All dressed up
An unidentified African American toddler smiles and stands on a sidewalk in a hat, a light colored dress, and an oversized dark belt. He or she also wears baby shoes and socks with stripes around the...
Baby in a Christening gown (front and back of photograph)
Front: A studio portrait of an unidentified African American baby wearing a Christening gown and sitting in an upholstered chair. Back: Back of the studio portrait of unidentified African American...
Baby seated in a chair
A studio portrait of an unidentified African American toddler sitting in a chair in a light-colored dress with dark shoes that tie.
Boy standing next to the car
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...
Boy standing on the sidewalk in a flat cap
An unidentified African American boy stands on the street wearing a flat cap in Kansas City, Missouri.
Boy standing on the sidewalk in a flat cap and holding his thumb in his pocket
An unidentified African American boy stands on the street wearing a flat cap and holding his thumb in his pocket in Kansas City, Missouri.
Boy watching adults eating
An unidentified African American boy looking up and surrounded by adults with plates full of food. Also the table behind him is filled with food.
Child sitting in a chair
An unidentified African American child, likely a girl, posing for a photo while seated in a chair. Her blouse has puffy shoulders and the sides of the bow in the back of her hair can be seen on either...
Children playing in a toy wagon
An unidentified African American child in the front of a toy wagon, likely an "American Coaster" has a big grin as the unidentified African American child in the back of the wagon covers his or her...
co-ed group on the grounds and porch of Western Seminary
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...
co-ed group on the grounds and porch of Western Seminary
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...
Co-ed group on the grounds of Western Seminary
An large unidentified co-ed group of African American men, women, and children and one white man seated in the center on the ground in the photograph on the grounds of Western Baptist Seminary, 2119...
Dolores Hobley and friends at the Negro League Baseball Museum
Dolores Hobley (left) and two other African Americans stand arm in arm in front of the wall in front of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. The man in the middle wears a...
Family portrait
An unidentified group of six African American men, four African American women, a boy and a dog in front of the porch of a house. The women sit in chairs and the men stand behind the chairs. All of...
Family portrait in front of a house
An unidentified group of well-dressed six African American women, three African American men, three boys and a teenaged girl as they stand or sit in the yard by the porch of a clapboard house behind...
Family posing for a photo seated on a couch
An unidentified African American man and woman sit on a sofa smiling at the photographer as the woman holds a baby on her lap. The man has his left arm across the top of the sofa behind the woman's...
Front and back of a photograph of a Toddler on a chair
Front: A studio portrait of an unidentified grinning baby sitting on a chair in checkered shorts, a matching light-colored blouse, stockings, and leather soled shoes. The baby wears a beaded bracelet...
Getting a toddler to look up for the photograph
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...
Girl seated on a pony
A barefoot African American girl, looking a little unsure, sits in the saddle on a pony. Because of her size, she is unable to have her feet in the stirrups. She is beside a wooden house. There is a...
Girl sitting in a draped chair
Portrait of an unidentified girl as she sits in a chair with a drape over the back. She wears a light-colored bow in her hair and a light-colored dress with tights and matching shoes.
Girl standing on the hood of a Pontiac
An unidentified African American man crouches down in front of a parked Pontiac sedan, likely 1949 or 1950. A young African American girl stands on the hood looking down at the man. The car has...
Girl with a horse
An unidentified African American girl stands to the left of a quarter horse with no saddle or bridal with her hand on the underside of the horse's neck. Part of the horse's mane has blown in front of...
Good friends
Two unidentified kids in summer clothes grin as they stand with their arms around each other's shoulder on the steps to a house.
Group by cars parked under the trees
A smiling group of four unidentified African American women, two African American men and a girl in front of three cars parked under the trees. Two women flank a man between the left car and the...
Group gathered around John Wright, Josephine Wright, and Mary Virginia Jacobs
John Wright (seated far left), with a small African American boy on his lap, Mary Virginia Jacobs (seated middle) between two African American girls, and Josephine Wright (seated far right), on a...