Breaking ground for the new hospital building

Description

Crowd gathered (white women and men in photo) for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new hospital building. Lined up with shovels in hand are (left to right) Mario Pagano, Alice Walker, Margaret Weaver, Dr. Ned Smull, Mrs. Hoover; remaining unidentified. Herman Sutherland is behind the line of people standing on platform speaking into a microphone.
February 6, 1968
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.