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Airplanes on a taxiway

Image

Four airplanes sitting on the taxiway at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Band playing at the Jockey Jazz Club

Image

A band sits on stage likely playing jazz at the Jockey Club, 10th and Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. Farthest to the left is Bill Jones playing drums...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Bob, Leata, and LaRue go for a stroll

Image

Bob, Leata and LaRue walking arm-in-arm along an outdoor wooded trail. Bob is taking a drink. All three have hats with wide brims.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Cool Cat

Image

Staff Sergeant Harry L. Smith, from his right side, smiles as he stands on the street and looks over his right shoulder at the photographer...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Couple looking at each other in the eyes

Image

An African American male soldier, wearing dress uniform with his hat in his left hand, stands and looks into the eyes of a African American woman in a...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Crowd leaving the SS. Admiral

Image

Photo of unidentified white passengers exiting the SS Admiral.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Getting a toddler to look up for the photograph

Image

An unidentified African American woman crouches down to be on the same level as a toddler in the front yard of a house in a residential area. She...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Good friends

Image

Two unidentified kids in summer clothes grin as they stand with their arms around each other's shoulder on the steps to a house.

Date Published
1941
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Head shot portrait of a woman looking at the photographer over her right shoulder

Image

A studio head shot portrait of an unidentified African American woman looking over her right shoulder to smile at the photographer. She wears a dark...

Date Published
1931
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Helen Cole poses as she plays a drum set

Image

Helen Cole, an African American musician, grins at the photographer as she sits behind a drum set and crosses her hands to play. Her shadow is on the...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

John and Josephine Wright sit with many bouquets of yellow flowers

Image

An African American man and woman, John and Josephine Wright, formally dressed, sitting amongst many bouquets of yellow flowers in a living room.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Keenheel

Image

An African American soldier kneels on one knee in front of a building, possibly the barracks, posing for a photo. Handwritten on the front, "To a...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Laren Henderson as a baby

Image

A studio portrait of a toddler named Laren Henderson as he sits on a bench wearing a button-down, short-sleeved shirt and shorts.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Laughing child

Image

An unidentified African American baby looking to his left and laughing.

Date Published
1941
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Lecture Hour students

Image

Group photograph of the African American female Lecture Hour students under the direction of Rosa B. Johnson standing in rows on the steps of the...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Majorettes marching in a parade

Image

Marching majorettes in an unidentified parade between buildings on 27th Street with people looking on from the sidewalks. Cars are parked on both...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Man looks to the ceiling as he plays the piano

Image

An unidentified African American man wearing a suit turns to his right and looks up to the ceiling as he sits at the piano and plays with his left...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Maureen Smith playing the piano

Image

Maureen Smith stands with her left side to the photographer and turns her head toward her left shoulder to smile at the photographer as she stands...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

My Visit with Santa card front and frame cover

Image

Photograph: Two young African American boys visit with a Santa Claus, who is a white man, has a red poinsettia on the top center and a red and white...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band

Image

Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band at an unidentified venue in Kansas City. Farthest to the left Bunnie "Bumps" Love smiles to her right...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Outdoors

Image

Two unidentified African American children on the left side of the photograph are playing outdoors as an unidentified African American woman bends...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Soldier sitting in a jeep

Image

An African American soldier sits behind the wheel of a military Jeep in front of the barracks.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Staff Sergeant Crawford Johnson

Image

Shirtless Staff Sergeant Crawford Johnson sitting on the grill of a car in New Orleans as three unidentified African American soldiers behind him wipe...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Stich Shelter House

Image

The Stich Shelter House in Independence, Kansas with several street lamps and gardens placed around the structure.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Tail of a VU-5 Navy plane

Image

The tail of a Navy VU-5 plane.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

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Member of

  • (-) Dolores Hobley Collection (32)

Types

  • photographs (32)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (30)
  • Gelatin silver prints (30)
  • Snapshots (17)
  • Portrait photographs (13)
  • Group portraits (11)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Architectural photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (31)
  • 1941-1950 (5)
  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • African American women (15)
  • African American men (11)
  • African American children (7)
  • Pianists (5)
  • African American jazz musicians (4)
  • Jazz musicians (4)
  • Soldiers (4)
  • Automobiles (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Toddlers (3)
  • Boys (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • African American teenage girls (1)
  • Airplanes, Military (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Bouquets (1)
  • Canoes and canoeing--Design and construction (1)
  • Christmas cards (1)
  • College students (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Drum majorettes (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Evening gowns (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Handbags (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Jeep automobile (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Military uniforms (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Parades (1)
  • Rain forest people (1)
  • River boats (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Taxiways (1)
  • Trails (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Women's hats (1)
  • Women, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (2)
  • Independence (Kan.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • New Orleans (La.) (1)
  • Scott Air Force Base (Ill.) (1)
  • Tulsa (Okla.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cole, Helen P., 1926-2014 (1)
  • Fisher, Williams (Pianist) (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Johnson, Rosa B. (1)
  • Jones, Willie, 1929-1991 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Smith, Maureen (Pianist) (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Wright, John M., 1867- (1)
  • Wright, Josephine, 1876- (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (27)
  • 1941 (4)
  • 1931 (1)
  • (-) 1960 (32)

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