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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

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

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

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

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

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
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  • African American children
  • Clowns

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  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (8)

Types

  • photographs (8)

Genres

  • Group portraits (8)
  • Snapshots (8)
  • Black & white photographs (5)
  • Gelatin silver prints (5)
  • Color photographs (3)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (7)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Children--Hospital care (7)
  • Hospital patients (7)
  • Women, White (7)
  • Children, White (6)
  • Boys (4)
  • Girls (4)
  • Men, White (4)
  • Nurses (4)
  • Costume (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Celebrities (2)
  • Advertising characters (1)
  • African American men (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Corridors (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Fezzes (1)
  • Fictitious characters (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Toys (1)
  • (-) African American children (8)
  • (-) Clowns (8)

Subjects, People

  • Kelly, Emmett, 1924-2006 (2)
  • DeCaigny, Carol (1)
  • McNally, Betty (1)

Date Published

  • 1966-12-01 (4)
  • 1966-12-31 (4)
  • 1965-09-01 (1)
  • 1965-09-30 (1)
  • 1967-10-31 (1)
  • 1967-12-10 (1)
  • 1972-01-01 (1)
  • 1972-12-31 (1)

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