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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Girl standing on the hood of a Pontiac

An unidentified African American man crouches down in front of a parked Pontiac sedan, likely 1949 or 1950. A young African American girl stands on the hood looking down at the man. The car has special side view mirrors and two spotlights. A building with four bay openings is on the left side of the photograph. Other cars are parked across the street on the right side of the photograph.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Related photos 159-162

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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Toddler with a big smile

An unidentified toddler smiles as she stands in front of a building in a dark jumper over a short-sleeved, light-colored, short-sleeved blouse, a bit of her diaper is visible, and anklet socks and shoes. A printed border has ELKO in each corner.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Outdoors

Two unidentified African American children on the left side of the photograph are playing outdoors as an unidentified African American woman bends over a pan by a rock pillar and smiles over her right shoulder at the photographer. There is a pile of wood by the rock pillar.
Type: Image
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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
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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
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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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
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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
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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All dressed up

An unidentified African American toddler smiles and stands on a sidewalk in a hat, a light colored dress, and an oversized dark belt. He or she also wears baby shoes and socks with stripes around the tops. A house and roads are behind the toddler.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Toddler sitting in the garden

An unidentified African American toddler sits in a child-size garden chair wearing a dress, anklets, and dress shoes. A small dog (whose head is being held up by the arm of a person off-camera) stands next to the little girl on the front steps to a house. The edges of an awning over the porch are visible across the top of the photograph.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Getting into the car

An unidentified African American man dressed in a three-piece, double-breasted suit and a straw hat is standing inside the open driver's side door of a vehicle. His right hand is on the steering wheel and his left hand rests on the door.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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All bundled up in the snow

An unidentified African American woman, from her left side, is all bundled up in a winter hat with the brim turned up all the way round and a full-length coat standing in the snow in a city. She is pointing with her right hand while her left hand is in her pocket.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Woman standing in a garden

An unidentified African American woman smiles as she stands on a path and looks directly at the photographer between rows of tulips with a blooming bush behind her outdoors. A garden gate is at the end of the path with the backs of houses beyond the gate.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Woman wearing a suit without lapels

An unidentified African American woman smiles down and to her right at the photographer as she stands outdoors wearing a suit jacket without lapels and with an embroidered handkerchief spilling out of her right hip pocket. The letter "D" is embroidered on the handkerchief.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Three women

Three unidentified African American women look seriously at the photographer as they stand outdoors for a headshot photograph. A tree and a wall are behind the three.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271