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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Group photo for families of children that underwent ECMO

Families gathered for a group photo together at the Wonderscope Children's Museum during the 1995 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Reunion. One boy in the front has his face painted. Children range in age from new borns to around 4 or 5 years old. Only one father (African American) is present with the rest being mothers (white).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01021.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Group photo for families of children that underwent ECMO

Parents (African American woman, white women and men) with their children who were helped by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) therapy at Children's Mercy Hospital. One father is wearing a cowboy hat. At the far left is Sandy Lundgren holding her eight week old daughter.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01022.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Children in costume

Two white boys and a white girl in costumes in a corridor during the reunion for children who underwent Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation therapy at Children's Mercy Hospital. Held at Wonderscope Children's Museum. The costumes are oversized jackets and pants and appear to be firefighter's jackets.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01023.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Three women by an FAO Schwarz display

Three unidentified white women holding large stuffed animals and standing underneath an FAO Schwarz clock face display during a Children's Mercy Hospital fundraiser.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01819.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Lily Tomlin and child

Lily Tomlin holding pen to autograph copies of her book sitting in a large yellow "Edith Ann" rocking chair with a young white boy at FAO Schwarz' 1st Birthday Party as a Children's Mercy Hospital Fund Raiser.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02019.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Lily Tomlin signing a book for a child

Lily Tomlin in a Children's Mercy Hospital Ward signing a book for young white boy patient seated at a table and looking over at Tomlin.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02020.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Lily Tomlin signing a book for a child playing a game

Lily Tomlin in a Children's Mercy Hospital Ward signing a book for a young boy patient hooked up to medical monitors. An unidentified white man is sitting in a nearby chair holding game money in his hand. The two are playing the game of "Life".
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02021.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Lily Tomlin signing a book for a child in a chair

Lily Tomlin in a Children's Mercy Hospital Ward visiting a young white patient that's lost their hair seated in a rocking chair while holding a book and pen to sign a book.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02022.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Young girl in a hospital bed with an "Edith Ann" doll

Young white girl in her hospital bed with her head bandaged and a meal on the tray in front of her and holding an 'Edith Ann' doll during a visit by Lily Tomlin (unseen).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02023.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Hospital ambulance on Independence Avenue

Children's Mercy Hospital ambulance passing along Independence Avenue during the Hospital Parade. Cars and houses across the street are seen as well as the back of one seated spectator (white woman).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02048.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Newborn infant being held by an older woman

Unidentified white newborn infant sleeping and wrapped tightly in a blanket and wearing a knitted hat being held up by unidentified older white woman's hands.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02290.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Modeling the hospital's nursing cap

Unidentified white woman modeling a vintage nurse's cap from the hospital. Back to the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02473.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Modeling the hospital's nursing cap

Unidentified white woman modeling vintage nurse's cap and pin from the hospital. She's facing the camera, holding a book in her arms and looking slightly to the left of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02474.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Carol Belt with Rep. Sandy Kauffman

Carol Belt (left) with Representative Sandy Kauffman (right) during the opening of an exhibit for the Missouri Women's Federation at the Missouri State Capitol. They are standing next to a part of the exhibit. Both facing the camera and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02494.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Alice Donaldson with teenage girl holding an opened box of flowers

Alice Donaldson with her arm around unidentified white teenage girl holding an opened box of pink roses during an event to honor the hospital's teen volunteers held at the Cool Club Miniature Gold Club.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02148.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281