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Morton Downey

Image

Headshot of Morton Downey looking to the side and smiling. Downey is wearing a tuxedo.

Date Published
1931
1935
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. 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

Musicians' Protective Union, Local 627 Headquarters

Image

Musicians' Protective Union, Local 627 Headquarters, located at 1823 Highland; Kansas City, Missouri. Two unidentified African American men sit on the...

Date Published
1931
1935
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Navy sailor in his dress whites

Image

A white male Navy sailor stands outside smiling in his dress white uniform.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Newly constructed house in Plymouth, Michigan

Image

Newly constructed house in Plymouth, Michigan.

Date Published
1931
1936
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham 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

Nurse Helen Christiansen standing outside the hospital

Image

Helen Christiansen, newly graduated Registered Nurse, age 21, standing outside of Children's Mercy Hospital with a coat around her shoulders.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Nurses and doctors interacting with infants

Image
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Nurses (white, women) and doctors (white, men) interacting with infants in the baby ward at Children's Mercy Hospital. A doctor and nurse are standing...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Nurses and doctors with patients on the roof garden

Image
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Nurses and doctors (all white) interacting with patients (African American and white) on the roof garden at Children's Mercy Hospital. Writing on the...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Nurses Helen Christiansen and Martha Osborn

Image

Helen Christiansen and Martha Osborn with arms around each other posing for a photo outside of Children's Mercy Hospital.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Ollie Mae in winter clothing

Image

Ollie Mae - 14 months, stands on a carved bench looking over her right shoulder and smiles. she's wearing a tam cap, a wool double-breasted winter...

Date Published
1931
1940
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

Our "Balbo" in tree he would climb

Image

Black and white dog, Balbo in crotch of tree in yard.

Date Published
1931
1936
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Pearl Bailey at the Apollo

Image

Pearl Bailey on stage at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.

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

Pigmeat Markham at the Apollo

Image

"Pigmeat" Markham performing with an unidentified group of people at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.

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

Pla-Mor Ballroom exterior

Image

Pla-Mor Ballroom, located at 3142 Main Street; Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1931
1935
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Portrait of Margaret Weaver

Image

Portrait of Margaret Weaver, former Governing Board President of Children's Mercy Hospital.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Portrait of Mr. Frank Bernardin

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Portrait of Mr. Frank Bernardin, member of the Board of Trustees for Children's Mercy Hospital, appointed to follow his friend Mr. E.L. Fautch in 1939...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Portrait of Mr. George Gordon

Image
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Portrait of Mr. George Gordon, member of the Board of Trustees for Children's Mercy Hospital. He is facing forward with a neutral expression. He is...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Portrait of Mrs. Schauffler

Image

Portrait of Dr. Schauffler's wife. She's facing the right with head turned to look to the left.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Portrait of the Rhythm Kings

Image

Portrait of the Rhythm Kings standing in a row turned to face the left and behind a banner with the band's name on it.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Postcard - Mount Rushmore under construction

Image

Postcard with a photo of Mount Rushmore on front. Back of postcard features written and printed text.

Date Published
1931
1939
Member of
Mclean Family Collection

Postcard back - Mount Rushmore under construction

Image

Back of a postcard featuring Mount Rushmore. There is printed and written text on the postcard. Printed text reads "POST CARD / PLACE STAMP HERE /...

Date Published
1931
1939
Member of
Postcard - Mount Rushmore under construction

Postcard featuring Count Basie

Image

Count Basie postcard; Basie is photographed face on in a spotlight and he is casting a large shadow on the wall behind him.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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Member of

  • Dolores Hobley Collection (45)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (31)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (28)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (22)
  • Ted Malone Collection (15)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (14)
  • Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection (10)
  • Mclean Family Collection (4)
  • Baron Missakian Collection (3)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (3)
  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (3)
  • Jay McShann Collection (2)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (2)
  • Pla-Mor Ballroom Photograph Collection (2)
  • Postcard - Mount Rushmore under construction (2)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)
  • Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection (1)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)
  • Martha Jane Starr Collection (1)
  • Priscilla Bowman Collection (1)
  • Richard W. Bolling Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (186)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (190)
  • Gelatin silver prints (189)
  • Portrait photographs (99)
  • Snapshots (85)
  • Group portraits (69)
  • Publicity photographs (33)
  • Architectural photographs (10)
  • Cityscape photographs (3)
  • Postcards (3)
  • Reproductions (2)
  • Color photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (161)
  • 1941-1950 (11)
  • 1921-1930 (4)
  • 1911-1920 (1)

