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Billie Holiday

Image

Signed portrait of Billie Holiday.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Class photo

Image

A class photo of thirty two men and women, both African American and white, posed in three levels of sitting on the ground, seated in chairs, and then...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dancer

Image

Signed portrait of an unidentified dancer in short skirt and really interesting hat (signature unclear).

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Dowdal Davis and a woman sit on the steps with their eyes cast down

Image

Dowdal Davis and an unidentified African American woman sitting on the steps of a building both looking down, both holding their head with their hand...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dowdal Davis stands between two women on a sidewalk

Image

Two unidentified African American women flanking Dowdal Davis are all smiling as they stand outdoors. Dowdal has his arms around the shoulders of each...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dowdal Davis stands by a woman that sits by the steps

Image

Dowdal Davis and an unidentified African American woman (possibly Dowdal's sister Marguerite Davis) smile as they pose by the steps to the Davis home...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Fifteen women meet for a celebration

Image

An unidentified group of fifteen African American women sit and stand around one end of a banquet table with a tablecloth at an unidentified venue...

Date Published
1929
1931
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Head shot portrait of a woman looking at the photographer over her right shoulder

Image

A studio head shot portrait of an unidentified African American woman looking over her right shoulder to smile at the photographer. She wears a dark...

Date Published
1931
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Literary Society of Western Seminary

Image

A co-ed African American group of the Literary Society of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The front row sits...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Louise Beavers

Image

Signed reproduction of a photograph of Louise Beavers.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Man and woman laughing as they shake hands

Image

An well-dressed unidentified African American woman leans her back against the driver's side of the car and opens her mouth wide as she laughs and...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Man and woman sitting on a bench for a studio photograph with a painted backdrop

Image

A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman and African American man sitting on a bench with a painted backdrop behind them of...

Date Published
1931
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Mother and her children

Image

A studio portrait of smiling unidentified African American woman with a baby lying on its stomach to the left and a toddler girl seated on the right.

Date Published
1931
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Night of drinking

Image

An unidentified African American woman with her arms around the shoulders of two unidentified, unenthused, African American men, sit at a table while...

Date Published
1929
1931
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity event

Image

Large group of thirty eight African American people dressed in evening gowns and suits standing behind around an Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ) fraternity shield...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity event

Image

Large group of twenty nine African American people dressed in evening gowns and suits standing behind or crouching beside an Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ)...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Shop run by African American women

Image

Photographic montage of a retail shop and professional work scenarios of African American women at a department store with an office behind the...

Date Published
1929
1931
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Three people smile as they stand outside the car

Image

An unidentified African American man and two unidentified African American women stand next to the driver's side of a car with a fountain behind them...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Three women

Image

Three unidentified African American women look seriously at the photographer as they stand outdoors for a headshot photograph. A tree and a wall are...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Three women smile as they stand together outdoors

Image

Three unidentified African American women smile as they pose together on a sidewalk outdoors. All three wear unbuttoned coats. The woman in the center...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Two women greet each other

Image

An unidentified African American woman reaches her right hand forward and laughs as she greets another unidentified African American woman walking...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Unidentified band

Image

An unidentified African American band including one woman on crutches; masks and corn decorate the front of the stage.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Unidentified older woman in front of the stage

Image

Unidentified woman at an unidentified fraternal organization event wearing a fez and white evening gown with long white gloves and facing the left of...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Woman holding the driver's hand

Image

An unidentified African American woman leans her left side on the driver's car door and holds the hand of the driver. The words "Nature Boy" are on...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Woman petting a dog

Image

An unidentified African American woman smiles down at the dog in her lap she is petting as she is sitting outdoors in a wicker chair. There is a tall...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

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Member of

  • Dolores Hobley Collection (26)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (4)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (31)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (31)
  • Gelatin silver prints (30)
  • Group portraits (19)
  • Snapshots (17)
  • Portrait photographs (11)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • Reproductions (1)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (26)
  • 1921-1930 (3)
  • 1941-1950 (3)

Subjects

  • African American men (15)
  • Automobiles (6)
  • Autographs (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Fraternal organizations (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • African American actresses (1)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American fraternal organizations (1)
  • African American motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Beaches (1)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Bodies of water (1)
  • Bouquets (1)
  • Brothers and sisters (1)
  • Businesswomen (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • College students (1)
  • Consumer goods (1)
  • Corncobs (1)
  • Corsages (1)
  • Crutches (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Department stores (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Fezzes (1)
  • Fur garments (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Infants (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Literature--Societies, etc. (1)
  • Masks (1)
  • Mother and child (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Pets (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Toddlers (1)
  • Wicker furniture (1)
  • Women's clothing (1)
  • (-) African American women (31)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (2)
  • Independence (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Davis, Dowdal H. (Dowdal Henry), 1913-1957 (4)
  • Beavers, Louis, 1902-1962 (1)
  • Davis, Marguerite (of Independence, Kan.) (1)
  • Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)

Date Published

  • 1940 (24)
  • 1929 (3)
  • 1950 (3)
  • 1960 (1)
  • (-) 1931 (31)

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