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Children in the hospital classroom

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Children (African American and white girls and boys) studying in the hospital classroom. A white female teacher at the left is leaning over to help a...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Children reading on hospital beds

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Young white girl and two white boys sitting on a hospital bed with books in hand, one young boy is holding a small piece of paper up. Another boy is...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

David Morgan's children at Christmas

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Children of David Morgan (two girls and two boys) sitting and standing at the foot of a stairwell. The oldest girl is holding a book called "The...

Date Published
December-01-1953
December-31-1953
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Delivering books to the children at Christmas

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One little white girl sitting on a white female nurse's lap and another small African American child in wheelchair receiving presents and books from a...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Katherine Wilson instructing young patients

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Katherine Wilson instructing young patients (all white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. Wilson, the principal of the hospital school, is working with...

Date Published
January-01-1949
December-31-1949
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Katherine Wilson with a patient

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Katherine Wilson working with a young white boy patient. Wilson, the principal of the hospital school, is holding a book above a boy laying on a bed...

Date Published
January-01-1949
December-31-1949
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Ken Curtis talking with a boy

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Ken Curtis talking with a white boy on a hospital bed in Children's Mercy Hospital. Curtis is dressed as Festus from the TV show Gunsmoke. He is...

Date Published
October-19-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Lily Tomlin and child

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Lily Tomlin holding pen to autograph copies of her book sitting in a large yellow "Edith Ann" rocking chair with a young white boy at FAO Schwarz' 1st...

Date Published
November-03-1995
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Lily Tomlin signing a book for a child

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Lily Tomlin in a Children's Mercy Hospital Ward signing a book for young white boy patient seated at a table and looking over at Tomlin.

Date Published
November-06-1995
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Lily Tomlin signing a book for a child in a chair

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Lily Tomlin in a Children's Mercy Hospital Ward visiting a young white patient that's lost their hair seated in a rocking chair while holding a book...

Date Published
November-06-1995
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Lily Tomlin signing a book for a child playing a game

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Lily Tomlin in a Children's Mercy Hospital Ward signing a book for a young boy patient hooked up to medical monitors. An unidentified white man is...

Date Published
November-06-1995
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Little girl at the grand opening

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An unidentified little white girl in a rainbow colored harness holding a book titled "The Women's Book of Healing" with the lower half of mom also...

Date Published
March-07-1992
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Marylane Thorne with students

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Marylane Thorne speaking with an African American boy student in the hospital's classroom. Five students (Two African American boys, one African...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Mother reading to her girl in the hospital

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Young white girl patient being read to by her mother sitting next to her hospital bed.

Date Published
October-01-1965
October-31-1965
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Reading in a bean bag

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Two young boys seated together in a bean bag, each with a book. The white boy on the right is looking up from his book and the African American boy on...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Santa passing a gift to a child in a hospital bed

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Santa Claus (white man) handing out a gift and a book to a white child lying down in their hospital bed and reaching for the gifts.

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

Toddler getting a balloon

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Unidentified white woman (partly seen) handing a balloon to a white toddler boy during Women's History Celebration at Phoenix Books; only the string...

Date Published
March-20-1993
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Toddler looking up

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Unidentified white toddler boy in a heavy jacket amongst the shelves and looking up during the Women's History Celebration at Phoenix Books.

Date Published
March-20-1993
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Woman reading a story to an audience at a Christmas party

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Unidentified white woman (left) with book open in front of her reading to an audience of children and adults during a hospital Christmas party. A...

Date Published
December-01-1964
December-31-1964
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Young boy in a crib with a book

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Young white boy in a patterned shirt sitting up in a hospital crib with a book in his lap and he's folding something. He's smiling and his eyes are...

Date Published
January-01-1961
December-31-1961
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Young boy seated at a school desk

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Young white boy sitting at desk with books in the hospital school room, looking through a book he has open on the desk in front of him.

Date Published
December-01-1952
December-31-1952
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Young girl with bandaged hand reading in bed

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Little white girl sitting in bed smiling, and holding a book open on her lap. One arm is bandaged.

Date Published
May-01-1967
May-31-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection
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Member of

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (19)
  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (22)

Genres

  • Snapshots (22)
  • Group portraits (16)
  • Black & white photographs (15)
  • Gelatin silver prints (15)
  • Color photographs (7)
  • Portrait photographs (6)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (7)
  • 1991-2000 (7)
  • 1971-1980 (3)
  • 1941-1950 (2)
  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • Children--Hospital care (17)
  • Hospital patients (17)
  • Boys (16)
  • Women, White (13)
  • Girls (9)
  • Hospital beds (7)
  • African American children (6)
  • Men, White (5)
  • Authors, American (4)
  • Celebrities (4)
  • Comedians (4)
  • Lesbians (4)
  • Teachers (4)
  • Classrooms (3)
  • Independent bookstores (3)
  • Toddlers (3)
  • Bandages and bandaging (2)
  • Christmas decorations (2)
  • Christmas trees (2)
  • Desks (2)
  • Gifts (2)
  • Nurses (2)
  • Reading (2)
  • Rocking chairs (2)
  • School children (2)
  • Shelving for books (2)
  • Students (2)
  • Wheelchairs (2)
  • Women's History Month (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Board games (1)
  • Brothers and sisters (1)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Characters and characteristics on television (1)
  • Children's books (1)
  • Children--Books and reading (1)
  • Christmas (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Cowboys (1)
  • Cribs (Children's furniture) (1)
  • Encyclopedias (1)
  • Fund raisers (1)
  • Fund raising (1)
  • Globes (1)
  • Harnesses (1)
  • Knitwear (1)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Medical instruments and apparatus (1)
  • Mother and child (1)
  • Mothers and daughters (1)
  • Oral reading (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Stairs (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Toys (1)
  • Toy stores (1)
  • Windows (1)
  • (-) Books (22)
  • (-) Children, White (22)

Subjects, Community

  • Gay liberation (3)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (3)
  • LGBTQ+ events (3)
  • Women's bookshops (3)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (1)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • LGBTQ+ symbols (1)
  • Rainbow flags (1)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)

Subjects, People

  • Tomlin, Lily (4)
  • Wilson, Katherine (Educator) (2)
  • Curtis, Ken, 1916-1991 (1)
  • Davis, Ilus W., 1917-1996 (1)
  • Morgan, David (Doctor) (1)
  • Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Stein, Diane, 1948- (1)
  • Thorne, Marylane (1)

Date Published

  • 1971 (3)
  • 1980 (3)
  • 1995-11-06 (3)
  • 1949-01-01 (2)
  • 1949-12-31 (2)
  • 1993-03-20 (2)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1952-12-01 (1)
  • 1952-12-31 (1)
  • 1953-12-01 (1)
  • 1953-12-31 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1961-01-01 (1)
  • 1961-12-31 (1)
  • 1964-12-01 (1)
  • 1964-12-31 (1)
  • 1965-10-01 (1)
  • 1965-10-31 (1)
  • 1966-12-01 (1)
  • 1966-12-31 (1)
  • 1967-05-01 (1)
  • 1967-05-31 (1)
  • 1967-10-19 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1992-03-07 (1)
  • 1995-11-03 (1)

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