Subjects

  • African American men (40)
  • Men, White (37)
  • Jazz musicians (33)
  • African American women (31)
  • African American jazz musicians (27)
  • Women, White (22)
  • Children, White (18)
  • Automobiles (13)
  • Children--Hospital care (13)
  • Hospital patients (13)
  • Boys (12)
  • Dwellings (12)
  • Girls (12)
  • Buildings (11)
  • Trumpet players (11)
  • Jazz musicians, White (10)
  • Musicians (10)
  • Nurses (10)
  • Radio personalities (9)
  • Country musicians (8)
  • Hospital buildings (8)
  • Musical groups (8)
  • Pets (8)
  • Radio programs, Musical (8)
  • African American children (6)
  • Conductors (Music) (6)
  • Actors (5)
  • Comedians (5)
  • Dogs (5)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (5)
  • Jazz singers (5)
  • Nursing students (5)
  • Toddlers (5)
  • Autographs (4)
  • Big bands (4)
  • Furniture (4)
  • Hospital beds (4)
  • Infants (4)
  • Neckties (4)
  • Physicians (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Signs and signboards (4)
  • Trees (4)
  • African American teenage girls (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (3)
  • Cartoonists (3)
  • Coats (3)
  • Hospital administrators (3)
  • Hospitals (3)
  • Male singers (3)
  • Motion picture producers and directors (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Streets (3)
  • Trombonists (3)
  • Wheelchairs (3)
  • African American comedians (2)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Authors, American--Homes and haunts (2)
  • Bandages and bandaging (2)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Band leaders (2)
  • Banjoists (2)
  • Beaches (2)
  • Boards of directors (2)
  • Brothers and sisters (2)
  • Businessmen (2)
  • Cats (2)
  • Dance orchestras (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Dining rooms (2)
  • Dinners and dining (2)
  • Fraternal organizations (2)
  • Fur garments (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Living rooms (2)
  • Mountains (2)
  • Nightclubs (2)
  • Printing plants (2)
  • Publishers and publishing (2)
  • Roofs (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Sculpture (2)
  • Teenage girls (2)
  • Tennis players (2)
  • Toys (2)
  • Tricycles (2)
  • Actresses (1)
  • African American actresses (1)
  • African American band directors (1)
  • African American fraternal organizations (1)
  • African American infants (1)
  • African American motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Aquariums (1)
  • Armed Forces--Headquarters (1)
  • Authors, American (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Battlefields (1)
  • Bicycles (1)
  • Billboards (1)
  • Blackface entertainers (1)
  • Bodies of water (1)
  • Books (1)
  • Bouquets (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Businesswomen (1)
  • Candy (1)
  • Carports (1)
  • Carriages and carts (1)
  • Children (1)
  • Children's costumes (1)
  • Children's furniture (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Classrooms (1)
  • Cleft palate (1)
  • Cleft palate children (1)
  • Clergy (1)
  • Climbing plants (1)
  • Clowns (1)
  • College students (1)
  • Consumer goods (1)
  • Corncobs (1)
  • Corsages (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Cribs (Children's furniture) (1)
  • Crutches (1)
  • Dance halls (1)
  • Department stores (1)
  • Dollhouses (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Euphonium (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Fathers (1)
  • Fences (1)
  • Fezzes (1)
  • Fireplaces (1)
  • Gardens (1)
  • Grandfathers (1)
  • Greek letter societies (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Handicraft (1)
  • Horses (1)
  • Hospitals--Employees (1)
  • Household linens--Storage (1)
  • Jazz ensembles (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Literature--Societies, etc. (1)
  • Lobbies (Rooms) (1)
  • Log cabins (1)
  • Masks (1)
  • Memorials in art (1)
  • Men's clothing (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Military hospitals, American (1)
  • Military uniforms (1)
  • Mother and child (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Office furniture (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Orthopedic braces (1)
  • Orthopedic traction (1)
  • Orthopedic traction--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Parade floats (1)
  • Parades (1)
  • Physical therapists (1)
  • Physicians' spouses (1)
  • Pipe smoking (1)
  • Playgrounds (1)
  • Playgrounds--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Postcards (1)
