Dolores Hobley Collection

A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman and African American man sitting on a bench with a painted backdrop behind them of mountains and an aqueduct. He has his left arm around her shoulders. They both wear hats.

An unidentified African American woman leans back on the passenger side fender and an African American man sits on the wheel well of a 1946 Mercury with his legs crossed and his right hand on her left shoulder. Another car is parked and a large house are behind them. A woman walks behind them on the sidewalk.

An unidentified African American woman and African American man pose on the steps of a porch with a cylindrical column behind them and a garden to their right.

A studio portrait of a serious, well-dressed, unidentified African American man and woman standing together.

An unidentified African American man and woman sitting in a golf cart talking. Many golf carts are parked haphazardly together while groups mill about talking.

An unidentified African American man and African American woman in graduation caps and gowns stand on the lawn of probably the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The man wears eyeglasses. The woman holds a bouquet of flowers wrapped in tissue paper, a book and a box camera. Her cap is tipped to the side. A car and men are behind them to the left. A group of people stand on the sidewalk in front of the seminary behind the couple to the right.

A studio portrait of unidentified mustachioed African American man standing with his arms crossed.

An African American man grins as he stands holding a trophy still in its shipping wrapper. Three African American men stand behind him.

A studio portrait of unidentified young African American man holding a cornet in his left hand while standing in front of a ornate metal fireplace guard and beside a wicker chair. He wears a white suit jacket and a high collar with a tied scarf as a necktie. Embossed below the photograph on the paper board, "Dowling, Charleston, S.C. 1900."

An unidentified African American man wearing a blue jacket holds a trophy still in its shipping wrapper close to him..