Description
This not-for-profit hospital was founded in Kansas City in 1897 by two sisters, Alice Berry Graham and Katherine Richardson to serve the poor and ill children of the area. This collection features photos of patients, staff, and volunteers all through the hospital's history.
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Young male patient sitting in a rocking chair

Young white boy patient at Children's Mercy Hospital sitting in a rocking chair. He is reading a cartoon titled Boo Boo the Woods Boy from a Jack & Jill Magazine. He is looking to the side and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00199.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Patients and nurses on the fourth floor roof

Patients (all white) and female nurses on the fourth floor roof of Children's Mercy Hospital. Information on the back of the photo explains that the children are on the roof for Heliotherapy. There are seven white female nurses positioning strollers, mobile beds, and cribs around the roof. Several children are in wheelchairs along with the beds and cribs.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00200.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Young male patients sitting on a bench

Two young white boy patients sitting on a bench at Children's Mercy Hospital. The boy on the left has a crutch under one arm and is dressed in overalls. He is holding a mirror up for the boy on the right who is combing his hair. The boy on the right is wearing long underwear.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00201.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Young male patient sitting in a hospital bed

Young white boy patient sitting in a hospital bed at Children's Mercy Hospital. The boy is playing with a toy airplane and is wearing a striped robe. He is looking up and to the left while smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00202.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Young African American male patient

Young African American boy patient standing barefoot at Children's Mercy Hospital. He is wearing overalls and has one hand in a pocket. He is looking forward with a neutral expression.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00203.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Lena Dagley, Elmira Collins, and Mary Becker

Lena Dagley, Executive Secretary of Children's Mercy Hospital; Elmira Collins, President of the Women's Chamber of Commerce; and Mary Becker, Chairman of the Women's Chamber of Commerce Birthday Fund standing left to right next to a white boy patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Becker is handing a check to Dagley. The check is meant to furnish linens for two hospital beds. The young boy is sitting up and smiling while looking forward.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00204.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Members of the Kiwanis Club presenting a check

Eight members (all white) of the Kiwanis Club from Clinton, Missouri, presenting a check to Lena Dagley at Children's Mercy Hospital. They are standing in a room on the fourth floor with two young white boy patients. The boys are laying on beds and are looking forward. Dagley is standing in the middle of the Kiwanis members.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00205.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Nurses standing on the exterior steps

White female nurses standing on the exterior steps of Children's Mercy Hospital entrance. They are all wearing white dress uniforms and hats and they are all looking forward to the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00206.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Nurses standing on the exterior steps

White female nurses standing on the exterior steps of Children's Mercy Hospital entrance. They are all wearing white dress uniforms and hats and they are all looking forward to the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00207.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Children and nurses standing outside

Children and female nurses (all white) standing outside Children's Mercy Hospital in celebration of its 25th Birthday Celebration. Boys and girls are wearing various costumes. Some patients are sitting in wheelchairs and have flowers draped over the chair. A large banner is standing over the entrance that reads "25th Birthday." There are flags and striped bunting on all the windows of the building.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00208.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Children and nurses standing on the lawn

Children (white) and female white nurses standing on the lawn of Children's Mercy Hospital in celebration of its 25th Birthday Celebration. Boys and girls are wearing various costumes. Some patients are sitting in wheelchairs and have flowers draped over the chair. Everyone is looking forward and is smiling. Other adults are crowded around (white men and women and one African American man).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00209.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Portrait of Mrs. Rudolph Hirsch

Portrait of Mrs. Rudolph Hirsch, secretary of the Central Governing Board of Children's Mercy Hospital. She is turning her head to look forward while smiling. She is wearing a large pearl necklace.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00210.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Charles Wheeler with a group of female singers

Charles Wheeler, mayor of Kansas City, with a group of unidentified white female singers at Children's Mercy Hospital. Wheeler is raising one arm and appears to be conducting the singers.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00120.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Dr. Ned Smull, Charles Wheeler, and an unidentified woman

Dr. Ned Smull with Charles Wheeler, mayor of Kansas City; and an unidentified white woman standing in front of boxes at Children's Mercy Hospital. Wheeler is holding inflatable clowns and an inflatable barbell. He is leaning his head to one side. The woman on the right is looking forward while smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00122.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Winnie the Pooh, Mike Murphy, and Marilyn Maye visiting a young boy

Winnie the Pooh, radio host Mike Murphy (Michael Hervey), and jazz singer Marilyn Maye visiting a young white boy at Children's Mercy Hospital. The boy is laying in bed with a white female nurse standing by his head. Winnie the Pooh is standing in back with a "HUNNY" pot on his head. Murphy and Maye are both standing at the foot of the bed leaning down and smiling. An unidentified white boy is standing in back holding something unidentifiable in his hands.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00123.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281