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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Florence Margolin, Mac McGuire, and Dr. Abe Margolin

Florence Margolin, Mac McGuire, and Dr. Abe Margolin at an event for the Children's Mercy Hospital Board of Directors. Florence Margolin and Mac McGuire are identified as board members.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00104.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Lynda Carter visiting three patients

Miss World America Lynda Carter visiting three patients (white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. Two boys are sitting in chairs and the third is laying in a bed. They all are holding autographed photos. Everyone is looking forward and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00115.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Cinderella visiting patients

Cinderella (white) visiting patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. Young girls and boys (white) are sitting on the left with an unidentified white woman. One girl is wearing orthopedic leg braces. Cinderella is kneeling on the right and is smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00154.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Putting a cast on an infant's leg

Three unidentified white women setting a cast on a white infant's leg in the Orthopedic Department of Children's Mercy Hospital. Rolls of bandages are seen beside the infant.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00673.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Putting a cast on an infant's leg

Two unidentified white women setting a cast on a white infant's leg in the Orthopedic Department of Children's Mercy Hospital. A third white woman is holding the infant still.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00674.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Removing a leg cast

Dr. Thomas Schmidt removing leg cast from an African American patient with scissors in the Orthopedic Department of Children's Mercy Hospital. The patient is lying down and only their leg is seen. The cast has been signed and drawn on.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00675.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Removing a leg cast

Dr. Thomas Schmidt removing leg cast from an African American patient with an electric saw in the Orthopedic Department of Children's Mercy Hospital. The patient is lying down and only their leg is seen. The cast has been signed and drawn on.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00676.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Applying an arm cast

Unidentified white male doctor applying an arm cast on an unidentified African American male patient in the Orthopedics Department of Children's Mercy Hospital. There is a bucket of plaster on the table beside the patient who is watching the doctor work on his arm.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00677.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Tending to an infant in a bed

Two white women staff members bandaging the head of a white infant patient in a hospital bed surrounded by equipment at Children's Mercy Hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00678.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Playing with a toddler on a bed

Young white woman interacting with a white toddler girl seated on a bed with yellow bedspread and with a toy xylophone and tiger on the bed with her. The woman has a Raggedy Ann doll on her lap and is holding out something with a key on it to the girl.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00681.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Dr. Ramon Canent with patient

Dr. Ramon Canent listening to a white boy patient's heart with a stethoscope. The boy is holding up his shirt and seated on an examination table.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00682.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Doctor listening to a child's heart

Unidentified white male doctor leaning over a white boy in his hospital patient to listen to his heart with a stethoscope.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00697.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Young patients undergoing auditory testing

Young white boy patient seated at a table wearing earphones and a Phonic Ear while playing with a wooden puzzle of circus animals. Another white child with earphones is partially seen seated next to him. The Phonic Ear is a "Binaural auditory trainer."
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00698.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Listening to an infant's heart

Unidentified white male medical student or resident being observed by a senior white male physician as he listens to the heart of an African American infant lying on an examination table with a stethoscope. The infant is grabbing the stethoscope and looking directly at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00704.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Dr. Ned Smull and Dr. Clark Seely

Dr. Ned Smull (left) speaking with Dr. Clark Seely (right). Both are wearing name tags for an unidentified event.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00744.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281