sitting in high chairs in the baby ward at Children's Mercy Hospital. She's...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Feeding toddlers

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Unidentified white female student nurse feeding three white children sitting in high chairs in the baby ward at Children's Mercy Hospital.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Girl playing with her doll outside

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Young white girl seated on the grass with her crutches lying beside her playing with a doll seated in a child-sized rocking chair. A sheep is not far...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Girl seated on the hospital playground stairs

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Young white girl seated at the bottom of the stairs leading to the playground with a single crutch beside her. She's examining the bandages on her...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Girl with sheep

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Young white girl on crutches holding the collar of a sheep eating grass on the grounds of Children's Mercy Hospital.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Group photo of Children's Mercy Hospital trained nurses

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Group photo of twenty-two white female nurses (most in caps) standing outside of the hospital in a single row. Hands held behind their backs, all...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

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  • 1930
  • Kansas City (Mo.)

Member of

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (67)
  • U.S. Epperson Collection (13)
  • Pla-Mor Ballroom Photograph Collection (11)
  • Baron Missakian Collection (1)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (94)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (90)
  • Gelatin silver prints (90)
  • Snapshots (85)
  • Group portraits (42)
  • Portrait photographs (28)
  • Architectural photographs (12)
  • Cityscape photographs (6)
  • Architectural drawings (4)
  • Halftone photomechanical prints (4)
  • Cityscapes (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1921-1930 (94)

Subjects

  • Women, White (41)
  • Nurses (38)
  • Children, White (33)
  • Children--Hospital care (28)
  • Hospital patients (28)
  • Hospital buildings (27)
  • Girls (16)
  • Boys (14)
  • Men, White (13)
  • Buildings (11)
  • Physicians (11)
  • Toddlers (11)
  • Stairs (10)
  • Snow (8)
  • Crutches (7)
  • Hats (7)
  • Trees (7)
  • Tricycles (7)
  • African American children (6)
  • Architecture, Domestic (6)
  • Architectural drawing (4)
  • Elephants in art (4)
  • Shrubs (4)
  • Streets (4)
  • Student nurses (4)
  • Automobile dealers (3)
  • Automobiles (3)
  • Children's furniture (3)
  • Infants (3)
  • Roller-skating rinks (3)
  • Bags (2)
  • Bandages and bandaging (2)
  • Church buildings (2)
  • Dinners and dining (2)
  • Doors (2)
  • Hospital beds (2)
  • Hospitals (2)
  • Operating room nurses (2)
  • Organ (Musical instrument) (2)
  • Otolaryngologists (2)
  • Pekingese dog (2)
  • Playgrounds (2)
  • Playgrounds--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Sheep (2)
  • Sidewalks (2)
  • Signs and signboards (2)
  • Statues (2)
  • Trellises (2)
  • Wheelchairs (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Animal trainers (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Awnings (1)
  • Barrels (1)
  • Benches (1)
  • Bowling alleys (1)
  • Canning and preserving (1)
  • Canning and preserving--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Circus animals (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Dermatologists (1)
  • Dolls (1)
  • Driveways (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Elephants (1)
  • Exhibit booths (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Hospitals--Employees (1)
  • Mothers and sons (1)
  • Motion picture studios (1)
  • Older men (1)
  • Parking lots (1)
  • Rocking chairs (1)
  • Soft drinks (1)
  • Surgical plaster casts (1)
  • Swings (1)
  • Tents (1)
  • Windows (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Broadway Boulevard (1)
  • Valentine Road (1)
  • (-) Kansas City (Mo.) (94)

Subjects, People

  • West, Harriet (4)
  • Fenner, Anna (3)
  • Messersmith, Agnes (3)
  • Barse, Harriet E. (2)
  • Epperson, Mary E. (2)
  • Denny, Charles Clayton (1)
  • Epperson, Uriah Spray, 1861-1927 (1)
  • McAllister, Helen Hill (1)
  • Walters, Helen (Nurse) (1)

Date Published

  • 1921 (92)
  • 1922 (1)
  • (-) 1930 (94)

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