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Homecoming queen of Western Baptist Seminary

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The African American "Miss Homecoming - Western Baptist Seminary" sits smiling on the back hood of a decorated convertible, two-door sedan and her African American entourage sit inside the car of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The street is brick. There are two cars parked behind them facing the other way. An empty field with some stone building or wall ruins are behind the street. A printed sign attached to the passenger's door reads, "Miss HOMECOMING Western Baptist Seminary." There are twirled streamers attached to the grill and front fender and flowing all the way to the back of the car. There are two men with a woman in the middle in the front seat. There are two women in the back seat on either side of the queen.
Date Published
1941
1950
Subjects
African American women
African American men
Homecoming
Automobiles
Brick roads
Time Periods
1941-1950
Subjects, Geographic
Kansas City (Mo.)
Notes

No date; likely circa 1940s

Related range: P28-51; part of assembled binder titled "Western Baptist Seminary / K.C.M.O. / Chorus Director / Mrs. D.A. Holmes."

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-051.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Snapshots
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.

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