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Bishop Brown christening Dorothy Madelyn Davis

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Bishop Brown (right) and and an unidentified clergyman christening Dorothy Madelyn Davis, likely in Monrovia. Brown is holding Davis over the...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Boy standing next to the car

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An unidentified African American boy stands on the curb on the passenger side next to a 1946-1948 Ford with a Kansas license plate parked in a...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Edward Pate with Richard Bolling and Jeffrey Paul Hillelson

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Radio station owner Edward Pate with Richard Bolling and Jeffrey Paul Hillelson at the T.B. Watkins Homes dedication ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Richard W. Bolling Collection

Exterior shot of an Episcopal Church

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Exterior shot of the Episcopal Church where Dorothy Madelyn Davis was christened in Monrovia. Several unidentified people are standing in front of the...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Griff and Muriel Davis with daughter Dorothy Madelyn

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Griff and Muriel Davis with daughter Dorothy Madelyn; likely outside the church where Dorothy was christened in Monrovia. Griff is wearing a light...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Mai Padmore, Griff Davis, Muriel Davis, Leon Jordan, Orchid Jordan, and Bishop Brown

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Mai Padmore, Griff Davis, Muriel Davis, Leon Jordan, Orchid Jordan, and Bishop Brown standing left to right at Dorothy Madelyn's christening in...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Muriel Davis holding daughter Dorothy Madelyn by a doorway

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Muriel Davis holding daughter Dorothy Madelyn by a doorway where an unidentified girl, a boy and a woman are also seen; likely inside the church where...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Muriel Davis holding daughter Dorothy Madelyn Davis

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Muriel Davis holding daughter Dorothy Madelyn Davis, standing in between an unidentified woman, two girls and a boy; likely inside the church where...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Profile shot of a baby breast-feeding

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Profile shot of a baby breast-feeding; likely Dorothy Madelyn Davis with mother Muriel Davis during Dorothy's baptism in Monrovia. The baby is...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Richard Bolling at Watkins dedication ceremony

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Richard Bolling holding a portrait of T.B. Watkins and standing with several unidentified people at the dedication ceremony for T.B.Watkins Homes in...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Richard W. Bolling Collection

Richard Bolling at Watkins dedication ceremony

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Richard Bolling standing with a group of officials during the dedication ceremony for T.B. Watkins Homes in Kansas City, Missouri. Bolling is standing...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Richard W. Bolling Collection

Richard Bolling at Watkins dedication ceremony

Image

Richard Bolling standing with a group of officials during the dedication ceremony for T.B. Watkins Homes in Kansas City, Missouri. Bolling is standing...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Richard W. Bolling Collection

Richard Bolling at Watkins dedication ceremony

Image

Richard Bolling standing with a group of officials during the dedication ceremony for T.B. Watkins Homes in Kansas City, Missouri. Bolling is standing...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Richard W. Bolling Collection

Woman and boy leaning on a car in front of a furniture store

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An unidentified African American woman and boy lean on the front of a car in front of the Good Luck Furniture Store, 1120-1124 E. 15th Street, Kansas...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Woman and boy standing in the street in front of the Cadillac Hotel

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An unidentified African American woman and boy smile as they stand in the street by the side of a car and in front of the Cadillac Hotel, 1200 E. 15th...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1953-09
  • Gelatin silver prints

Member of

  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (7)
  • Richard W. Bolling Collection (5)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (15)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (15)
  • Snapshots (15)
  • Group portraits (12)
  • Portrait photographs (12)
  • (-) Gelatin silver prints (15)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (15)

Subjects

  • Baptism (5)
  • Politicians (5)
  • African American children (3)
  • Boys (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Breastfeeding (1)
  • Church buildings (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)
  • Storefronts (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (7)
  • Monrovia (Liberia) (7)

Subjects, People

  • Bolling, Richard, 1916-1991 (5)
  • Hillelson, Jeffrey Paul, 1919-2003 (1)
  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (1)
  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (1)
  • Pate, Edward (1)

Date Published

  • (-) 1953-09 (15)

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