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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 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

Dr. Smull and military reporter

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Dr. Ned Smull (seated) speaking with a white male Air Force reporter during the move into the new Children's Mercy Hospital building. The reporter is...

Date Published
December-17-1970
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital 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

Exchanging rings at a wedding

Image

Rings are being exchange between a soldier and a woman in a wedding dress and veil. The minister is also in uniform. The maid of honor wears a floral...

Date Published
September-04-1947
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Group of soldiers standing in front of wrought iron fence

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Group of seven soldiers in combat uniform standing in front of wrought iron fence.

Date Published
1918
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Helen Xarhis with soldiers

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Helen Xarhis posing for a photo outside of Riley's Bar in Kansas City with an unidentified sailor and four unidentified soldiers.

Date Published
1942
Member of
Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection

Hendrik Jordense, an unidentified sailor, and Orchid Jordan

Image

Hendrik Jordense, an unidentified white male sailor, and Orchid Jordan standing left to right on the deck of the U.S.S. Monrovia. All three are...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

James Xarhis with fellow soldiers

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James Xarhis (center) in a helmet crouching down in front of a building with two unidentified soldiers also in helmets. A third unidentified soldier...

Date Published
1942
Member of
Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection

Orchid Jordan standing with an unidentified sailor

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Orchid Jordan standing with an unidentified sailor aboard the U.S.S. Monrovia. Both are holding a lifesaver. Another soldier is walking in the...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Orchid Jordan standing with an unidentified sailor

Image

Orchid Jordan standing with an unidentified sailor aboard the U.S.S. Monrovia. Both are holding a lifesaver. Another soldier is walking in the...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Soldiers eating with a group of women

Image

An unidentified group of African American women and uniformed African American men and one uniformed white man socializing at one long banquet table...

Date Published
1941
1947
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Soldiers Johnson, Dennis, and Green look out at the combat field

Image

Three African American soldiers, Johnson, Dennis, and Green, in combat attire stand behind and sit by a table, with boxes of ammunition on it, looking...

Date Published
1970
1990
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Stan Kenton speaking with an unidentified man

Image

Stan Kenton and an unidentified white woman speaking outdoors with an unidentified African American man in a Navy uniform. The enlisted man is holding...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Three soldiers with a young boy at Christmas

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Three uniformed white male soldiers visiting with a young white boy holding a toy airplane in a hospital bed filled with toys at Children's Mercy...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Two airmen

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Two unidentified African American airmen stand with their backs to a large crowd to look at the photographer.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Two airmen and a woman sitting on a bench at a train station

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Two unidentified African American airmen and an unidentified African American woman sit on a wooden bench likely at a train station smoking cigarettes...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Two soldiers with three young girls on crutches

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Two white male uniformed soldiers standing in front of a group of three young white girls, all with crutches. One of the girls is pointing at the...

Date Published
January-01-1917
December-31-1917
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Waiting in line to enter the barracks

Image

African American male soldiers, from their right sides, stand in a line outside of the barracks to ascend the stairs to the doorway. One man wearing a...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Woman and soldier

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Unidentified soldier with an arm around the waist of an unidentified woman outside Riley's Bar, in Kansas City, Missouri. The woman is likely a...

Date Published
1942
Member of
Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Group portraits
  • Military uniforms

Member of

  • Dolores Hobley Collection (9)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (3)
  • Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection (3)
  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (3)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (20)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (20)
  • Black & white photographs (19)
  • Snapshots (17)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Negatives (1)
  • (-) Group portraits (20)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (15)
  • 1951-1960 (4)
  • 1911-1920 (2)
  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • 1971-1980 (1)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • Soldiers (13)
  • African American men (10)
  • Men, White (9)
  • Sailors (5)
  • African American women (4)
  • Boats and boating (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Airmen (2)
  • Armed Forces--Barracks and quarters (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Children--Hospital care (2)
  • Hospital patients (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Airplanes--Models (1)
  • Amateur radio stations--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Children with disabilities (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Composers (1)
  • Cooks (1)
  • Crutches (1)
  • Dinners and dining (1)
  • Display cases (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Flagpoles (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Helmets (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Journalists (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Military chaplains (1)
  • Military miniatures (1)
  • Ordnance (1)
  • Physicians (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Railroads--Models (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Stuffed animals (Toys) (1)
  • Tinkertoys (Trademark) (1)
  • Toys (1)
  • Wedding costume (1)
  • Weddings (1)
  • (-) Military uniforms (20)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (3)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (1)
  • DePasco, Helen Xarhis, 1921-1992 (1)
  • Kenton, Stan (1)
  • Smull, Ned (1)
  • Xarhis, James John, 1924-1992 (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (8)
  • 1950 (6)
  • 1947 (4)
  • 1942 (3)
  • 1952 (3)
  • 1917-01-01 (1)
  • 1917-12-31 (1)
  • 1918 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1947-09-04 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1970-12-17 (1)
  • 1990 (1)

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