Skip to main content

UMKC University Libraries logoUMKC University LibrariesDigital Collections

UMKC University Libraries

UMKC University Libraries

  • Collections
  • About

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Search Results

Search Results

1 - 25 of 93 items

18th Street and the Paseo in the 1940s

Image

Street's hotel and environs, 18th and Paseo; Kansas City, Missouri, with people walking on the sidewalks and cars parked along the street.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Army soldiers measure up in ranks

Image

African American Army men hold out their left arms to touch the right shoulder of the man next to them, and look to their right to measure their...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Army soldiers outside the barracks

Image

A candid photo of an African American Army soldier on a bike smiling at the photographer over his right shoulder outside barracks. Another soldier is...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Army soldiers stand at attention for the raising of the flag

Image

African American soldiers stand at attention in ranks for the raising of the flag by two soldiers standing by a large flagpole. An MP soldier on the...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Baton twirlers

Image

African American female baton twirlers perform on the court of the gymnasium of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Bob Hogan

Image

Photo of Bob Hogan, standing in military uniform, from his right side, holding a stationary rifle up to is eye as he is playing a rifle game in...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Chopping up a tree trunk

Image

An unidentified African American man chops a tree trunk with an ax and wedges outside in the snow.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Chorus gathered for a photo in a parlor

Image

A group photograph of a co-ed African American chorus with an unidentified white male choral director standing and crouching in rows in a crowded...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Co-ed group of Western Seminary students

Image

An unidentified African American co-ed group standing in a "V" formation for a photograph at Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas...

Date Published
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

co-ed group on the grounds and porch of Western Seminary

Image

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...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

co-ed group on the grounds and porch of Western Seminary

Image

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...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Co-ed group on the steps of Western Seminary

Image

An unidentified African American co-ed group photograph on the steps of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. In...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Co-ed group photo on the grounds and steps of Western Seminary

Image

An unidentified African American co-ed group at the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The first row crouches down...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Couple cuddling on a couch

Image

An African American airman, with his eyes closed and his hat propped back on his head, sits on a couch with his right arm around the shoulders of a...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Crowds gather for a motorcycle race

Image

Large crowds of white men and women on both sides of a hay bale lined, paved road gathers at a bend in a race track while several people stand around...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Curtyse Foster in a publicity photograph

Image

Curtyse A. Foster, standing holding his saxophone in a signed promotional photograph. Handwritten next to his printed signature, "To my family."...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dowdal Davis lighting a cigar

Image

Dowdal H. Davis, from his left side, lighting a cigar outside his house at 301 North 3rd Street (now Park Blvd.) in Independence, Kansas.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Eighteen solders and a dog

Image

Eighteen African American soldiers wearing fatigues (one is wearing a chef's uniform) stand or squat outside of barracks with a small dog. C920 is...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Family portrait

Image

Family portrait of three African American women and two African American men.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Family posing for a photo seated on a couch

Image

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...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Girls exercise on the grounds of Western Seminary

Image

Twelve African American teenage girls exercise outdoors on the grounds of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Graduate celebrating

Image

An unidentified African American man smiles as he takes a large step forward in his cap and gown in celebration while others look on probably in front...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Graduate looking seriously at the photographer

Image

An unidentified African American man in a graduation gown looks seriously at the photographer at probably Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Graduate standing on the lawn

Image

An unidentified African American woman squints and smiles while wearing a graduation cap and gown on graduation day, probably on the lawn at Western...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Graduate standing on the lawn

Image

An unidentified African American woman grins at the photographer wearing a graduation cap and gown as she stands on the lawn of probably Western...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Next page ›
  • Last page Last »
  • Clear selected
  • 1950
  • Dolores Hobley Collection

Member of

  • (-) Dolores Hobley Collection (93)

Types

  • photographs (93)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (91)
  • Gelatin silver prints (91)
  • Snapshots (56)
  • Group portraits (41)
  • Portrait photographs (39)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • Reproductions (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (91)
  • 1931-1940 (3)
  • 1921-1930 (1)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • African American men (64)
  • African American women (44)
  • Soldiers (21)
  • Academic costume (16)
  • College graduates (15)
  • Military uniforms (15)
  • College students (8)
  • Buildings (7)
  • African American children (6)
  • Airmen (4)
  • Automobiles (4)
  • Men, White (4)
  • Seminarians (4)
  • Women, White (4)
  • African American teenage girls (3)
  • Infants (3)
  • Armed Forces--Barracks and quarters (2)
  • Barracks (2)
  • Bouquets (2)
  • Cameras (2)
  • Choral conductors (2)
  • College teachers (2)
  • Dogs (2)
  • Exercise (2)
  • Families (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Military bases (2)
  • Streets (2)
  • African American teenage boys (1)
  • Amusement parks (1)
  • Axes (1)
  • Baby carriages (1)
  • Basketball players (1)
  • Basketball uniforms (1)
  • Baton twirling (1)
  • Bicycles (1)
  • Bombs (1)
  • Brick roads (1)
  • Cactus (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Choirs (Music) (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Cigar smoking (1)
  • Cities and towns (1)
  • City and town life (1)
  • Clergy (1)
  • Clubs (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Cooks (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Crutches (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Evening gowns (1)
  • Flagpoles (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Gardens (1)
  • General stores (1)
  • Homecoming (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Jeep automobile (1)
  • Military chapels (1)
  • Mother and child (1)
  • Motorcycle racing (1)
  • Motorcycles (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Ordnance (1)
  • Palms (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Pickup trucks (1)
  • Pinball machines (1)
  • Quiltmakers (1)
  • Sailors (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Shorthand--Study and teaching (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Sneakers (1)
  • Statues (1)
  • Stores, Retail (1)
  • Swings (1)
  • Tambourine (1)
  • Toddlers (1)
  • Typewriters (1)
  • Typewriting--Study and teaching (1)
  • Wedding anniversaries (1)
  • Wedges (1)
  • Women household employees (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (44)
  • 18th Street (1)
  • Atlantic City (N.J.) (1)
  • Delaware (1)
  • Independence (Kan.) (1)
  • Ogden (Utah) (1)
  • Paseo Boulevard (1)
  • Saint Louis (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Davis, Dowdal H. (Dowdal Henry), 1913-1957 (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Holmes, D. A. (Mrs.) (1)
  • Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1860-1950 (1)
  • Wright, John M., 1867- (1)
  • Wright, Josephine, 1876- (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (88)
  • 1931 (3)
  • (-) 1950 (93)

Related Departments

Digital Projects

Digitized and described primary sources from UMKC Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives.

LaBudde Special Collections

Print archives and research center serving scholars and organizations from around the world.

Marr Sound Archives

Over 400,000 items with a focus on the American experience as reflected in recorded sound.

University Archives

Records, catalogs, and publications from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

  • Contact Us   |  Terms of Use   |  Acknowledgments   | UMKC Libraries   |  Hosted by University of Missouri Library Systems   |  Copyright ©2025