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Lobby Christmas party for the children

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Christmas party in the lobby of Children's Mercy Hospital for the patients (all white boys and girls except for one African American child). Nurse...

Date Published
January-01-1954
December-31-1954
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Switchboard operator

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Ruby Bales, working as a PBX operator at Children's Mercy Hospital. She's seated in front of a telephone switchboard and has a headphone with...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection
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  • Bales, Ruby

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  • (-) Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (2)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (2)
  • Gelatin silver prints (2)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • Group portraits (1)
  • Portrait photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (2)

Subjects

  • Women, White (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Children's parties (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Children--Hospital care (1)
  • Christmas (1)
  • Christmas decorations (1)
  • Headphones (1)
  • Hospital patients (1)
  • Hospitals--Employees (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Orthopedic braces (1)
  • Teachers (1)
  • Telephone--Private branch exchanges (1)
  • Telephone operators (1)
  • Telephone switchboards (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clark, Ed (Photographer) (1)
  • Jensen, Iris (1)
  • (-) Bales, Ruby (2)

Date Published

  • 1951 (1)
  • 1954-01-01 (1)
  • 1954-12-31 (1)
  • 1960 (1)

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