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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Winnie the Pooh entertaining young patients

Winnie the Pooh entertaining young patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. Pooh has his Hunny Pot on his head and is looking to the left. Boys and girls (African American and white) are looking at Pooh while smiling. A white male photographer is standing in the back of the room. An unidentified white female adult is also in the back of the room. A white female nurse is standing near Pooh holding an infant in her hands.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00077.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Eeyore, Kanga, and Winnie the Pooh visiting young patients

Eeyore, Kanga, and Winnie the Pooh visiting young patients (only white children seen in the photo) at Children's Mercy Hospital. The characters are walking around a room filled with children. Two white female nurses are in front holding toddlers. An unidentified white man wearing a plaid jacket is in the back of the room.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00078.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Eeyore visiting young patients

Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh visiting young patients (African American and white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. Eeyore is looking down and holding out one arm to boys sitting in chairs. Most of the boys are wearing hospital gowns. An unidentified white man wearing a plaid jacket is standing in back by a staircase. African American and white women and nurses are in the background watching.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00079.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Kanga visiting young patients

Kanga from Winnie the Pooh visiting young patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. Kanga has a small plush Roo in the pouch and is looking down at two rows of boys (African American and white). Young boys and girls (African American and white) are sitting around the room looking up at Kanga. An unidentified white man wearing a plaid jacket is standing in back by a staircase. Several female nurses (African American and white) are standing in the back of the room.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00080.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Bob Random visiting a young patient

Bob Random visiting a young white boy patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Iron Horse actor is holding a pistol and smiling while talking with nurse Pat Wyatt (African American) and the boy patient in a hospital bed. Pat Wyatt is looking down and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00081.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Bob Random signing autographs

Bob Random signing autographs for a white female nurse and two girl patients (one African American, the other white) The Iron Horse actor is standing on the left and looking down next to nurse Diane Gallardi and the two girls.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00082.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Bob Random visiting young patients

Bob Random visiting with young patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Iron Horse actor is standing on the right and looking down at patient Yolanda Montgomery (African American) who is holding a long barreled pistol prom from the show Iron Horse. Another white girl patient is standing in a crib on the left looking down.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00083.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Bob Random visiting a young patient

Bob Random visiting a young white boy patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Iron Horse actor is looking down at the boy in bed who is holding a prop long barreled pistol at Random. Nurse Pat Wyatt (African American woman) is standing on the side and is looking down and laughing.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00084.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Bob Random talking with Christopher Johnston

Bob Random, actor on The Iron Horse, talking with Christopher Johnston, Associate Director for Administrative Affairs, next to a large founder's plaque in Children's Mercy Hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00085.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Bob Random visiting two young patients

Bob Random visiting two young patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Iron Horse actor is standing between the two boys (African American and white). The white boy on the left is standing with crutches. They are all looking at a publicity photo of Random on a bulletin board.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00086.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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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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Ida Random and Bob Random with two other women

Ida Random and Iron Horse actor Bob Random with two unidentified white women at Children's Mercy Hospital. All four are looking forward and are smiling. They are standing in a hallway in front of a cabinet.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00088.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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William Boyd holding babies

William Boyd holding a white baby in each arm while posing for a photo at Children's Mercy Hospital. Boyd is dressed as his character Hopalong Cassidy.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00089.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Adults and a young girl in arm and leg braces at the Open House

Adults (all white) and a young white girl at the Open House for the new building at Children's Mercy Hospital. The girl is walking with leg braces and crutches. She is dressed in a winter coat and cap. A group of men and women are standing in back, looking forward, and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00091.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