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Airplanes on a taxiway

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Four airplanes sitting on the taxiway at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.

Date Published
1951
1960

Award being given

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Two African American soldiers shake hands at a table as one hands the other a trophy. The soldier handing the trophy over has a shoulder patch from the 5th Army - A5 patch. Several bottles of soft...

Date Published
1955-12

Band playing at the Jockey Jazz Club

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A band sits on stage likely playing jazz at the Jockey Club, 10th and Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. Farthest to the left is Bill Jones playing drums as he wears sunglasses. In front of Bill and to...

Date Published
1951
1960

Bob, Leata, and LaRue go for a stroll

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Bob, Leata and LaRue walking arm-in-arm along an outdoor wooded trail. Bob is taking a drink. All three have hats with wide brims.

Date Published
1951
1960

Boy standing next to the car

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An unidentified African American boy stands on the curb on the passenger side next to a 1946-1948 Ford with a Kansas license plate parked in a residential area. On the other side of the street is a...

Date Published
1953-09

Business skills students

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An African American male instructor leans against a wall on the right back as he speaks with African American co-ed business skills students crowded into a small office doing various clerical duties...

Date Published
1957
1959

Classroom setting at Western Seminary

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An African American male instructor wearing a three-piece suit, stands in the center back teaching clerical skills to a class of African American co-ed students in a classroom at the Western Baptist...

Date Published
1949
1951

Co-ed group by the porch of Western Seminary

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Four rows of an African American co-ed group of the Literary Society just in front of the porch of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The first row crouches...

Date Published
1941
1959

Cool Cat

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Staff Sergeant Harry L. Smith, from his right side, smiles as he stands on the street and looks over his right shoulder at the photographer. Handwritten above and below the photograph on the backing,...

Date Published
1951
1960

Getting a toddler to look up for the photograph

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An unidentified African American woman crouches down to be on the same level as a toddler in the front yard of a house in a residential area. She holds an object, likely a rattle, up in the air to get...

Date Published
1951
1960

Good friends

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Two unidentified kids in summer clothes grin as they stand with their arms around each other's shoulder on the steps to a house.

Date Published
1941
1960

Guitarist and bassist performing in Chicago

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An unidentified African American man holding a tenor guitar while wearing mix-matched clothing and a derby hat stands to the right and gives a questioning look to an unidentified African American...

Date Published
1958
1959

Helen Cole poses as she plays a drum set

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Helen Cole, an African American musician, grins at the photographer as she sits behind a drum set and crosses her hands to play. Her shadow is on the wall in the spotlight of light around her. She...

Date Published
1951
1960

Keenheel

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An African American soldier kneels on one knee in front of a building, possibly the barracks, posing for a photo. Handwritten on the front, "To a Buddy -- Keenheel--".

Date Published
1951
1960

Laren Henderson as a baby

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A studio portrait of a toddler named Laren Henderson as he sits on a bench wearing a button-down, short-sleeved shirt and shorts.

Date Published
1951
1960

Laughing child

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An unidentified African American baby looking to his left and laughing.

Date Published
1941
1960

Lecture Hour students

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Group photograph of the African American female Lecture Hour students under the direction of Rosa B. Johnson standing in rows on the steps of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas...

Date Published
1951
1960

Literary Society of Western Seminary

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A group photograph of the African American co-ed Literary Society standing in rows on the steps at Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The African American instructor...

Date Published
1949
1951

Majorettes marching in a parade

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Marching majorettes in an unidentified parade between buildings on 27th Street with people looking on from the sidewalks. Cars are parked on both sides of the streets.

Date Published
1951
1960

Man looks to the ceiling as he plays the piano

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An unidentified African American man wearing a suit turns to his right and looks up to the ceiling as he sits at the piano and plays with his left hand. A cowbell lays on top of the piano. The piano...

Date Published
1951
1960

Maureen Smith playing the piano

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Maureen Smith stands with her left side to the photographer and turns her head toward her left shoulder to smile at the photographer as she stands with her hands on the keys of a upright piano. She...

Date Published
1951
1960

My Visit with Santa card front and frame cover

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Photograph: Two young African American boys visit with a Santa Claus, who is a white man, has a red poinsettia on the top center and a red and white house across the bottom. Both boys have lollipops...

Date Published
1951
1960