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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LaBudde Special Collections
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Bob Hogan

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 Atlantic City. Arcade games surround him all over the room but there are no other people in the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-334.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Eighteen solders and a dog

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 above the barracks door.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-335.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Couple looking at each other in the eyes

An African American male soldier, wearing dress uniform with his hat in his left hand, stands and looks into the eyes of a African American woman in a white evening gown and white gloves that extend above her elbows, perhaps a wedding reception photo. She also looks slightly up into his eyes. There is a mirror on the wall behind them and a couch and smoking stand on the left side of the photograph. Two signs are behind the soldier. One says, Please present I.D. card to doorman." The other sign is partially obscured by the soldier. What can be seen says, "No one allowed in the [lue] room …"
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-336.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Waiting in line to enter the barracks

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 t-shirt sits with his back to the photograph on a railing on a small porch outside the doorway.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-337.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Standing outside the barracks

An African America male soldier stands outside a barracks in his uniform.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-338.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Two airmen

Two unidentified African American airmen stand with their backs to a large crowd to look at the photographer.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-339.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Couple cuddling on a couch

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 African American woman who crosses her legs and looks directly at the photographer. Her handbag sits on the arm of the couch. There are many glasses and a decorative bowl sitting on the coffee table in front of them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-340.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Two airmen and a woman sitting on a bench at a train station

Two unidentified African American airmen and an unidentified African American woman sit on a wooden bench likely at a train station smoking cigarettes. The man in the center has his right arm around the shoulders of the woman, farthest on the left. There is a piece of luggage on the floor between the woman and the man in the center. And another piece of luggage or possibly a large handbag sits on the bench to the right of the woman.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-341.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Two airmen in winter gear

Two airmen, one white, one African American, wearing winter gear, lean on a military Jeep in the snow outside a small building. The letters below the windshield of the Jeep on the passenger's side are possibly ELDAFB.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-342.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Army soldiers outside the barracks

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 walking behind a pick-up truck toward the barracks where another soldier stands in the open doorway. The barracks are stucco with bars over the windows and a corrugated steel roofs.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Three soldiers stand by a bomb

Three unidentified African American soldiers pose with a decorative bomb outside of a barracks. Unknown location.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-344.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Army soldiers stand at attention for the raising of the flag

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 right side of the photograph has his back to the photographer as he stands by the wooden wheel of likely a cannon. A long building runs along the back of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-345.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Soldier standing outside the base

An African American soldier standing on the grounds of a military base.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-346.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Officer standing in the open door of a car

An African American military officer stands inside the open passenger side door of a car wearing his uniform and sunglasses. A forest is behind him.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-347.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Two soldiers walk in the center of a deeply rutted road

Rear view of two African American soldiers walking away from the photographer in the center of a deeply rutted dirt road.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-348.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271