Dolores Hobley Collection

A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman wearing a light-colored scarf around her neck.

A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman stands facing right and looks over her right shoulder to smile at the photographer. She wears a small hat with netting on the top, a business suit with a hemline at mid-calf, and a straw purse with a shoulder strap.

A studio portrait of G.H. Brooks wearing a bowler hat tipped to the right, a bow tie, an overcoat held open on the right by his hand in the pocket of his pants, a buttoned vest with a watch chain spanning the front and a suit jacket. He holds a cigar in his left hand. The color that forms the edging on the photograph is sculpted.

A portrait photograph of an unidentified African American woman sitting with her left shoulder to the photographer. She looks unsmiling over her left shoulder. Her hands are crossed in her lap.

A portrait photograph of an unidentified African American woman sitting with her left shoulder to the photographer. She looks over her left shoulder with a small smile. Her hands are crossed in her lap.

A group photograph of African-American and white women looking down at their work while quilting in a room together as part of the African American Women's Missionary Union's annual workday of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The white women sit to the left and the African American women sit to the right with a stack of quilts in the center of the room. Most women sit on ladder back chairs. The four windows to the left are floor to ceiling. There is a man's portrait above the door at the back. There is a dark shiny curtain hanging across the back wall. The ceiling is pressed tin.

Photo of Rep. Orchid Jordan sitting at her desk with an unidentified African American woman standing behind her.

Two unidentified African American kids, one a girl; the other a baby, smile as they are sitting in the grass while adult African American women socialize nearby. The women wear full-length, light-colored dresses and hold parasols. Across the field, horses rest in the shade of the woods.

A 1972 print of a photograph entitled "Roundup" of a group of seven white cowboys and one African American cowboy, Bill Pickett, sitting on their horses in front of a herd of short horn cattle on the prairie. One cowboy rides among the cattle behind them.

An unidentified African American man stands with his left hand on Ruth Glenellen's right shoulder. To Ruth's left is A. Dennis and to his left is Lizzie; all standing outdoors in nice clothing. Ruth Glenellen and A. Dennis are written in blue ink on the bottom of the photograph.