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All about the fight at the Canidrome

Image

Tamara Lewis; Jimmie Carson; Joe McCutcheon with Teddy Weatherford; newspaper clippings about the fight in the Canidrome Ballroom that resulted in...

Date Published
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Class photo

Image

A class photo of thirty two men and women, both African American and white, posed in three levels of sitting on the ground, seated in chairs, and then...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Co-ed group on the grounds of Western Seminary

Image

An large unidentified co-ed group of African American men, women, and children and one white man seated in the center on the ground in the photograph...

Date Published
1929
1949
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Cole Bros. Circus Band

Image

Coles Brother's Circus Band stands on and in front of a stage with a banner behind them of women dancing in costume. The men wear light, long-sleeved...

Date Published
1937
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 and a woman sit on the steps with their eyes cast down

Image

Dowdal Davis and an unidentified African American woman sitting on the steps of a building both looking down, both holding their head with their hand...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dowdal Davis stands between two women on a sidewalk

Image

Two unidentified African American women flanking Dowdal Davis are all smiling as they stand outdoors. Dowdal has his arms around the shoulders of each...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dowdal Davis stands by a woman that sits by the steps

Image

Dowdal Davis and an unidentified African American woman (possibly Dowdal's sister Marguerite Davis) smile as they pose by the steps to the Davis home...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Fifteen women meet for a celebration

Image

An unidentified group of fifteen African American women sit and stand around one end of a banquet table with a tablecloth at an unidentified venue...

Date Published
1929
1931
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Graduating class

Image

A graduating class of 21 African American women and two African American men standing the steps of, likely, the school. Most wear graduation mortar...

Date Published
1929
1935
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Group gathered around John Wright, Josephine Wright, and Mary Virginia Jacobs

Image

John Wright (seated far left), with a small African American boy on his lap, Mary Virginia Jacobs (seated middle) between two African American girls...

Date Published
1939
1941
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Group of women and children seated around Josephine Wright and Mary Virginia Jacobs

Image

A group of African American women and children sit on a striped couch. Mary Virginia Jacobs (seated middle), and Josephine Wright (seated far right)...

Date Published
1939
1941
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

Literary Society of Western Seminary

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A co-ed African American group of the Literary Society of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The front row sits...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Lizzie, Cornelia, and another woman visiting the Pioneer Woman Monument

Image

An unidentified African American woman stands behind Cornelia S. [Scott] and Lizzie as Cornelia sits and Lizzie stands on the base of The Pioneer...

Date Published
October-25-1930
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Man and woman laughing as they shake hands

Image

An well-dressed unidentified African American woman leans her back against the driver's side of the car and opens her mouth wide as she laughs and...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Man and woman seated at a table

Image

Darnella, and an African American man [possibly Kansas City jazz pianist Bob Wilson?] are seated at a table with a tablecloth, two beverages for each...

Date Published
1939
1941
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Man and woman sitting on a bench for a studio photograph with a painted backdrop

Image

A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman and African American man sitting on a bench with a painted backdrop behind them of...

Date Published
1931
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Mother and her children

Image

A studio portrait of smiling unidentified African American woman with a baby lying on its stomach to the left and a toddler girl seated on the right.

Date Published
1931
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Night of drinking

Image

An unidentified African American woman with her arms around the shoulders of two unidentified, unenthused, African American men, sit at a table while...

Date Published
1929
1931
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity event

Image

Large group of thirty eight African American people dressed in evening gowns and suits standing behind around an Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ) fraternity shield...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity event

Image

Large group of twenty nine African American people dressed in evening gowns and suits standing behind or crouching beside an Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ)...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Showing off the car

Image

An unidentified African American woman stands with her hands resting on the passenger side window of possibly a Ford convertible parked on the street...

Date Published
1938
1941
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Showing off the car

Image

An unidentified African American man sits in the drivers seat of possibly a Ford convertible with the top down and hangs his left arm over the door...

Date Published
1938
1941
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Showing off the car

Image

An unidentified African American man sits in the driver's seat of a four-door convertible, possibly a Ford, with its top down, smiling to his left, as...

Date Published
1938
1941
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

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  • 1931-1940

Member of

  • Dolores Hobley Collection (37)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (39)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (40)
  • Gelatin silver prints (40)
  • Group portraits (28)
  • Snapshots (21)
  • Portrait photographs (9)
  • Clippings (1)
  • Photographic postcards (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • Scrapbooks (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (7)
  • 1921-1930 (4)
  • (-) 1931-1940 (40)

Subjects

  • African American men (25)
  • Automobiles (6)
  • African American children (4)
  • Men, White (4)
  • Automobiles, Convertible (3)
  • College students (3)
  • Girls (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • Boys (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Cigarette smokers (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Fraternal organizations (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Academic costume (1)
  • African American fraternal organizations (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Beaches (1)
  • Bodies of water (1)
  • Bouquets (1)
  • Brothers and sisters (1)
  • Choirs (Music) (1)
  • Choral conductors (1)
  • Circus bands (1)
  • Colocasia (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Cornet players (1)
  • Corsages (1)
  • Diners (Restaurants) (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Fezzes (1)
  • Fur garments (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Infants (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Literature--Societies, etc. (1)
  • Monuments (1)
  • Mother and child (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Pets (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Statues (1)
  • Toddlers (1)
  • Triangle (Musical instrument) (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Tubists (1)
  • Wicker furniture (1)
  • Women's clothing (1)
  • (-) African American women (40)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (5)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (2)
  • Dayton (Ohio) (1)
  • Detroit (Mich.) (1)
  • Independence (Kan.) (1)
  • Marland Estate (Ponca City, Okla.) (1)
  • Shanghai (China) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Davis, Dowdal H. (Dowdal Henry), 1913-1957 (4)
  • Jacobs, Mary Virginia (2)
  • Wright, Josephine, 1876- (2)
  • Baker, Bryant, 1881-1970 (1)
  • Carson, Jimmie (Jazz musician) (1)
  • Davis, Marguerite (of Independence, Kan.) (1)
  • Holmes, D. A. (Mrs.) (1)
  • Lewis, Tamara (Entertainer) (1)
  • Lowery, P. G. (Perry George), 1869-1942 (1)
  • McCutcheon, Joe (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Scott, Cornelia (1)
  • Weatherford, Teddy, 1903-1945 (1)
  • Wright, John M., 1867- (1)

Date Published

  • 1931 (26)
  • 1940 (20)
  • 1941 (8)
  • 1939 (5)
  • 1929 (4)
  • 1938 (3)
  • 1950 (3)
  • 1937 (2)
  • 1930-10-25 (1)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1940-04-20 (1)
  • 1949 (1)
  • 1960 (1)

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