  • Post horn (1)
  • Presidents--Inauguration (1)
  • Puppies (1)
  • Rabbits (1)
  • Radio stations--Employees (1)
  • Rocking horses (1)
  • Sailors (1)
  • Science--Study and teaching (1)
  • Septets (1)
  • Storage cabinets (1)
  • Stuffed animals (Toys) (1)
  • Sun-baths (1)
  • Surgeons (1)
  • Surgical plaster casts (1)
  • Surgical scrub (1)
  • Swimming (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Tap dancers (1)
  • Telephone (1)
  • Tennis rackets (1)
  • Theaters (1)
  • Trolley buses--Wires and wiring (1)
  • Trucks (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Twins (1)
  • Ventriloquists (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Wagons (1)
  • Wicker furniture (1)
  • Women's clothing (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (16)
  • Independence (Kan.) (4)
  • Plymouth (Mich.) (4)
  • East Aurora (N.Y.) (2)
  • Keystone (S.D.) (2)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (2)
  • Vevay (Ind.) (2)
  • Cassville (Mo.) (1)
  • Fort Donelson National Battlefield (Tenn.) (1)
  • Frederick (Md.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Kirksville (Mo.) (1)
  • San Francisco (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Davis, Dowdal H. (Dowdal Henry), 1913-1957 (9)
  • Malone, Ted, 1908-1989 (9)
  • Crawford, Captain Bob (5)
  • Christiansen, Helen (4)
  • Kratoska, Herb, 1913-1975 (4)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (3)
  • Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 (3)
  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (3)
  • Prima, Louis, 1910-1978 (3)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (2)
  • Cherry, Jean, 1913-2007 (2)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (2)
  • Cool, Gomer (2)
  • Eckstine, Billy (2)
  • Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (2)
  • Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902 (2)
  • Hartman, Clarence, 1890-1969 (2)
  • Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 (2)
  • Osborn, Martha (2)
  • Sells, Paul (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Young, Snooky (2)
  • Anderson, Eddie, 1905-1977 (1)
  • Atkins, Cholly (1)
  • Ayres, Mitchell, 1910-1969 (1)
  • Bailey, Pearl (1)
  • Barnett, Vince, 1902-1977 (1)
  • Beavers, Louis, 1902-1962 (1)
  • Bee, Clarence (1)
  • Bergen, Edgar, 1903-1978 (1)
  • Berle, Milton (1)
  • Bernadin, Frank (1)
  • Berry, Emmett (1)
  • Bolling, Jim (1)
  • Bowlly, Al (1)
  • Bruce, Loretta (1)
  • Busse, Henry, 1894-1955 (1)
  • Byrne, Bobby, 1918-2006 (1)
  • Cagney, James, 1899-1986 (1)
  • Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 (1)
  • Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964 (1)
  • Canvin, Bobbie (1)
  • Church, Arthur B. (Arthur Burdette), 1896-1978 (1)
  • Clarke, Mae (1)
  • Clayton, Simeon Oliver (1)
  • Coles, Honi, 1911-1992 (1)
  • Davis, Marguerite (of Independence, Kan.) (1)
  • Davis, Wild Bill, 1918-1995 (1)
  • Denis, Michel (Drummer) (1)
  • DePasco, Helen Xarhis, 1921-1992 (1)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (1)
  • Doriz, Dany (1)
  • Downey, Morton, 1901-1985 (1)
  • Dunbar, Helen, 1868-1933 (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • Garrette, Duke (1)
  • Gordon, George (Administrator) (1)
  • Hackett, Bobby (1)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (1)
  • Heard, J. C. (James Charles), 1917-1988 (1)
  • Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (1)
  • Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955 (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Kuhn, Louie (1)
  • Lewis, Ed, 1909-1985 (1)
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (1)
  • Markham, Pigmeat (1)
  • Mason, John Henry, 1895-1952 (1)
  • McLean, Martha (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Memphis Slim (1)
  • Mills, Solomon (1)
  • Olsen, George, 1893-1971 (1)
  • Peete, Virginia (1)
  • Peterson, Lillian (1)
  • Redman, Don (1)
  • Reser, Harry (1)
  • Sheffield, Leslie, 1910- (1)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (1)
  • Starr, John Wilbur, 1905-2000 (1)
  • Taylor, Johnny (Musician) (1)
  • Weaver, Margaret (1)
  • Xarhis, Frank (1)
  • Xarhis, James John, 1924-1992 (1)
  • Xarhis, Jerry John, 1924-1981 (1)

Date Published

  • 1940 (124)
  • 1935 (26)
  • 1936 (14)
  • 1950 (13)
  • 1929 (4)
  • 1939 (3)
  • 1932 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • (-) 1931 (192)

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