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Adults and child patients at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party

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Adults and child patients (all white execpt an African American girl seated) at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party. A row of young children are sitting in...

Date Published
December-10-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Christmas party at Children's Mercy Hospital

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Christmas party at Children's Mercy Hospital held in the children's playroom at the 1710 Independence Avenue building. Santa (white) is standing in...

Date Published
December-01-1934
December-31-1934
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Elves, Santa, and Mrs. Claus visit a boy

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Santa and Mrs. Claus (both white) along with two elves (both white) visiting a young white boy during the Hallmark Christmas party at Children's Mercy...

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

Frame cover around the photograph in My Visit with Santa

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Inside of the card the frame around the photograph of two young African American boys visiting with a Santa Claus, who is a white man, has a red...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
My Visit with Santa card front and frame cover

John O'Donoghue playing Santa

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John O'Donoghue, Kansas City Athletics pitcher, playing Santa Claus and entertaining patients at the Wendy Ward Party at Children's Mercy Hospital. He...

Date Published
December-19-1965
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

Kids with plastic Santas

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Group of boys (white) and girls (two white and an African American girl in a wheelchair) in a circle around two identical facing plastic Santa statues...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

My visit with Santa

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Two young African American boys visit with Santa Claus, who is played by a white man, has a red poinsettia on the top center and a red and white house...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
My Visit with Santa card front and frame cover

My Visit with Santa card front and frame cover

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Photograph: Two young African American boys visit with a Santa Claus, who is a white man, has a red poinsettia on the top center and a red and white...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Santa and his helpers giving out presents

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Santa Claus (white) handing out presents to children (white and African American) at Children's Mercy Hospital with the help of Charles Wesley Pirtle...

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

Santa and Mrs. Claus speaking with a boy in a wheelchair

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Santa and Mrs. Claus (both white) kneeling on either side of wheelchair occupied by a white boy holding a Christmas stocking and looking over at Santa...

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

Santa and others handing out gifts or candy

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Santa Claus (white man) passing out either small gifts or candy to young patients with nurses and other adults in attendance during a Christmas party...

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

Santa and toy soldier visiting children

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Santa Claus (white man), holding a giant comb and his sack, along with a person dressed up in a toy soldier costume visiting two young white boy...

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

Santa at Children's Mercy Hospital

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Santa Claus (white man) holding sleigh bells and entertaining the children at the mayor's Christmas party. An African American female nurse can be...

Date Published
December-01-1974
December-31-1974
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Santa Claus and a candy striper with a young boy

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Santa Claus (white) and a white female candy striper with a young white boy patient in a crib at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party. The child is laying...

Date Published
December-10-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Santa Claus and a young woman next to a young boy

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Santa Claus (white) and a young African American woman visiting a young African American boy patient. The boy is sitting up in a crib with one foot...

Date Published
December-10-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Santa Claus delivering a present

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Santa Claus (white) delivering a present at the Wendy Ward Christmas Party. Santa is handing a toy to a young white boy patient in a hospital bed. A...

Date Published
December-10-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Santa Claus handing a stuffed animal to a young girl

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Santa Claus (white) handing a stuffed animal to a young white girl patient. The girl is sitting between two other girls and a boy (all white) who are...

Date Published
December-10-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Santa Claus handing a toy horse to a young boy

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Santa Claus (white) handing a toy horse to a young white boy patient. The boy is sitting in a wheelchair. Santa is kneeling while handing over the...

Date Published
December-10-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Santa Claus handing out presents to children

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Large group of patients (African American and white) sitting on the steps in the lobby area of Children's Mercy Hospital while Santa (white) hands out...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Santa Claus visiting a young girl and boy

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Santa Claus (white) visiting a young girl and boy (both white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. The patient on left is sitting in a wheel chair holding a...

Date Published
December-01-1934
December-31-1934
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Santa Claus visiting two boys

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Santa Claus (white male) is leaning over talking to two boys (white, and African American) during a Wendy Ward Christmas party. The African American...

Date Published
December-19-1965
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Santa Claus visiting two young boys

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Santa Claus (white man), holding sleigh bells and visiting with two African American boy toddler patients being held by two white female nurses. The...

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

Santa handing out gifts

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Santa Claus (white man) visiting patients and passing out Christmas presents to a group (African American girls and boys) seated before him. Other...

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

Santa handing out presents

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Santa Claus (white man) handing out presents to patients (African American and white girls and boys) in one of the hospital wards during the Children...

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

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Member of

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (25)
  • My Visit with Santa card front and frame cover (2)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (28)

Genres

  • Group portraits (28)
  • Black & white photographs (26)
  • Gelatin silver prints (26)
  • Snapshots (25)
  • Color photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (16)
  • 1951-1960 (6)
  • 1971-1980 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (2)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • Children--Hospital care (23)
  • Hospital patients (23)
  • Men, White (23)
  • Children, White (22)
  • Women, White (17)
  • African American children (13)
  • Girls (13)
  • Christmas (10)
  • Christmas decorations (10)
  • Costume (8)
  • Wheelchairs (8)
  • Nurses (7)
  • Gifts (6)
  • African American women (4)
  • Toys (4)
  • Bandages and bandaging (3)
  • Christmas cards (2)
  • Christmas trees (2)
  • Cribs (Children's furniture) (2)
  • Hospital beds (2)
  • Hospitals--Employees (2)
  • Stained glass windows (2)
  • Statues (2)
  • Accordion (1)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • African American men (1)
  • Amputees (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Bells (1)
  • Clowns (1)
  • Combs (1)
  • Conversation (1)
  • Crutches (1)
  • Dolls (1)
  • Elves (1)
  • Horses (1)
  • Pitchers (Baseball) (1)
  • Professional athletes (1)
  • Shopping bags (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Stairs (1)
  • Stuffed animals (Toys) (1)
  • Surgical plaster casts (1)
  • Toddlers (1)
  • Toy horses (1)
  • Trucks--Models (1)
  • Volunteer workers in hospitals (1)
  • (-) Boys (28)

Subjects, People

  • Paxton, Bob (1)
  • Pirtle, Charles Wesley (1)
  • Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer (Fictitious character) (1)
  • (-) Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (28)

Date Published

  • 1967-12-10 (6)
  • 1951 (5)
  • 1960 (5)
  • 1964-12-01 (5)
  • 1964-12-31 (5)
  • 1966-12-01 (3)
  • 1966-12-31 (3)
  • 1934-12-01 (2)
  • 1934-12-31 (2)
  • 1965-12-19 (2)
  • 1971 (2)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1974-12-01 (1)
  • 1974-12-31 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1990 (1)

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