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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

1946 Mercury

Image

An unidentified African American woman with her back to the photographer, reaches her left hand across the hood of a 1946 Mercury Sedan to reach her...

Date Published
1946
1949
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

1946 Mercury

Image

A photograph of a parked 1946 Mercury sedan with the driver's side door open. Two unidentified African American people, a man and a woman, are on the...

Date Published
1946
1949
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

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 outside the barracks

Image

A candid photo of an African American Army soldier on a bike smiling at the photographer over his right shoulder outside barracks. Another soldier is...

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

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

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

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

Bridget, Louise, and Darnella visit Sportree Reed's Music Bar

Image

Three African American women, Bridget, Louise and Darnella, smile at the photographer as they are seated at a counter at Sportree Reed's Music Bar...

Date Published
September-01-1948
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

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

Classroom setting at Western Seminary

Image

An African American male instructor wearing a three-piece suit, stands in the center back teaching clerical skills to a class of African American co...

Date Published
1949
1951
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Co-ed group by the porch of Western Seminary

Image

Four rows of an African American co-ed group of the Literary Society just in front of the porch of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in...

Date Published
1941
1959
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

Couple cuddling on a couch

Image

An African American airman, with his eyes closed and his hat propped back on his head, sits on a couch with his right arm around the shoulders of a...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Couple standing in front of a screened-in porch

Image

An African American couple, a soldier and a woman, stand outside of a house with a screened-in porch.

Date Published
March-09-1945
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Couple standing outside of a stucco home

Image

An African American soldier and an unidentified African American woman stand outside a stucco home next to a two-tone car.

Date Published
April-08-1942
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Crowds gather for a motorcycle race

Image

Large crowds of white men and women on both sides of a hay bale lined, paved road gathers at a bend in a race track while several people stand around...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Diners smile at the photographer

Image

An unidentified group of three African American men and two African American women smile as they share a meal inside an unidentified diner. Two of the...

Date Published
1939
1941
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

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  • (-) Dolores Hobley Collection (122)

Types

  • photographs (122)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (119)
  • Gelatin silver prints (119)
  • Snapshots (68)
  • Group portraits (54)
  • Portrait photographs (46)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)
  • Reproductions (1)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (7)
  • 1951-1960 (7)
  • (-) 1941-1950 (122)

Subjects

  • African American men (81)
  • African American women (66)
  • Soldiers (27)
  • Military uniforms (21)
  • Academic costume (16)
  • College graduates (15)
  • African American children (12)
  • College students (12)
  • Automobiles (9)
  • Buildings (7)
  • Girls (5)
  • Men, White (5)
  • Seminarians (5)
  • Women, White (5)
  • Airmen (4)
  • Cigarette smokers (4)
  • Infants (4)
  • African American teenage girls (3)
  • Bouquets (3)
  • Choral conductors (3)
  • Dwellings (3)
  • Teachers (3)
  • Armed Forces--Barracks and quarters (2)
  • Barracks (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (2)
  • Boys (2)
  • Cameras (2)
  • Choirs (Music) (2)
  • College teachers (2)
  • Conductors (Music) (2)
  • Dogs (2)
  • Exercise (2)
  • Families (2)
  • Literature--Societies, etc. (2)
  • Military bases (2)
  • Streets (2)
  • Wedding costume (2)
  • Weddings (2)
  • African American teenage boys (1)
  • Amusement parks (1)
  • Axes (1)
  • Baby carriages (1)
  • Basketball players (1)
  • Basketball uniforms (1)
  • Baton twirling (1)
  • Bicycles (1)
  • Bombs (1)
  • Brick roads (1)
  • Cactus (1)
  • Canoes and canoeing--Design and construction (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Cigar smoking (1)
  • Cities and towns (1)
  • City and town life (1)
  • Clergy (1)
  • Clubs (1)
  • Colocasia (1)
  • Cooks (1)
  • Corsages (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Crutches (1)
  • Diners (Restaurants) (1)
  • Dinners and dining (1)
  • Evening gowns (1)
  • Flagpoles (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Gardens (1)
  • General stores (1)
  • Homecoming (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Jazz musicians (1)
  • Jeep automobile (1)
  • Living rooms (1)
  • Military chapels (1)
  • Military chaplains (1)
  • Mother and child (1)
  • Motorcycle racing (1)
  • Motorcycles (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Ordnance (1)
  • Palms (1)
  • Physicians (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Pickup trucks (1)
  • Pinball machines (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Quiltmakers (1)
  • Radio (1)
  • Rain forest people (1)
  • Sailors (1)
  • Shorthand--Study and teaching (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Sneakers (1)
  • Statues (1)
  • Stores, Retail (1)
  • Swings (1)
  • Tambourine (1)
  • Toddlers (1)
  • Triangle (Musical instrument) (1)
  • Typewriters (1)
  • Typewriting--Study and teaching (1)
  • Wedding anniversaries (1)
  • Wedges (1)
  • Women household employees (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (51)
  • 18th Street (1)
  • Atlantic City (N.J.) (1)
  • Delaware (1)
  • Denver (Colo.) (1)
  • Detroit (Mich.) (1)
  • Independence (Kan.) (1)
  • Minneapolis (Minn.) (1)
  • Ogden (Utah) (1)
  • Paseo Boulevard (1)
  • Saint Louis (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Holmes, D. A. (Mrs.) (2)
  • Wright, Josephine, 1876- (2)
  • Davis, Dowdal H. (Dowdal Henry), 1913-1957 (1)
  • Jacobs, Mary Virginia (1)
  • Perry, John Edward, 1870-1962 (1)
  • Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1860-1950 (1)
  • Wright, John M., 1867- (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (97)
  • 1950 (91)
  • 1949 (7)
  • 1960 (5)
  • 1939 (4)
  • 1946 (4)
  • 1951 (4)
  • 1931 (3)
  • 1947-09-04 (2)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1942-04-08 (1)
  • 1942-11-11 (1)
  • 1944 (1)
  • 1944-12-31 (1)
  • 1945-03-09 (1)
  • 1945-07-23 (1)
  • 1945-07-28 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1947-11-27 (1)
  • 1948 (1)
  • 1948-09-01 (1)
  • 1959 (1)

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