Dolores Hobley Collection

An unidentified African American woman bundled up in a plush winter coat with a fur collar, boots, and a hat stands without smiling in the snow in the front yard of a house.

An African American male instructor leans against a wall on the right back as he speaks with African American co-ed business skills students crowded into a small office doing various clerical duties at the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. In the front left of the photograph, two men are seated on either side of a table filling out paperwork or cutting paper. The one writing looks directly at the photographer. On the right side of the photograph, a woman leans against a file cabinet while reading papers on top of the cabinet. Two women sit at a desk; smiling as one is typing and the other is writing. The others stand at the back of the photograph and the back of the office. There are two floor-to-ceiling windows at the back of the office.

An unidentified African American woman behind the wheel of a 1920s Chevrolet Coupe on brick pavement. Trees are behind the car.

An unidentified African American child, likely a girl, posing for a photo while seated in a chair. Her blouse has puffy shoulders and the sides of the bow in the back of her hair can be seen on either side of her neck.

An unidentified African American child in the front of a toy wagon, likely an "American Coaster" has a big grin as the unidentified African American child in the back of the wagon covers his or her eyes. One wheel has fallen off of the sidewalk at what appears to be the bottom of a hill. Houses and another group of children playing are in the background. The shadows of the photographer and the children are on the ground.

An unidentified African American man chops a tree trunk with an ax and wedges outside in the snow.

A group photograph of a co-ed African American chorus with an unidentified white male choral director standing and crouching in rows in a crowded, small parlor at the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The females where dresses and the males wear suit jackets and neckties.

A class photo of thirty two men and women, both African American and white, posed in three levels of sitting on the ground, seated in chairs, and then standing on a lawn in front of trees.

An African American male instructor wearing a three-piece suit, stands in the center back teaching clerical skills to a class of African American co-ed students in a classroom at the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. There is a mimeograph machine at the back wall and a typewriter on a table. The other students are writing with pen or pencil and paper. The females wear anklet socks and flat shoes. "Hall's Photo Service" is printed on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph. "Love you so" is written in pencil on the top right of the photograph.

Four rows of an African American co-ed group of the Literary Society just in front of the porch of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The first row crouches while the back rows stand. Everyone is wearing coats. Most are smiling.