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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

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

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

Ronald McDonald visiting a patient

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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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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 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 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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Member of

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (7)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (8)

Genres

  • Group portraits (8)
  • Snapshots (8)
  • Black & white photographs (6)
  • Gelatin silver prints (6)
  • Color photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (5)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1951-1960 (1)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Children, White (7)
  • Children--Hospital care (6)
  • Hospital patients (6)
  • Men, White (5)
  • African American children (4)
  • Girls (4)
  • Women, White (4)
  • African American women (2)
  • Celebrities (2)
  • Costume (2)
  • Nurses (2)
  • Accordion (1)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • Advertising characters (1)
  • African American men (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Children's costumes (1)
  • Christmas (1)
  • Corridors (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Fezzes (1)
  • Fictitious characters (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Hospital beds (1)
  • Orthopedic braces (1)
  • Stairs (1)
  • (-) Boys (8)
  • (-) Clowns (8)

Subjects, People

  • Kelly, Emmett, 1924-2006 (2)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (1)
  • Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (1)

Date Published

  • 1966-12-01 (3)
  • 1966-12-31 (3)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1965-09-01 (1)
  • 1965-09-30 (1)
  • 1967-12-10 (1)
  • 1972-01-01 (1)
  • 1972-12-31 (1)

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