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African American woman sitting on a kitchen stool

Image

Unidentified, African American woman sitting on a stool in the corner of a kitchen. The woman is smiling toward the camera while holding a cup.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Lucile Bluford 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

Bettye Miller and others at a club

Image

Bettye Miller (third from the left) at a table with four unidentified African American women, an unidentified African American man, and speaking with...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller in a long white dress

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Bettye Miller on stage wearing a long white dress with floral accents. Facing the camera and smiling.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller in a white dress

Image

Bettye Miller posing on stage in a white dress with floral elements. Facing the camera.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller with three others at a club

Image

Bettye Miller (left) and three unidentified women seated around a table at a club. All but one looking at the camera. The two women on the right have...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Buck Clayton talking to a lady on the porch

Image

Buck Clayton bending over to speak with an unidentified African American woman on a porch or balcony.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with his band and fans

Image

Buck Clayton and band standing with a group of people in a club.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton 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

Claytons with Joe Lewis

Image

Buck and Pat Clayton seated at a restaurant dining table with boxer Joe Louis.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton 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

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

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 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

Graduates proceeding to the ceremony

Image

A single-file procession of African American students in graduation caps and gowns walk down a sidewalk in front of a brick building with a stone base...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Graduates proceeding to the ceremony

Image

A procession of African American students in graduation caps and gowns walk down a sidewalk in front of a brick building with a stone base probably...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Graduation ceremony processional

Image

A single-file procession of African American students in graduation caps and gowns walk down a sidewalk with other men and women in suits in front of...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Group of Western Seminary staff

Image

An unidentified African American co-ed group photograph, possibly faculty or staff of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

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  • African American women

Member of

  • Dolores Hobley Collection (44)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (7)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (6)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (5)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (3)
  • Lucile Bluford Collection (3)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (69)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (69)
  • Gelatin silver prints (69)
  • Group portraits (36)
  • Snapshots (33)
  • Portrait photographs (27)
  • Publicity photographs (4)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (62)
  • 1931-1940 (3)
  • 1921-1930 (1)

Subjects

  • African American men (35)
  • African American jazz musicians (15)
  • Jazz musicians (15)
  • Academic costume (8)
  • College graduates (8)
  • College students (7)
  • Jazz singers (7)
  • Pianists (7)
  • Men, White (6)
  • Trumpet players (6)
  • African American children (4)
  • Buildings (4)
  • Seminarians (4)
  • Hats (3)
  • Infants (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Airmen (2)
  • Automobiles (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (2)
  • Bouquets (2)
  • Cameras (2)
  • Champagne (Wine) (2)
  • Choral conductors (2)
  • Families (2)
  • Military uniforms (2)
  • African American teenage girls (1)
  • Baby carriages (1)
  • Baton twirling (1)
  • Boxers (Sports) (1)
  • Brick roads (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Choirs (Music) (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Clubs (1)
  • College teachers (1)
  • Composers (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Dinners and dining (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Evening gowns (1)
  • Flower arrangement (1)
  • Gardens (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Homecoming (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Mother and child (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Pinball machines (1)
  • Porches (1)
  • Quiltmakers (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Shorthand--Study and teaching (1)
  • Stores, Retail (1)
  • Students (1)
  • Swings (1)
  • Tambourine (1)
  • Toddlers (1)
  • Typewriters (1)
  • Typewriting--Study and teaching (1)
  • Wedding anniversaries (1)
  • Weddings (1)
  • Women household employees (1)
  • (-) African American women (69)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (26)
  • Delaware (1)
  • Saint Louis (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (6)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (3)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (2)
  • Clayton, Patricia (2)
  • Fitzgerald, Ella (2)
  • Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (2)
  • Brown, Ray, 1926-2002 (1)
  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (1)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (1)
  • Holmes, D. A. (Mrs.) (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • Kilroy, Marilyn (1)
  • Louis, Joe, 1914-1981 (1)
  • Phillips, Flip (1)
  • Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981 (1)
  • Wright, John M., 1867- (1)
  • Wright, Josephine, 1876- (1)
  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959 (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (59)
  • 1945 (5)
  • 1931 (3)
  • (-) 1950 (69)

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