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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

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

John O'Donoghue playing Santa

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John O'Donoghue, Kansas City Athletics pitcher, playing Santa Claus and entertaining African American girls in wheelchairs. They are all holding onto...

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

Margaret Weaver dancing with Santa

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Margaret Weaver, Board President, wearing a volunteer uniform and dancing with Santa Claus (white male). An African American child in a wheelchair is...

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

Meeting Santa Claus

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Santa Claus (white man) reaching down with his hand out to a white girl toddler in the lobby of Children's Mercy Hospital during the mayor's Christmas...

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

Mr. and Mrs. Claus entertaining patients

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Santa and Mrs. Claus (both white) entertaining patients (African American and white), nurses, and staff (white women seen) in the lobby during a...

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

Santa and a Christmas Tree visiting a patient

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Santa Claus (white man) and someone wearing an elaborate Christmas Tree costume visiting a white patient in their hospital bed.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital 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 others helping with a Christmas stocking

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Santa Claus and two unidentified white female hospital attendees helping young patients (white girl, right, African American child, left (partially...

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 female patient

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Santa Claus (white) kneeling while speaking to a young white female patient at the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. The young girl is standing on the...

Date Published
December-22-1967
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 and another man handing out gifts

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Santa Claus (white) and another white man handing out gifts to children (African American and white) in the hospital at the Mayor's Christmas Tree...

Date Published
December-22-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Santa Claus and Jane Hart

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Santa Claus (white man) standing next to Jane Hart who is playing the accordion during the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. Santa is holding a white...

Date Published
December-23-1965
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Santa Claus clapping his hands together

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Santa Claus (White) clapping his hands together at the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. A set of sleigh bells are hanging off one arm. Nurses (female)...

Date Published
December-22-1967
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

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  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (46)

Types

  • photographs (46)

Genres

  • Group portraits (46)
  • Snapshots (46)
  • Black & white photographs (44)
  • Gelatin silver prints (44)
  • Color photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (35)
  • 1951-1960 (4)
  • 1971-1980 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (2)
  • 1981-1990 (2)

Subjects

  • Hospital patients (46)
  • Men, White (42)
  • Children, White (40)
  • Women, White (30)
  • Boys (23)
  • Girls (23)
  • Christmas (22)
  • African American children (21)
  • Christmas decorations (16)
  • Nurses (15)
  • Wheelchairs (15)
  • Hospital beds (13)
  • Costume (12)
  • Gifts (10)
  • African American women (7)
  • Bells (7)
  • Hospitals--Employees (5)
  • Accordionists (4)
  • Bandages and bandaging (4)
  • Dolls (4)
  • Toys (4)
  • Accordion (3)
  • Christmas trees (3)
  • African American men (2)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Christmas stockings (2)
  • Clowns (2)
  • Cribs (Children's furniture) (2)
  • Hospital administrators (2)
  • Orthopedic traction (2)
  • Parties (2)
  • Pitchers (Baseball) (2)
  • Professional athletes (2)
  • Stained glass windows (2)
  • Statues (2)
  • Toddlers (2)
  • Amputees (1)
  • Books (1)
  • Combs (1)
  • Conversation (1)
  • Crutches (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Elves (1)
  • Horses (1)
  • Lobbies (Rooms) (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Shopping bags (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Stairs (1)
  • Stuffed animals (Toys) (1)
  • Surgical plaster casts (1)
  • Toy horses (1)
  • Trucks--Models (1)
  • Volunteer workers in hospitals (1)
  • (-) Children--Hospital care (46)

Subjects, People

  • Weaver, Margaret (2)
  • Hart, Jane (Musician) (1)
  • Paxton, Bob (1)
  • Pirtle, Charles Wesley (1)
  • Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer (Fictitious character) (1)
  • (-) Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (46)

Date Published

  • 1966-12-01 (11)
  • 1966-12-31 (11)
  • 1967-12-10 (7)
  • 1964-12-01 (6)
  • 1964-12-31 (6)
  • 1967-12-22 (5)
  • 1951 (3)
  • 1960 (3)
  • 1965-12-19 (3)
  • 1934-12-01 (2)
  • 1934-12-31 (2)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1970 (2)
  • 1974-12-01 (2)
  • 1974-12-31 (2)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 1990 (2)
  • 1965-12-23 (1)
  • 1967-12-01 (1)
  • 1967-12-31 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1980 (1)

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