Dolores Hobley Collection

Group photograph of an African American co-ed chorus under the direction of Mrs. D.A. Holmes standing in rows on the steps if the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The first three rows of chorus members are young women wearing dresses. The member on the first row, second from the left, holds a triangle. The director on the far right, holds a baton. The back row of chorus members are five young men.

An African American female instructor with thirteen African American female students sitting at desks with typewriters and stationery at Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The instructor stands in the back left corner of the room. Samples of work are along the back wall. The students sit at the typewriter tables either typing or studying shorthand. Some of the typewriters are Lindenwood, Remington, and Royal typewriters.

William T. Rogers wearing the Ararat No. 49 Shriner's fez with the word "Potentate" clearly visible, and the neck ribbon with the Shriner symbols.

A studio portrait of Willis Porter wearing his hat tipped on the back of his head, an overcoat and suit jacket held open by Willis' hands in his pockets, over a buttoned vest, a shirt with a small collar, and a small bow tie. Embossed on the paper board frame, "Edwards, Joplin, Mo."

An unidentified African American woman and boy lean on the front of a car in front of the Good Luck Furniture Store, 1120-1124 E. 15th Street, Kansas City, Missouri. The woman smiles as the boy frowns.

An unidentified African American woman and boy smile as they stand in the street by the side of a car and in front of the Cadillac Hotel, 1200 E. 15th in Kansas City, Missouri.

An unidentified African American woman wearing a tied capelet over a light-colored dress stands behind an unidentified African American man sitting on the grass in the yard of a house. The house has an iron bannister up the stairs and a half-circle transom window above the front window.

An unidentified African American woman in hat, fur coat, full-length dress, and a fur muff stands in the snowy yard outside a house.

An unidentified white woman wearing glasses and large hat holding a baby and standing in the side yard of a house.

An unidentified white woman stands outdoors wearing a hat with flowers on it, a dress that is hemmed just below her knees, and holding a clutch purse low with her left hand.