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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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
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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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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
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-026.png
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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Related photos 28-51

Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Related photos 52-71

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
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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
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-073.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Related photos 74-88

Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-074.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Related photos 89-112

Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Eight people posing for a photograph

An unidentified group of five African American women and three African American men are gathered in a group between two clapboard houses for a photograph. The woman seated in the front may be the eldest of the group. The man to her right smiles but everyone else is serious. Most do not look directly at the photographer.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Related photos 114-128

Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Related photos 129-133

A group photograph of unidentified African American women, children and an African American man posing outdoors among trees, mostly seated, on their knees or standing.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Three people stand wearing their fraternal order fezzes

Two unidentified African American men in fraternal order fezzes flanking an unidentified African American woman in the women's auxiliary envelope cap stand outside a building.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271