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Aritha Anne Dorsey-Clayton age unknown

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Aritha Anne Dorsey-Clayton in open-necked white shirt, hair up, aged around mid-60s.

Date Published
1937
1940
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Billie Holiday

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Signed portrait of Billie Holiday.

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

Class photo

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Literary Society of Western Seminary

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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

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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

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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

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity event

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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

Three people smile as they stand outside the car

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Woman poking out her tongue as the two people beside her laugh

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Two unidentified African American women flanking Dowdal Davis outside on a concrete wall of a building's steps. The base of an ornate iron light post...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Woman sitting on a wooden structure at the beach

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An unidentified African American woman wearing a v-neck dress sitting on a wooden structure above a body of water. There are ropes on poles out in the...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Woman standing by the front left of a car

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An unidentified African American woman stands in front of a car's front left fender. A bit of double exposure with the door looking like it is both...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Woman standing in front of a rock wall

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An unidentified African American woman stands in front of a stone wall. The photograph is partially obscured by the finger of the photographer.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

woman stands by the drivers door of a car

Image

An unidentified African American woman stands by a car's driver's side door with her right hand on the handle and her left side to the photographer as...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1940
  • African American women

Member of

  • Dolores Hobley Collection (19)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (5)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (25)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (25)
  • Gelatin silver prints (24)
  • Snapshots (16)
  • Group portraits (15)
  • Portrait photographs (10)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • Reproductions (1)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (20)

Subjects

  • African American men (12)
  • 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 fraternal organizations (1)
  • African American motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Beaches (1)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Bodies of water (1)
  • Brothers and sisters (1)
  • College students (1)
  • Corncobs (1)
  • Crutches (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Fezzes (1)
  • Fur garments (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Literature--Societies, etc. (1)
  • Masks (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Pets (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Wicker furniture (1)
  • Women's clothing (1)
  • (-) African American women (25)

Subjects, Geographic

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

Subjects, People

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

Date Published

  • 1931 (24)
  • 1937 (1)
  • (-) 1940 (25)

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