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Albert Sexton

Image

A studio portrait of Albert Sexton standing outside in tall grass in front of a barn door and behind a broken wood rail fence. He holds a piece of...

Date Published
1891
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Alice Cecilia Willett

Image

A studio portrait of Alice Cecilia Willett sitting sideways with her ankles crossed smiling over her left shoulder at the photographer. A tropical...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

All bundled up in the snow

Image

An unidentified African American woman, from her left side, is all bundled up in a winter hat with the brim turned up all the way round and a full...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

All dressed up

Image

An unidentified African American toddler smiles and stands on a sidewalk in a hat, a light colored dress, and an oversized dark belt. He or she also...

Date Published
1915
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Annie Porter

Image

A studio portrait of Annie Porter with a bow in her hair and a high-collared light-colored blouse. The illegible studio name is embossed on the...

Date Published
September-1904
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Baby in a Christening gown (front and back of photograph)

Image

Front: A studio portrait of an unidentified African American baby wearing a Christening gown and sitting in an upholstered chair. Back: Back of the...

Date Published
1881
1890
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Baby in a sweater

Image

A studio portrait of an unidentified baby wearing a sweater and light colored shoes that tie.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Baby seated in a chair

Image

A studio portrait of an unidentified African American toddler sitting in a chair in a light-colored dress with dark shoes that tie.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Bob Hogan

Image

Photo of Bob Hogan, standing in military uniform, from his right side, holding a stationary rifle up to is eye as he is playing a rifle game in...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Boy standing next to the car

Image

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

Boy standing on the sidewalk in a flat cap

Image

An unidentified African American boy stands on the street wearing a flat cap in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
May-1954
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Boy standing on the sidewalk in a flat cap and holding his thumb in his pocket

Image

An unidentified African American boy stands on the street wearing a flat cap and holding his thumb in his pocket in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
May-1954
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Bundled up woman standing in the snow in the yard in front of a house

Image

An unidentified African American woman bundled up in a plush winter coat with a fur collar, boots, and a hat stands without smiling in the snow in the...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Chevrolet Coupe

Image

An unidentified African American woman behind the wheel of a 1920s Chevrolet Coupe on brick pavement. Trees are behind the car.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Child sitting in a chair

Image

An unidentified African American child, likely a girl, posing for a photo while seated in a chair. Her blouse has puffy shoulders and the sides of the...

Date Published
1911
1920
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Chopping up a tree trunk

Image

An unidentified African American man chops a tree trunk with an ax and wedges outside in the snow.

Date Published
1941
1950
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

Cornelia in the garden

Image

Neal [Cornelia Scott], an African American woman, is slightly bent while she is standing in a field of flowers in a casual, sleeveless floral dress...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Curtyse Foster holding a saxophone

Image

Curtyse A. Foster sits and smiles holding a saxophone.

Date Published
July-1988
Member of
Dolores Hobley 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

Diagonally cut button placard on a women's suit

Image

A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman wearing a light-colored suit with diagonal points along the button placard to form layers...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dowdal Davis lighting a cigar

Image

Dowdal H. Davis, from his left side, lighting a cigar outside his house at 301 North 3rd Street (now Park Blvd.) in Independence, Kansas.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dowdal Davis stands by the net of a tennis court

Image

Dowdal Davis holds a tennis racquet and wears a dark cardigan sweater over a light-colored shirt and long pants as he stands by the net on a tennis...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dowdal Davis wears an IHS letter sweater

Image

Dowdal Davis in a school sweater with the initials I.H.S. on an applied banner over an applied "I" over eagle wings. He stands on a sidewalk outside a...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dowdal Davis with flat cap and a striped suit

Image

Dowdal Davis smiles as he stands outside in a yard by a house wearing a dark, striped suit jacket but light, striped pants. He holds a flat cap in his...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

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  • (-) Dolores Hobley Collection (221)

Types

  • photographs (221)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (195)
  • Gelatin silver prints (195)
  • Snapshots (105)
  • Color photographs (26)
  • Cabinet photographs (12)
  • Photographic postcards (11)
  • Publicity photographs (5)
  • Slides (1)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (221)

Time Periods

  • 1921-1930 (46)
  • 1941-1950 (46)
  • 1911-1920 (28)
  • 1931-1940 (26)
  • 1971-1980 (22)
  • 1891-1900 (19)
  • 1951-1960 (17)
  • 1901-1910 (15)
  • 1881-1890 (7)
  • 1961-1970 (6)
  • 1981-1990 (3)
  • 1991-2000 (1)

