Dolores Hobley Collection

Description
The Dolores Hobley Collection was formed by various purchases from her business at Waldo Antiques of Kansas City. The collection consists of photographs that primarily reflect aspects of the African-American cultural experience during the late 19th century and into the 20th century, including in and around Kansas City.
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Unidentified singer

An unidentified African American female singer looking toward her right shoulder as she lifts her right hand and sings into a microphone. She wears dangle earrings, a scoop neckline, sleeveless, beaded blouse, a wedding ring, and a wrist watch.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-016.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Guitarist and bassist performing in Chicago

An unidentified African American man holding a tenor guitar while wearing mix-matched clothing and a derby hat stands to the right and gives a questioning look to an unidentified African American woman holding a Fender electric bass guitar and pointing her finger at him during a performance in Chicago, Illinois. She wears a close-fitting hat with a flower sticking straight up out of the top of it and a sleeveless, fringed, culotte jumpsuit. They stand in front of a glass-block half wall with a drum set behind it. The woman's face is in profile from her left side.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Scamps

A publicity photograph of the African American jazz group, Kansas City Scamps likely in the 1970's. From left to right, Lucky Wesley (bass, leader), Albert "Coots" Dye (piano), Arthur Jackson (alto and tenor sax), L.C. "Speedy" Huggins (vocals), and Wallace Lee Jones (drums). They all wear tuxedos with black bow ties. Arthur Jackson wears a dark flat cap. Speedy Huggins wears glasses.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Soldiers eating with a group of women

An unidentified group of African American women and uniformed African American men and one uniformed white man socializing at one long banquet table while an unidentified African American band is performing in the background at an unidentified venue or event. Approximately 20 people seated at the tables. Approximately six men in the band.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Fifteen women meet for a celebration

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 with a low ceiling during an unidentified event. Seven of the women wear hats. Five of the women wear a corsage of a single rose bud. Seated at the left corner of the table is Bridget. Seated third from the right corner of the photograph is Louise. Louise wears a necklace of several strands of pearls. A woman standing second from the right wears one strand of pearls. The two women seated farthest to the left both wear necklaces of three strands of pearls. All of the women wear earrings. There are opened gifts on the table with a bouquet in the center. Only salt and pepper shakers and glasses of water are on the table with the gifts. The only woman not smiling is the woman farthest to the right. She wears elbow-length dark gloves.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Shop run by African American women

Photographic montage of a retail shop and professional work scenarios of African American women at a department store with an office behind the counters. The bottom left corner photo show three women at a counter wearing hats. The photograph along the top shows two African American men shopping on one side of the counter as the African American personnel help them look at the goods. A sign partially out of the photograph and blurred on the back wall partially states, "Shop. Dickies. Blouses. Lingerie. Alterations." The photograph on the bottom right corner shows a couple shopping for jewelry on one side of the counter and two shop personnel helping them. The center photograph shows the two personnel women sitting on either side of a desk behind the retail counters. One woman is on the phone and taking notes. The other woman is typing.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-023.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Dr. Perry being honored with a plaque

Dr. John Edward Perry, wearing a long jacket and pinstripe pants stands with his right side to the photographer on the left side of the photograph on one side of a large bouquet. An unidentified well-dressed group of three African American men and five African American women stand on the other side of the bouquet at a plaque dedication to Dr. Perry and the Wheatley Provident Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. The women wear hats and coats. One woman wears a fur stole.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Group gathered around John Wright, Josephine Wright, and Mary Virginia Jacobs

John Wright (seated far left), with a small African American boy on his lap, Mary Virginia Jacobs (seated middle) between two African American girls, and Josephine Wright (seated far right), on a floral couch with three unidentified adults (standing). Possibly the children and the three adults standing are family.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Woman smiling as she sits at a piano holding a violin

An unidentified African American woman smiles as she is seated on a baby grand piano bench and leaning her left elbow just above the piano keys as she holds a violin with her left hand and holds the bow with her right hand resting on her lap. She has a flower in her hair on the right side above her ear. She wears a necklace, a wrist watch on her right wrist, and a full-length, full-skirt light-colored evening gown with puffed sleeves and a sweetheart neckline. A desk lamp sits on the piano. A picture of a palm-lined street is on the wall above the piano. A floor lampshade is on the very right side of the photograph.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Woman smiling as she stands by a piano

An unidentified African American woman smiles as she stands by a baby grand Vose & Sons - Boston piano with her right hand resting just above the piano keys; her left hand behind her back. She has a flower in her hair on the right side above her ear. She wears a necklace, a wrist watch on her right wrist, and a full-length, full-skirt light-colored evening gown with puffed sleeves, a sweetheart neckline and a wide waistband. She wears light-colored open-toed shoes. An opened piece of music is on the piano. A picture of a palm-lined street is on the wall above the piano. A floor lamp behind her is mostly obscured. There is an upholstered chair behind and to the left of her.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Three men wearing letter sweaters

Three unidentified African American men in school letter sweaters stand with their hands behind their backs in front of an evergreen tree probably at Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The one on the left smiles. The one in the center grins. The one on the right does not smile. A printed border has ELKO in each corner.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Three men wearing letter sweaters

Three unidentified African American men in school letter sweaters stand on a lawn probably at Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri with one man in a suit kneeling in front of them. The one on the left smiles and points at the man kneeling. The one in the center is using crutches and grimaces as the one on the right pokes his finger into the center man's left palm. A printed border has ELKO in each corner.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Lincoln High School students

A group photograph of unidentified African American students and teacher standing in rows on the steps of Lincoln High School in Kansas City, Missouri. Two of the boys wear uniforms. One boy wears a letter sweater with the letter "L" on it. The teacher stands on the right end of the back row. Two girls on the front row hold handbags. All of the females wear dresses or skirts. The boys mostly wear suits. In the upper right corner, a student watches from a partially opened window.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Lincoln High School band and rifle drill team

Group photograph of the Lincoln High School Band and rifle drill team standing and seated on the steps in front of Lincoln High School in Kansas City, Missouri. The first three seated rows are the African American students who play instruments. The back four rows of seated and standing African American students hold rifles. Everyone is wearing a uniform including hats. The bass drum on the right corner of the photograph says, "Lincoln High School Band and Orchestra." The drum major is seated on the left corner of the photograph. The band director sits in the middle of the front row holding a very long conductor's baton. Possibly this is only a brass and percussion band . Two students in the middle of the next to the last row hold flags; one is the flag of the United States of America.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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A procession of African American students in graduation caps and gowns walk down a sidewalk in front of a brick building with a stone base probably the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. There are others in the line not in caps and gown. One man stands on the lawn with his head down and his back to the photographer wearing a white hat.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271