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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

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 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

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

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

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

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
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  • Clowns
  • Women, White

Member of

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (12)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)
  • Ted Malone Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (15)

Genres

  • Group portraits (15)
  • Snapshots (13)
  • Black & white photographs (8)
  • Gelatin silver prints (8)
  • Color photographs (7)
  • Photocopies (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (10)
  • 1991-2000 (3)
  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Men, White (10)
  • Children, White (8)
  • Children--Hospital care (8)
  • Hospital patients (8)
  • African American children (7)
  • Costume (5)
  • Nurses (5)
  • Boys (4)
  • Girls (4)
  • Celebrities (3)
  • Accordion (2)
  • Accordionists (2)
  • African American women (2)
  • Christmas (2)
  • Crowds (2)
  • Advertising characters (1)
  • African American men (1)
  • Amusement parks (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Circus performers (1)
  • Corridors (1)
  • Desks (1)
  • Dwarfs (Persons) (1)
  • Fictitious characters (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Hospital beds (1)
  • Hospital buildings (1)
  • Office furniture (1)
  • Older people (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Street-food vendors (1)
  • Toys (1)
  • (-) Clowns (15)
  • (-) Women, White (15)

Subjects, Geographic

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

Subjects, People

  • Kelly, Emmett, 1924-2006 (3)
  • Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (3)
  • Belt, Carol (1)
  • DeCaigny, Carol (1)
  • Dix, Mary (1)
  • McNally, Betty (1)

Date Published

  • 1966-12-01 (7)
  • 1966-12-31 (7)
  • 1967-12-10 (2)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1967-10-31 (1)
  • 1972-01-01 (1)
  • 1972-12-31 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1995-01-01 (1)
  • 1995-12-31 (1)
  • 1998-10-29 (1)
  • 2000 (1)

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