Subjects

  • African American men (102)
  • African American women (83)
  • Soldiers (22)
  • African American children (21)
  • Automobiles (16)
  • Military uniforms (11)
  • Academic costume (9)
  • Girls (9)
  • Awards (7)
  • Golfers (7)
  • Toddlers (7)
  • College graduates (6)
  • Dwellings (6)
  • Men, White (6)
  • Buildings (5)
  • Gardens (5)
  • Women, White (5)
  • Bodies of water (4)
  • Boys (4)
  • Dogs (4)
  • Golf carts (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Piano (4)
  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • Automobiles, Convertible (3)
  • Bathing suits (3)
  • Bentwood furniture (3)
  • Cigars (3)
  • Infants (3)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • Mothers (3)
  • Postcards (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Snow (3)
  • Advertising--Photographers (2)
  • African American teenage boys (2)
  • Cigarette smokers (2)
  • Correspondence (2)
  • Fraternal organizations (2)
  • Golf clubs (Sporting goods) (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Porches (2)
  • Sailors (2)
  • Tennis players (2)
  • African American teenage girls (1)
  • Agricultural laborers (1)
  • Amusement parks (1)
  • Asian conical hats (1)
  • Axes (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Barbecuing (1)
  • Barns (1)
  • Beaches (1)
  • Benches (1)
  • Blackface entertainers (1)
  • Bouquets (1)
  • Breechcloths (1)
  • Businessmen (1)
  • Cactus (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Carriages and carts (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Christening gowns (1)
  • Christmas decorations (1)
  • Cigar smoking (1)
  • Clergy (1)
  • Clerks (1)
  • Clutch bags (1)
  • Cornet (1)
  • Cornet players (1)
  • Docks (1)
  • Dressing tables (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Evening gowns (1)
  • Fezzes (1)
  • Fishing (1)
  • Flowering trees (1)
  • Fur garments (1)
  • Horses (1)
  • Jeep automobile (1)
  • Letter writing (1)
  • Living rooms (1)
  • Mansions (1)
  • Military bases (1)
  • Minstrels (1)
  • Models (Persons) (1)
  • Muffs (1)
  • Mustaches (1)
  • Native American men (1)
  • Office furniture (1)
  • Palms (1)
  • Pets (1)
  • Physicians (1)
  • Ponies (1)
  • Quarter horse (1)
  • Radio (1)
  • Restaurateurs (1)
  • Shields (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Spears (1)
  • Statues (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Sweaters (1)
  • Swings (1)
  • Tennis rackets (1)
  • Uniforms (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Wagons (1)
  • Wedges (1)
  • Wheelbarrows (1)
  • Wicker furniture (1)
  • Women household employees (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (26)
  • Independence (Kan.) (7)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (3)
  • Marland Estate (Ponca City, Okla.) (2)
  • Ponca City (Okla.) (2)
  • Saigon (Vietnam) (2)
  • Atchison (Kan.) (1)
  • Atlantic City (N.J.) (1)
  • Boston (Mass.) (1)
  • Charleston (S.C.) (1)
  • Denver (Colo.) (1)
  • DeWitt (Neb.) (1)
  • Fort Leonard Wood (Mo.) (1)
  • Fort Scott (Kan.) (1)
  • Grand Rapids (Mich.) (1)
  • Joplin (Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Kirksville (Mo.) (1)
  • Lincoln (Neb.) (1)
  • Mount Airy (N.C.) (1)
  • Nashville (Tenn.) (1)
  • Saint Joseph (Mo.) (1)
  • Saint Louis (Mo.) (1)
  • Salida (Colo.) (1)
  • Tipton (Kan.) (1)
  • Tulsa (Okla.) (1)
  • Vietnam (1)
  • Washington (D.C.) (1)
  • White Cloud (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Davis, Dowdal H. (Dowdal Henry), 1913-1957 (7)
  • Foster, Curtyse (2)
  • King, Mamie (2)
  • Lockwood, Juanita (2)
  • Bohannon, Lee (1)
  • Brooks, G.H. (Of the City of Kansas (Kan.)) (1)
  • Cole, Helen P., 1926-2014 (1)
  • Cowley, Joe, 1917- (1)
  • Gates, Ollie (1)
  • Memphis Slim (1)
  • Milton, Lilly (1)
  • Patterson, Susie (1)
  • Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1860-1950 (1)
  • Scott, Cornelia (1)
  • Smith, Maureen (Pianist) (1)
  • Tucker, Thad (1)
  • Warren, Julia (1)
  • Washington, Jack, 1910-1964 (1)
  • Watkins, T.B. (Theron B.), 1877-1950 (1)
  • Weir, Jack (Minstrel) (1)
  • Willett, Alice Cecilia (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (42)
  • 1950 (39)
  • 1921 (38)
  • 1930 (36)
  • 1931 (23)
  • 1940 (21)
  • 1891 (19)
  • 1900 (19)
  • 1977 (17)
  • 1978 (17)
  • 1911 (15)
  • 1920 (15)
  • 1960 (13)
  • 1951 (11)
  • 1910 (10)
  • 1901 (9)
  • 1918 (8)
  • 1904 (6)
  • 1961 (6)
  • 1970 (5)
  • 1881 (4)
  • 1923 (3)
  • 1971 (3)
  • 1980 (3)
  • 1890 (2)
  • 1928 (2)
  • 1938 (2)
  • 1954-05 (2)
  • 1962 (2)
  • 1853 (1)
  • 1904-09 (1)
  • 1907 (1)
  • 1911-06-16 (1)
  • 1914 (1)
  • 1915 (1)
  • 1916-11-18 (1)
  • 1916-11-19 (1)
  • 1919 (1)
  • 1924 (1)
  • 1928-07-15 (1)
  • 1929 (1)
  • 1933 (1)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1942-11-11 (1)
  • 1944 (1)
  • 1944-12-31 (1)
  • 1948 (1)
  • 1949 (1)
  • 1953-09 (1)
  • 1957-01 (1)
  • 1958 (1)
  • 1969-07 (1)
  • 1974-06 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1988-07 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1992-09-19 (1)

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