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18th Street and the Paseo in the 1940s

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Street's hotel and environs, 18th and Paseo; Kansas City, Missouri, with people walking on the sidewalks and cars parked along the street.

Date Published
1941
1950

1946 Mercury

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A photograph of a parked 1946 Mercury sedan with the driver's side door open. Two unidentified African American people, a man and a woman, are on the sidewalks beside the car.

Date Published
1946
1949

1946 Mercury

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An unidentified African American woman with her back to the photographer, reaches her left hand across the hood of a 1946 Mercury Sedan to reach her purse.

Date Published
1946
1949

Army soldiers measure up in ranks

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African American Army men hold out their left arms to touch the right shoulder of the man next to them, and look to their right to measure their distance from one another in ranks. They are in front...

Date Published
1941
1950

Army soldiers outside the barracks

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A candid photo of an African American Army soldier on a bike smiling at the photographer over his right shoulder outside barracks. Another soldier is walking behind a pick-up truck toward the barracks...

Date Published
1941
1950

Baby in a sweater

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A studio portrait of an unidentified baby wearing a sweater and light colored shoes that tie.

Date Published
1944

Baton twirlers

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African American female baton twirlers perform on the court of the gymnasium of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. In one line behind the leader with a whistle...

Date Published
1941
1950

Bob Hogan

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Photo of Bob Hogan, standing in military uniform, from his right side, holding a stationary rifle up to is eye as he is playing a rifle game in Atlantic City. Arcade games surround him all over the...

Date Published
1941
1950

Chopping up a tree trunk

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An unidentified African American man chops a tree trunk with an ax and wedges outside in the snow.

Date Published
1941
1950

Chorus gathered for a photo in a parlor

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A group photograph of a co-ed African American chorus with an unidentified white male choral director standing and crouching in rows in a crowded, small parlor at the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119...

Date Published
1941
1950

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

Co-ed group of Western Seminary students

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An unidentified African American co-ed group standing in a "V" formation for a photograph at Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The women wear skirts and blouses...

Date Published
1950

co-ed group on the grounds and porch of Western Seminary

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An unidentified African American co-ed group of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The front row of girls are crouched on the ground. The second row of girls are...

Date Published
1941
1950

co-ed group on the grounds and porch of Western Seminary

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An unidentified African American co-ed group of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The front row of boys are crouched on the ground. The second row of girls are...

Date Published
1941
1950

Co-ed group on the steps of Western Seminary

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An unidentified African American co-ed group photograph on the steps of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. In the center of the front row is choral director, Mrs...

Date Published
1941
1950

Couple cuddling on a couch

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An African American airman, with his eyes closed and his hat propped back on his head, sits on a couch with his right arm around the shoulders of a African American woman who crosses her legs and...

Date Published
1941
1950

Crowds gather for a motorcycle race

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Large crowds of white men and women on both sides of a hay bale lined, paved road gathers at a bend in a race track while several people stand around a bike in the center. The buildings behind the...

Date Published
1941
1950

Diners smile at the photographer

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An unidentified group of three African American men and two African American women smile as they share a meal inside an unidentified diner. Two of the men sit on either side of a woman on the left...

Date Published
1939
1941

Dowdal Davis lighting a cigar

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Dowdal H. Davis, from his left side, lighting a cigar outside his house at 301 North 3rd Street (now Park Blvd.) in Independence, Kansas.

Date Published
1941
1950