Dolores Hobley Collection

Two unidentified African American women wear wide-brimmed hats and belted dresses as they smile and pose outdoors. The woman on the left wears gloves with pleated cuffs and holds a book in her left hand.

Two unidentified African American women stand on a sidewalk outside of a Tudor-style brick home. The one on the left wears a beret and the one on the right, possibly Dowdal Davis' mother, wears a bell hat. Both wear calf-length coats. The woman on the left points down with her right hand. A vehicle is parked on the street behind and to the right.

Two unidentified African American women stand one in front of the other at stone steps wearing uniforms. A cityscape is behind them.

A studio portrait of an unidentified African American man [possibly U.G. Margan] standing with the finger of his left hand curled around his suit jacket's button placard. The top button is buttoned just below a bow tie. He also wears a buttoned vest and striped pants. Printed below the photograph, "C.H. Wareham, 209 Market Street, Fort Scott, Kan. Negatives Reserved for Future Orders."

An unidentified African American female singer looking toward her right shoulder as she lifts her right hand and sings into a microphone. She wears dangle earrings, a scoop neckline, sleeveless, beaded blouse, a wedding ring, and a wrist watch.

A studio portrait of a smiling Velma as she looks directly at the photographer wearing a fur collar over a square neckline lace bodice . She has on a necklace that possibly is a pocket style watch.

Outdoor view of living quarters and rooftops in a city or village. Laundry hangs off the sides of buildings. A circular staircase is on the right side of the photograph.

An unidentified white woman tends to a wagon with three wheels with a large bin loaded on it. Another two-wheeled cart with another large bin sitting on it is to her right. There is a rock wall behind her with slots formed into the wall. A roof that extends from the rock wall is held up with large beams.

African American male soldiers, from their right sides, stand in a line outside of the barracks to ascend the stairs to the doorway. One man wearing a t-shirt sits with his back to the photograph on a railing on a small porch outside the doorway.

An African American couple comprised of a military man in uniform and a woman in a wedding dress and veil walk away from the altar arm-in -arm.