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Children watching a female clown

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Children watching a female clown

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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Clown and girl in wheelchair

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 entertaining children seated in nurses' laps

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Clown entertaining children seated in nurses' laps

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 speaking with young girl

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 visiting a patient

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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Clowns entertaining children

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 at the Hall Family Outpatient Center open house

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. speaking with children

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Emmet Kelly Jr. speaking with children

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

Joseph Redmond dressed as Santa and an unidentified clown greeting children at the Uptown Theater

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Joseph Redmond dressed as Santa and an unidentified clown greeting children at the Uptown Theater

Joseph Redmond dressed as Santa and an unidentified clown greeting children as they exit a bus to participate in "Santa Claus in August" at the Uptown...

Date Published
August-1957
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Keystone Cop style clown holding young boy

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Keystone Cop style clown holding young boy

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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Mr. and Mrs. Claus visiting patients

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

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

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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Shriner clowns with children

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 children in costumes

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

Young boy surrounded by clowns

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Young boy surrounded by clowns

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
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  • Children, White
  • Clowns

Member of

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (14)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (16)

Genres

  • Snapshots (16)
  • Group portraits (15)
  • Black & white photographs (12)
  • Gelatin silver prints (12)
  • Color photographs (4)
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Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (8)
  • 1971-1980 (4)
  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1991-2000 (1)
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Subjects

  • Children--Hospital care (13)
  • Hospital patients (13)
  • Men, White (9)
  • Girls (8)
  • Women, White (8)
  • Boys (7)
  • African American children (6)
  • Costume (5)
  • Hospital beds (4)
  • Nurses (3)
  • Accordion (2)
  • Accordionists (2)
  • Advertising characters (2)
  • Crowds (2)
  • Fictitious characters (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Baskets (1)
  • Celebrities (1)
  • Children's costumes (1)
  • Christmas (1)
  • Circus performers (1)
  • Corridors (1)
  • Fezzes (1)
  • Hospital buildings (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)
  • Theaters (1)
  • Toys (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)
  • (-) Children, White (16)
  • (-) Clowns (16)
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Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)
  • Broadway Boulevard (1)

Subjects, People

  • Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (3)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (1)
  • Kelly, Emmett, 1924-2006 (1)
  • Redmond, Joseph K., 1913-1996 (1)
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Date Published

  • 1966-12-01 (5)
  • 1966-12-31 (5)
  • 1972-01-01 (2)
  • 1972-12-31 (2)
  • 1973-05-01 (2)
  • 1973-05-31 (2)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1957-08 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1961-04-28 (1)
  • 1965-09-01 (1)
  • 1965-09-30 (1)
  • 1967-12-10 (1)
  • 1995-01-01 (1)
  • 1995-12-31 (1)
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