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Budget meeting interrupted by police clown

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Eight men in suits sit around conference table. Identified on back as Tom Chenowith, J.V. Lewis, Hayes Richardson, John Maring, Police Clown, L. Perry...

Date Published
1944
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Children watching a female clown

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Children (African American and white) watching a white woman performing in a clown outfit. The woman is dressed in overalls with a plaid shirt. She...

Date Published
December-10-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Clown entertaining children seated in nurses' laps

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Clown (white man) wearing a funny hat crouched down to speak with young patients (African American and white children), some being held by white...

Date Published
December-01-1966
December-31-1966
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Clown performing on the hospital lawn

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Clown (white male) from the Truman Corners Circus performing with a cycle of some sort on the lawn of Children's Mercy Hospital.

Date Published
April-28-1961
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Clown performing on the hospital lawn

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Clown (white male) from the Truman Corners Circus performing on the lawn of Children's Mercy Hospital.

Date Published
April-28-1961
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Clown speaking with young girl

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Clown (white male) from the Truman Corners Circus bending down to talk with a young girl with a head scarf holding a crafted bunny, on the lawn of the...

Date Published
April-28-1961
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Clowns entertaining children

Image

Two clowns (white, indeterminate sex) with backs to the camera kneeling in front of a row of African American and white children and white female...

Date Published
December-01-1966
December-31-1966
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

George Ross

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Publicity photo of George Ross wearing clown outfit with caption: "World's Greatest Magic Comedy Clown."

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Joseph Redmond dressed as Santa and an unidentified clown greeting children at the Uptown Theater

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Joseph Redmond dressed as Santa and an unidentified clown greeting children as they exit a bus to participate in "Santa Claus in August" at the Uptown...

Date Published
August-1957
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Keystone Cop style clown holding young boy

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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...

Date Published
December-01-1966
December-31-1966
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Mr. and Mrs. Claus visiting patients

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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...

Date Published
December-01-1966
December-31-1966
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Police Circus

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Harriette W. Cookingham and L. Perry Cookingham shake hands with Police Circus clowns in crowd at event.

Date Published
1947
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Ronald McDonald interacting with patients

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Ronald McDonald interacting with patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. The children (African American and white) are sitting and laying on a blanket...

Date Published
January-01-1972
December-31-1972
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Ronald McDonald visiting a patient

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Ronald McDonald visiting a patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. The white boy is laying in bed and smiling while looking forward. Ronald McDonald is...

Date Published
January-01-1972
December-31-1972
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Shriner clowns with children

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Group of children (African American and white) with two clowns. Some of the children are holding balloons. Two unidentified white men are in the...

Date Published
September-01-1965
September-30-1965
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Two children in costumes

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Two white children, possibly Ed Dix is the boy, are outside dressed in clown-like costumes posing for a photo. They're holding hands raised up to head...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Two female clowns and Santa Claus

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Two white women clowns and Santa Claus (white) at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party. The women are wearing work shirts and pants and have their faces...

Date Published
December-10-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Whoosh!

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Air holes in the "House of Fun" blow up a smiling white woman's dress as she holds a prize doll in her right arm at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Young boy surrounded by clowns

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Young white boy with leg braces seated on the stairs in the lobby with a row of clowns lined up on either side of him. Nine clowns (all seem to be...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Black & white photographs
  • Clowns

Member of

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (13)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (2)
  • Allan Bell Collection (1)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Ted Malone Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (19)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (19)
  • Snapshots (16)
  • Group portraits (15)
  • Portrait photographs (4)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • (-) Black & white photographs (19)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (11)
  • 1941-1950 (3)
  • 1971-1980 (3)
  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • Children, White (12)
  • Children--Hospital care (10)
  • Hospital patients (10)
  • Men, White (10)
  • Women, White (8)
  • Boys (6)
  • African American children (5)
  • Costume (5)
  • Girls (5)
  • Circus performers (3)
  • Nurses (3)
  • Accordion (2)
  • Accordionists (2)
  • Advertising characters (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Christmas (2)
  • City managers (2)
  • Fictitious characters (2)
  • Hospital beds (2)
  • Amusement parks (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Children's costumes (1)
  • Circus--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Dwarfs (Persons) (1)
  • Fezzes (1)
  • Municipal government (1)
  • Orthopedic braces (1)
  • Scarves (1)
  • Stairs (1)
  • Theaters (1)
  • Toys (1)
  • (-) Clowns (19)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (4)
  • Broadway Boulevard (1)
  • Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (4)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (2)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (1)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (1)
  • Redmond, Joseph K., 1913-1996 (1)
  • Ross, George (1)

Date Published

  • 1966-12-01 (4)
  • 1966-12-31 (4)
  • 1961-04-28 (3)
  • 1967-12-10 (2)
  • 1972-01-01 (2)
  • 1972-12-31 (2)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1944 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1957-08 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1965-09-01 (1)
  • 1965-09-30 (1)
  • 1976 (1)

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