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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Gerald J. Blouin leading a tour

Gerald J. Blouin wearing a hard hat facing a group of men and women (all white) wearing blue hard hats during a tour of new construction for the hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02983.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Gerald J. Blouin leading a tour

Gerald J. Blouin (second from the left) wearing a blue hard hat and giving a tour of new hospital construction to a group of four white men and one white woman all wearing identical blue hard hats. The woman is saying something to Blouin.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02984.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Gerald J. Blouin

Photo of Gerald J. Blouin looking to the left of the photo. He's wearing a tie featuring Linus and Franklin from the comic strip "Peanuts" playing soccer with Linus as goal keeper.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02985.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Gerald J. Blouin leading a tour

Gerald J. Blouin (right) wearing a blue hard hat and giving a tour of new hospital construction to a group of white men and women all wearing identical blue hard hats. An unidentified woman is standing facing the group next to some scaffolding explaining something.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02986.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Gerald J. Blouin leading a tour

Gerald J. Blouin (right) wearing a blue hard hat and giving a tour of new hospital construction to a group of people (one white man, two white women in photo) all wearing identical blue hard hats.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02987.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Gerald J. Blouin speaking to a group

Gerald J. Blouin with back to camera speaking to a group of people (white women and men) seated at banquet tables.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02988.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Gerald J. Blouin

Contact sheet with three similar portraits of Gerald J. Blouin.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02988_b.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Gerald J. Blouin

Contact sheet with three similar portraits of Gerald J. Blouin taken at the same sitting.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02988_c.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Three people outside a building

Two unidentified white women and an unidentified white man standing outside a building. Unidentified hospital event.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02991.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Group of people during an outdoor event

Group of people (all white in photo) getting refreshments from buffet tables under a large awning during an unidentified outdoor event for the hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02992.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Groups of people during an event

Groups of people (white women and men) during and unidentified event. The woman at the right is looking out a window.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02993.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Two women seated on a bench

Two unidentified white women seated side by side on bench outside the hospital building.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02994.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Entrance of the Children's Mercy Northland hospital during the opening

Children's Mercy Northland hospital entrance during the opening. Unidentified people (white) are seen entering. An unidentified white man on stilts dressed as Uncle Sam is standing on the left side of the photo. There is a large banner reading "Future home of Children's Mercy Northland" above the entrance.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02346.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Maurice Watson with Judy Hunt and one other woman

Maurice Watson (right) speaking with Judy Hunt (center) and an unidentified white woman (left) during the Children's Mercy Northland hospital opening.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02347.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Maurice Watson with Judy Hunt and one other woman

Maurice Watson (right) speaking with Judy Hunt (center) and an unidentified white woman (left) during the Children's Mercy Northland hospital opening. Others are seen in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-02348.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281