Dolores Hobley Collection

Several unidentified African American men and women laugh while sitting around a table in a wood paneled room. One man stands on the right side of the photograph.

An unidentified group of six African American men and two African American women stand inside a business. In the bottom right corner is a shoe shine chair (shoe shine stand). Behind the shoe shine stand along the wall are three pinball machines which one man with a cigar in his right hand and one woman lean on. Another man stands behind the third pinball machine. In the aisle between the pinball machines and the sales counter, stand two men and one woman. The woman is holding a cigarette in her right hand. Two men lean along the sales counter on the left side of the photograph. At the farthest end of the counter is an open doorway with a sign above that reads, "No admittance. Employees only. Requested by Mgr." Inside the room behind the doorway are soft drink crates stacked in front of a what is possibly a jukebox. Behind the counter are shelves with cubbies for different flat storage items. On the top frame of the shelves is a sign that reads, "Luckies tastes better." On top of the shelves is a uniform hat and other assorted items. In the front right corner is a glass display case with a slanted front glass with what appears to be display boxes of candy inside of the case. A single ceiling lamp hangs in the upper right hand corner.

An unidentified African American man, from his right side, speaks with a white woman beside a table with candles and items on it. In the foreground is a white man looking at an LP album cover. On the right side of the photograph, a white woman is looking down as the white child in front of her also looks down.

An unidentified African American man holding a tenor guitar while wearing mix-matched clothing and a derby hat stands to the right and gives a questioning look to an unidentified African American woman holding a Fender electric bass guitar and pointing her finger at him during a performance in Chicago, Illinois. She wears a close-fitting hat with a flower sticking straight up out of the top of it and a sleeveless, fringed, culotte jumpsuit. They stand in front of a glass-block half wall with a drum set behind it. The woman's face is in profile from her left side.

A hand painted studio head shot portrait of an unidentified African American woman wearing a robin egg blue dress and a string of pearls. The photograph has been hand painted by Charlyne who signed the lower right-hand corner.

A studio head shot portrait of unidentified African American man looking slightly to his right. He wears a three-piece suit with a white neck tie. Embossed below the photograph on the paper board, "Aristo Finish, H.B. Rice, DeWitt, Neb."

A studio portrait of unidentified African American man wearing a double-lapel suit jacket over a buttoned vest and a necktie under the small collar of a light color shirt. Lightly embossed on the lower right-hand corner of the paper board, "Loomas, 549 Walnut St., Kansas City Mo."

A studio head shot portrait of an unidentified African American girl wearing a high collar pinned under her throat, a dress with an light-colored inset bodice and a dark ruffle over her chest that matches the rest of the blouse. Embossed on the paperboard frame below the photograph, "M. L. Dean, Main St., Mt. Airy, N.C."

A studio head shot portrait of a serious, mustachioed unidentified African American man wearing a three-piece suit and a white bow tie. Embossed below the photograph, "Johnson, FRJ, 493 Penna Avenue, Washington, D.C."

Front: A studio head shot portrait of a serious, mustachioed unidentified African American man wearing a three-piece suit and a white bow tie. Embossed below the photograph, "Johnson, FRJ, 493 Penna Avenue, Washington, D.C." Back: Printed on the back of a photograph, "F.R. Johnson's Photo Emporium, 493 Panna. Ave., Washington, D.C. Duplicates and Enlargements from this Negative at any Time. FRJ."