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Betty McNally and Carol DeCaigny in clown costumes

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Betty McNally and Carol DeCaigny dressed as clowns and talking with an African American girl patient between them on Halloween.

Date Published
October-31-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus

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The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus is a small circus show comprising four white men, three in clown makeup, and three white women, one in clown makeup, all...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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 and girl in wheelchair

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Young white female patient in a wheelchair and holding bushel basket with unidentified items in it while a clown with red hair and a hat leans over...

Date Published
May-01-1973
May-31-1973
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Clown at a Halloween party

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Mary Dix (likely) in a clown suit poses at a Halloween party for senior citizens.

Date Published
October-29-1998
Member of
Ed Dix 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 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

Clown visiting a patient

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Clown (white male) in a plaid coat, hat, and red hair visiting a white girl in traction. The clown is holding a small phonograph player. The girl is...

Date Published
May-01-1973
May-31-1973
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Clowns entertaining children

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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

Couple in costumes at the Forest Ballroom

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Two unidentified white men, arm in arm, in costumes at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; the man on the left is dressed as a mime; the man on the...

Date Published
November-1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Crowd at the Hall Family Outpatient Center open house

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Crowd outside in the courtyard at the Hall Family Outpatient Center open house. A Häagen-Dazs ice cream vendor (white male) is in the middle left...

Date Published
January-01-1995
December-31-1995
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Emmet Kelly Jr. shaking hands with skeptical boy

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Emmet Kelly, Jr. shaking hands with a young African American boy in a coat and hat. The boy is not at all thrilled and looks as if he might start to...

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

Emmet Kelly Jr. speaking with children

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Emmet Kelly, Jr. visiting on Clown Day. He's speaking with a group of white girls in a corridor. There are people (African American and white women...

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

Emmet Kelly Jr. with Carol Belt

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Emmet Kelly, Jr. rubbing noses with nurse Carol Belt who is seated behind a desk. The visit was part of "Clown Day".

Date Published
December-01-1966
December-31-1966
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital 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
  • Group portraits
  • Clowns

Member of

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (18)
  • Ed Dix Collection (2)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (2)
  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (1)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)
  • Ted Malone Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (25)

Genres

  • Snapshots (21)
  • Black & white photographs (15)
  • Gelatin silver prints (15)
  • Color photographs (10)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Photocopies (1)
  • Portrait photographs (1)
  • Slides (1)
  • (-) Group portraits (25)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (13)
  • 1971-1980 (4)
  • 1941-1950 (3)
  • 1991-2000 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • Children, White (15)
  • Men, White (15)
  • Women, White (15)
  • Children--Hospital care (14)
  • Hospital patients (14)
  • Girls (9)
  • African American children (8)
  • Boys (8)
  • Costume (6)
  • Nurses (5)
  • Hospital beds (4)
  • Celebrities (3)
  • Accordion (2)
  • Accordionists (2)
  • Advertising characters (2)
  • African American women (2)
  • Christmas (2)
  • Circus performers (2)
  • City managers (2)
  • Crowds (2)
  • Fictitious characters (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Amusement parks (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (1)
  • Baskets (1)
  • Children's costumes (1)
  • Corridors (1)
  • Desks (1)
  • Dwarfs (Persons) (1)
  • Fezzes (1)
  • Gay bars (1)
  • Gay men (1)
  • Halloween costumes (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Hospital buildings (1)
  • Mimes (1)
  • Municipal government (1)
  • Office furniture (1)
  • Older people (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Orthopedic braces (1)
  • Orthopedic traction (1)
  • Orthopedic traction--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Phonograph turntables (1)
  • Scarves (1)
  • Stairs (1)
  • Street-food vendors (1)
  • Surgical plaster casts (1)
  • Toys (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)
  • (-) Clowns (25)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ events (1)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • White gay men (1)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) (1)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)

Subjects, People

  • Kelly, Emmett, 1924-2006 (3)
  • Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (3)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (2)
  • Belt, Carol (1)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (1)
  • DeCaigny, Carol (1)
  • Dix, Mary (1)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (1)
  • McNally, Betty (1)

Date Published

  • 1966-12-01 (7)
  • 1966-12-31 (7)
  • 1967-12-10 (2)
  • 1972-01-01 (2)
  • 1972-12-31 (2)
  • 1973-05-01 (2)
  • 1973-05-31 (2)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1944 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1961-04-28 (1)
  • 1964-11 (1)
  • 1965-09-01 (1)
  • 1965-09-30 (1)
  • 1967-10-31 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1995-01-01 (1)
  • 1995-12-31 (1)
  • 1998-10-29 (1)
  • 2000 (1)

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