Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

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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LaBudde Special Collections
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Publicity photo of Bob Random

Publicity photo of Bob Random from The Iron Horse. Random is looking to the right while smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00087.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Howard Benjamin and representatives of the Kansas City J.C.

Howard Benjamin and representatives (all white, one woman and two men) of the Kansas City J.C. standing with Dr. Ned Smull at Children's Mercy Hospital. They are presenting a check for $1,000.00 to Smull. Smull is looking down and holding the check.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00092.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Dr. Ned Smull and Howard Benjamin with businessmen and Tory Southwicke

Dr. Ned Smull standing with businessmen (three white men) and Torey Southwicke. From left to right: Southwick, an unidentified man, Howard Benjamin, Smull, and an unknown man. Everyone is looking left at Southwicke. Smull is wearing a white lab coat.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00093.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Country Western musicians performing

Country Western musicians (all white) performing at Children's Mercy Hospital. One woman is singing into a microphone. Two men are playing guitars. They are all wearing Western-style shirts. Another woman in back is also dressed in Western-style.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00094.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Two musicians performing for children

Two white male country musicians performing for children (African American and white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. The men are playing a guitar and fiddle. They are wearing Western-style shirts. Some children are standing and dancing. An African American boy is in a hospital bed. An adult white female is in the background watching and laughing.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00095.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Two unidentified businessmen looking at medical equipment

Two unidentified white businessmen looking at medical equipment at Children's Mercy Hospital. They are talking with a white male doctor on the left (possibly Chic Ward). The doctor is pointing at the equipment.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00096.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Two unidentified businessmen talking to a young patient

Two unidentified white businessmen talking to a young female African American patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. The girl is sitting on the leg of the center man. She is smiling while talking and some procedure has been done to her neck.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00097.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Howard Benjamin and representatives of the Kansas City J.C.

Howard Benjamin, wearing a cowboy hat, and representatives of the Kansas City J.C. (all white men) standing with Dr. Ned Smull at Children's Mercy Hospital. An unidentified white woman holding a pair of sunglasses is standing beside Smull. They are presenting a check for $1,000.00 to Smull. Smull is looking up and to the left while smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00064.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Crowd of young patients and staff

A crowd of young patients and staff watching a performance at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Young Americans Choir is singing off camera. The children (African American and white) are sitting in chairs and wheelchairs. One African American girl is seated on a white female nurse's lap and sucking her thumb. Other adults (African American and white) are sitting along the side and back walls.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00065.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Members of the Young Americans Choir

Members of the Young Americans Choir singing in a hospital room at Children's Mercy Hospital. The choir members (men and women, all white except for one African American man) are standing around a hospital bed with a white child under the sheets.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00066.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Members of the Young Americans Choir

Members of the Young Americans Choir singing in a hospital room at Children's Mercy Hospital. The choir members (men and women, all white except for one African American man) are standing around a hospital bed with a white child under the sheets and arm bandaged.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00067.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Members of the Young Americans Choir

Members of the Young Americans Choir singing in a hospital room at Children's Mercy Hospital. The choir members (men and women, all white except for one African American man leaning against the end of the bed) are standing around a hospital bed with a white child under the sheets and arm bandaged.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00068.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Members of the Young Americans Choir

Members of the Young Americans Choir visiting a hospital room at Children's Mercy Hospital. The choir members (men and women; white with an African American man) are standing around two hospital beds. One white man is excitedly reading a pamphlet while standing next to a young white boy in bed.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00069.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Members of the Young Americans Choir with Dr. Chic Ward

Members of the Young Americans Choir (two white women, three white men, one African American man) speaking with Dr. Chic Ward at Children's Mercy Hospital. Ward is wearing a lab coat and is standing on the right. They are standing next to equipment.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00070.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Members of the Young Americans Choir with Chic Ward

Members of the Young Americans Choir (three white women, three white men, one African American man) with Dr. Chic Ward in the Cardiovascular Lab of Children's Mercy Hospital. They are looking down at equipment while talking.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00071.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281