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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Woman bundled up in the snow

An unidentified African American woman in hat, fur coat, full-length dress, and a fur muff stands in the snowy yard outside a house.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-197.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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On a rocky beach

Two unidentified white women sitting on a rocky beach with perhaps changing huts and palm trees behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-198.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Scott Pelter

Scott Pelter looks serious as he poses outdoors next to a brick building wearing a hat, a buttoned up suit, and buttoned shoes.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-203.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Man wearing a vest and hat

An unidentified African American man standing outdoors wearing a light-colored hat and a vest over a shirt with rolled-up sleeves. There are clapboard buildings behind him.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-204.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Pioneer Mother statue and a women standing in front of it

An unidentified white woman wearing a dress and hat stands with her hands on her hips in front of the Pioneer Mother statue, Alexander Phimister Proctor, artist, in Penn Valley Park in Kansas City, Missouri. Possibly a coat is lying on the ground to her left.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-212.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Family portrait

An unidentified group of six African American men, four African American women, a boy and a dog in front of the porch of a house. The women sit in chairs and the men stand behind the chairs. All of the men wear bowler hats. The boys head is only visible between the shoulders of the two women to the left.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-219.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Man and woman having tea in the dining room

An unidentified African American man and woman having tea at their dining room table using a silver tea service. The dining table has spiral turned legs and is covered with an embroidered and fringed tablecloth. The ceilings and walls are covered with wallpaper and the floor has a printed pattern. One electric light hangs from the ceiling in the center of the room. The corner cabinet has more silver tea pieces. There are two cascading plate displays on each side of the corner cabinet. A bedroom is visible through the door on the left side of the photograph. The bedframe is metal with a small wooden rocking chair at the foot of the bed.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-220.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Woman standing in front of a dressing table

An unidentified African American woman standing in front of a dressing table wearing a beaded necklace and a light colored, mid-calf length dress with a wide sash. An oval photograph is on the wall above and to the left of the dressing table. Other photos are reflected in the mirrors of the table.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-215.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Five men stand on steps

Five very well-dressed unidentified African American men stand on the steps to a school or church. One stands in the front in an overcoat looking up and to the left. The other four stand on the first step looking forward except the one directly to the left of the man in the front. That man is looking down and talking to the man in the front.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-216.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Five men in front of a window in a brick wall

Five well-dressed unidentified African American men are outdoors in front of a window in a brick wall side of a building. The three in back stand and the two in front crouch. Only the two standing to the left smile at the photographer. The other three look seriously off to the left. Note the lapel button holding the chain to the breast pocket and the tie tacks.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-217.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Family portrait in front of a house

An unidentified group of well-dressed six African American women, three African American men, three boys and a teenaged girl as they stand or sit in the yard by the porch of a clapboard house behind them. The house has a trellis with ivy growing on it behind them. There is an enclosed balcony above the group on the second story.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-218.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Girl seated on a pony

A barefoot African American girl, looking a little unsure, sits in the saddle on a pony. Because of her size, she is unable to have her feet in the stirrups. She is beside a wooden house. There is a chain from the horn of the saddle to, possibly, the pillar of the house.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-213.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Teenager sits on a horse-drawn cart

An unidentified African American teenage boy sits on the bench of a wooden horse-drawn cart hooked up to a horse with blinders, with his legs out to the side. The boy wears a hat with the bill flipped back and boots that reach to his knees. There are several barns behind them. The cart has wooden back wheels and rubber front wheels.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-214.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Stich Shelter House

The Stich Shelter House in Independence, Kansas with several street lamps and gardens placed around the structure.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Stucco home with a carport

An unidentified stucco home, possibly a duplex, with a car parked in the carport. The home has a large lawn.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271