Dolores Hobley Collection

Seven African American women standing in a row in front of a rock wall of the Marland Estate exterior in Ponca City, Oklahoma, wearing uniforms, from left to right, Mayme, Etta, Cornelia, unidentified, Viola, Ethel, and Lizzie.

Marching majorettes in an unidentified parade between buildings on 27th Street with people looking on from the sidewalks. Cars are parked on both sides of the streets.

Photo postcard of Mamie King from her left side, standing with the hands behind her back and her head turned slightly to the left to look over her left shoulder. She wears a high-collared, light-colored, puffy blouse, and ankle-length, light-colored pleated skirt with a sash tied around the waist, and a bow in her hair. There is a painted backdrop behind her of concrete stairs and bannister.

Front: Photo postcard of Mamie King from her left side, standing with the hands behind her back and her head turned slightly to the left to look over her left shoulder. She wears a high-collared, light-colored, puffy blouse, and ankle-length, light-colored pleated skirt with a sash tied around the waist, and a bow in her hair. There is a painted backdrop behind her of concrete stairs and bannister. Back: Correspondence on a photo postcard of Mamie King.

Photo postcard of Mamie King smiling while wearing a mortar board, tassel, and a cross body sash for graduation.

Two unidentified African American men sit in a golf cart. The one on the right is perhaps a teenager.

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.

An well-dressed unidentified African American woman leans her back against the driver's side of the car and opens her mouth wide as she laughs and shakes the hand of a well-dressed African American man. There's a large lawn or park with trees across the street behind them.

Darnella, and an African American man [possibly Kansas City jazz pianist Bob Wilson?] are seated at a table with a tablecloth, two beverages for each, and a glass ashtray at an unidentified venue. She wears a hat that looks like a head wrap, a suit jacket, a large lion brooch, earrings and bracelets. He wears a plaid bow tie with his wide-lapel, double-breasted suit jacket, and sunglasses. There are pipe barriers behind them. No one else is sitting at the tables behind the couple.

An unidentified African American man and African American woman seated near a staircase. The man wears a straw bowler to the side, a Beaufort square collar, and a three-piece suit with a handkerchief in his pocket. He leans back in his chair with his legs crossed and holds a cigarette in his left hand. The woman, seated to his left, tilts her head as she smiles at the camera wearing a striped, full-length dress with lace around the collar and sleeve hems.