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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

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

Child under medical instrument

Image

White boy patient lying on an examining table with an unidentified domed machine covering middle portion of his body. Looking over at the camera.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Children in wheelchairs in the park

Image

Row of white children (one girl, the rest boys) in wheelchairs riding on the Blue Bird Walk that encircled the back yard stadium of Children's Mercy...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital 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

Cookingham and unidentified actress

Image

L. Perry Cookingham poses for picture with unidentified Starlight actress

Date Published
1950
1959
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham 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

East side of Children's Mercy Hospital

Image

View of the east side of Children's Mercy Hospital at 520 Woodland. Sidewalk and trees seen in the foreground.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Easter Bunny statue

Image

Large statue of the Easter Bunny on the lawn at 527 Woodland, Children's Mercy Hospital. There's a low wire fence around it and large eggs on the...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Easter Bunny statue

Image

Large statue of the Easter Bunny on the lawn at 527 Woodland, Children's Mercy Hospital. There's a low wire fence around it and large eggs on the...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital 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

Graduate standing on the lawn

Image

An unidentified African American man wearing eyeglasses and in a cap and gown on graduation day, 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 man in cap and gown on graduation day, probably Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Graduate standing on the sidewalk

Image

An unidentified African American man smiles as he wears a cap and gown for graduation day, probably at Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in...

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

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  • Kansas City (Mo.)

Member of

  • Dolores Hobley Collection (44)
  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (36)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (9)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (8)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (4)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (2)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (1)
  • Richard W. Bolling Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (106)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (106)
  • Gelatin silver prints (106)
  • Snapshots (83)
  • Group portraits (63)
  • Portrait photographs (63)
  • Cityscape photographs (3)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Reproductions (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (104)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1951-1960 (1)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • African American men (32)
  • African American women (26)
  • Statues (18)
  • Art, African (17)
  • Academic costume (16)
  • College graduates (15)
  • Buildings (10)
  • African American jazz musicians (8)
  • College students (8)
  • Women, White (8)
  • Boys (6)
  • Children, White (6)
  • Children--Hospital care (5)
  • Hospital patients (5)
  • Men, White (5)
  • African American children (4)
  • Girls (4)
  • Seminarians (4)
  • Streets (4)
  • African American teenage girls (3)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Toddlers (3)
  • Automobiles (2)
  • Bouquets (2)
  • Cameras (2)
  • Choral conductors (2)
  • Cities and towns (2)
  • College teachers (2)
  • Easter Bunny (2)
  • Easter decorations (2)
  • Exercise (2)
  • Fences (2)
  • Infants (2)
  • Jewelry (2)
  • Parks (2)
  • Parties (2)
  • Theaters (2)
  • Trees (2)
  • Wheelchairs (2)
  • Actresses (1)
  • Advertising--Motion pictures (1)
  • African American politicians (1)
  • African American teenage boys (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Basketball players (1)
  • Basketball uniforms (1)
  • Baton twirling (1)
  • Brick roads (1)
  • Choirs (Music) (1)
  • City and town life (1)
  • City managers (1)
  • Clergy (1)
  • Clubs (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Crutches (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Homecoming (1)
  • Hospital administrators (1)
  • Hospital beds (1)
  • Hospital buildings (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Marquees (1)
  • Medical instruments and apparatus (1)
  • Military uniforms (1)
  • Mother and child (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Pedestrians (1)
  • Playgrounds (1)
  • Politicians (1)
  • Quiltmakers (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Shorthand--Study and teaching (1)
  • Sidewalks (1)
  • Sneakers (1)
  • Snow (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Stadiums (1)
  • Stone walls (1)
  • Storefronts (1)
  • Surgical plaster casts (1)
  • Theater (1)
  • Typewriters (1)
  • Typewriting--Study and teaching (1)
  • Wagons (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 18th and Vine District (9)
  • 12th Street (2)
  • 18th Street (1)
  • Paseo Boulevard (1)
  • (-) Kansas City (Mo.) (106)

Subjects, People

  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (21)
  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (20)
  • Lovett, Baby (3)
  • Vale, Teddy (3)
  • Dairs, Lotty (2)
  • Gay, Ruth Anne (2)
  • Bolling, Richard, 1916-1991 (1)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (1)
  • Durrett, Warren (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Holmes, D. A. (Mrs.) (1)
  • Hoover, O. U. (1)
  • Martin, Elizabeth (Superintendent) (1)
  • Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1860-1950 (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (65)
  • 1945 (7)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1959 (1)
  • (-) 1950 (106)

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