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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Shawsie Branton with young girl

Shawsie Branton, Children's TLC founder, kneeling beside a young white girl in leg braces and crutches. Both are looking at each other and smiling. Children's TLC is now known as Ability KC.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00981.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Portrait of young girl with Down Syndrome

Portrait of a young white girl with down syndrome in sleeveless dress against a pink background posing for the cover of Treasures Bulletin.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01051.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Lawrence McAndrews with giant check with others at a restaurant

Lawrence McAndrews, CEO of Children's Mercy Hospital, holding a giant check and sitting at a round bar table having drinks with four unidentified white men and two white women at an unknown location. All but the women are looking at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01793.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Unidentified man with large check in his hands

Unidentified white man with mustache seated and holding up a large check to the camera. Unknown bar.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01794.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Lawrence McAndrews and others during an unidentified awards or recognition ceremony

Group photo (all white men and women) taken during an unidentified award or recognition ceremony. The man third from the left and woman third from the right are both holding brass, glass encased clocks. CEO Lawrence McAndrews is second from the right, all others unidentified.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01766.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Portrait of Dr. Donald Thibeault

Portrait of Donald Thibeault, M.D., Neonatology Department, Children's Mercy Hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02982.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Examining a hand

Close up photo of the hands of an unidentified white man examining an unidentified white female's hand (age indeterminate).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02478.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Examining a boy's eye

White boy having his eye's examined by a largely unseen white physician (only his hands are seen). One hand is on the boy's head and the other is holding an Ophthalmoscope to the boy's eye.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02491.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Looking at CT scans

Unidentified white man in a suit pointing at what appears to be CT scans with three other physicians in lab coats looking on, including Dr. Arnold Freeman (partially seen by the door).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02504.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Dr. Arnold Freeman examining a patient's leg

Dr. Arnold Freeman with African American girl patient. She's seated on an examination table and he's examining her leg.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02505.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Portrait of hospital boy patient

Portrait of African American girl patient while seated on the examining table. Smiling and facing the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02506.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Dr. Arnold Freeman holding young boy patient

Dr. Freeman holding young white boy patient in his arms while posing for a photo. The boy has his mouth open. Both looking at the camera and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02507.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Portrait of hospital girl patient

Portrait of a young white girl patient of the hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02510.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Talking with a girl patient

Unidentified white woman and white man talking with a seated white girl patient in an examining room. The woman has a hospital name tag. Both adults' roles unidentified.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02512.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Hospital volunteer playing with young patient

Unidentified older white woman hospital volunteer with young African American boy toddler playing with toys on a table set up in a corridor.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02179.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281