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Santa Claus with child patients

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Description
Santa Claus (white) leaning down to speak with child patients (all white) at the Mayor's Christmas Tree Party. Santa is holding a cup and sleigh bells. The children are sitting in wheelchairs. Other patients and nurses (African American and white women) are standing in back along with a white male orderly.
Note
Gelatin silver print.
Date Issued
1967-12-22
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : black and white print ; 25 x 20 cm
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection
Time Period
1961-1970
Subject (Name)
Santa Claus (Fictitious character)
Children's Mercy Hospital (Kansas City, Mo.)
Subject (Topical)
Children
White
Hospital patients
Christmas
Children--Hospital care
Wheelchairs
Nurses
Bells
African American women
Women
Men
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
Rights Note
Items in this collection may be freely viewed, searched, and displayed for research and educational purposes. Permission is required for publication, distribution, or other uses beyond viewing and searching, whether in print or electronic formats.
To request permission, please email LaBudde Special Collections.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0281
Source
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Unit
LaBudde Special Collections
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Children's Mercy Hospital Collection
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