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Unidentified Red Cross nurse

An unidentified Red Cross nurse posing for a photograph. She is wearing a white dress uniform and dark cape. She is looking forward with a neutral expression.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00222.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Young patients sitting at a table

Young patients (all white boys and girls) sitting at a table at Children's Mercy Hospital, They are looking at books. Other children are sitting on the floor around the room. A white woman, possibly a nurse, is leaning down to help a boy while others look on.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00234.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Young girl seated with crutch and leg braces

Young white girl seated on the entrance steps of Children's Mercy Hospital with a crutch and leg braces looking sadly into the distance. Originally meant to help solicit donations with a caption reading "Can't play, can't do anything".
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00301.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Exterior view of Children's Mercy Hospital

Exterior view of the newly constructed Children's Mercy Hospital seen from the front and to one side.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00276.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Exterior view of Children's Mercy Hospital

Exterior view of Children's Mercy Hospital taken from across the street and to the left. Bare trees and a large chimney are seen as well.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00277.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Blind girls playing with a doll

Two young blind girls, both white, at Children's Mercy Hospital's Lucerne Ward. One is seated in a chair holding out her hands and another has her eyes wrapped and is sitting on the floor holding out a doll to the seated girl. One of her shoes is off and there is a rattle beside her. A crib is behind them both.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00286.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Laying the corner stone

Left to right are Katharine B. Richardson, Anna Allen, and Dr. C.B. Francisco gathered together with young patients and former patients (white girls and boys) to lay the cornerstone for the new hospital building at Independence Avenue.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01139.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Front view of the hospital

Front View of Children's Mercy Hospital on Independence Avenue. Taken from across the street.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01173.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Hospital laundry building

View of the hospital laundry building. Beside the building is a man standing next to a car parked next to the building.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01182.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Dr. Richardson, Dr. Francisco and others posing with the hospital cornerstone

Dr. Katharine Richardson (left) and Dr. Francisco (right) standing with white girl and boy patients and two unidentified white women by the Children's Mercy cornerstone dedicated to Alice Berry Graham. The children are all holding trowels with cement on them. All looking at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02701.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Crowd at the cornerstone laying

Large crowd with female nurses in the first row at the laying of the cornerstone for Children's Mercy Hospital on Independence Avenue. Crowd consists of women, men, and children, seemingly all white. Almost everyone is wearing a hat of some sort.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02702.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281

Tea for nurses in Nurse Hall

White female nurses sitting around visiting and having refreshments delivered by nurses with tea carts during a "Tea for Nurses" in Nurse Hall. An unidentified white man in a suit is standing in the back of the room, holding a cup of tea and speaking with one of the nurses.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02703.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281