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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Three children with an older man

An unidentified older African American man sits outside of a home with awnings in a patio chair holding a baby and flanked by two other kids in short with suspenders over short-sleeved shirts and bowties.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-177.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Getting a toddler to look up for the photograph

An unidentified African American woman crouches down to be on the same level as a toddler in the front yard of a house in a residential area. She holds an object, likely a rattle, up in the air to get the toddler to look up. There is a picket fence behind them and a car parked on the street. The steps to the homes across the street are visible across the top of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-178.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Mrs. Mattie Stanley

Three unidentified African American women stand by a house with two unidentified African American children sitting in front of them in the yard next to a two-story clapboard house. The woman in the center has her arms around the shoulders of the women on either side of her. Two washtubs are against the house behind the group.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-179.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Woman standing in her living room

An unidentified African American woman smiles directly at the photographer as she stands with her right hand resting on the back of an upholstered living room chair and her left hand on her hip. She stands in front of a closet door between the chair and a radio on a table. A staircase banister is on the upper right hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-180.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271