Dolores Hobley Collection

Rear view of two African American soldiers walking away from the photographer in the center of a deeply rutted dirt road.

An unidentified African American man stands to the right of two unidentified African American women in front of a porch. The woman on the right of the photograph wears a hat and capelet.

Two unidentified African American women wearing fur stoles smile at the photographer while dining at the Copacabana, 10 E. 60th, in New York. The woman on the left wears eyeglasses, earrings and a brooch on a dark dress. The woman on the right wears earrings, a necklace and a floral pattern dress. The food is served on matching china with glasses of water on a table with a tablecloth. A lady seated behind them sits in front of a large wall vent.

Two unidentified smiling African American women and other African American men and women on Thanksgiving inside the Jockey Club, 10th and Paseo, Kansas City, Missouri. The woman to the left is holding a cigarette in her left hand as she wears a white tall hat with a large brooch in the center top, a corsage on her left shoulder, a dark, short-sleeved, mid-length dress and dark sleeves that come above her elbows, and open-toed heels with ankle straps. She holds a cigarette in her left hand. The woman to the right, possibly Louise, wears a small disk-shaped hat with two feathers curled to be attached, a three-strand pearl necklace, a large corsage on her left shoulder, a pressed-silk button-down blouse over a matching pressed silk skirt, open-toed heels with ankle straps. Two laughing men holding drinks are behind the ladies' right shoulders. Another man mostly out of the photograph is seated to their left.

An unidentified African American woman reaches her right hand forward and laughs as she greets another unidentified African American woman walking toward her and with her back to the photographer. She appears to be walking uphill. An unidentified African American man is standing between two cars behind the women. Another man that is walking by is mostly out of the photograph on the right side.

Two unidentified African American women in a front lawn with a metal wire fence. The woman on the left crouches down and puts her left arm around the shoulders of the woman on the right. The woman on the right is lying on the ground. Neither woman is smiling. Another woman walks by on the street on the other side of the fence. There are two lawn chairs behind the women. There are houses across the street. The shadow of the photographer is on the ground on the right corner of the photograph.

Two unidentified African American women grin and hold out the skirts of their dresses on a hill overlooking a city below. The shadow of the photographer is on the ground in front of them.

Two unidentified African American women stand in front of a tree near a lake with people in canoes on the lake.

A studio portrait of two unidentified African American women standing in front of a concrete fireplace and hood with columnar shelves to each side. The woman on the right wears a half-hat with netting over the forehead, a light-colored blouse and skirt with 3/4 sleeves, she carries a tubular barrel purse and wears pumps, The woman to the left wears a flat hat with a turned up brim and bow on top, disc earrings and a pearl choker necklace, a dark shirt-dress with 3/4 sleeves, white gloves, a chunky bracelet, a patent leather purse, and light-colored pumps.

Two unidentified African American women stand on the sidewalk outside the steps into the building on graduation day, probably at Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The women both wear hats and dresses. The woman on the left holds gloves in her hands. A group behind them are going into the building.