Dolores Hobley Collection

A studio portrait of unidentified African American woman with her left side to the photographer staring out over an piece of paper in her hands as she sits in a ornate wicker chair. She wears a dark, square-neck full-length dress with gathered puffy half-sleeves, gathered cuffs, and gathered collar. Embossed below the photograph in decorative paperboard, "W [in embossed floral framing] R. M. Williams, Nashville."

An unidentified African American woman wearing a v-neck dress sitting on a wooden structure above a body of water. There are ropes on poles out in the water indicating a certain area. Two women walk by on the beach behind her.

An unidentified African American woman smiles as she is seated on a baby grand piano bench and leaning her left elbow just above the piano keys as she holds a violin with her left hand and holds the bow with her right hand resting on her lap. She has a flower in her hair on the right side above her ear. She wears a necklace, a wrist watch on her right wrist, and a full-length, full-skirt light-colored evening gown with puffed sleeves and a sweetheart neckline. A desk lamp sits on the piano. A picture of a palm-lined street is on the wall above the piano. A floor lampshade is on the very right side of the photograph.

An unidentified African American woman, possibly Dowdal Davis' mother, smiles as she sits on the steps to a screen porch of a house.

An unidentified African American woman smiles as she stands by a baby grand Vose & Sons - Boston piano with her right hand resting just above the piano keys; her left hand behind her back. She has a flower in her hair on the right side above her ear. She wears a necklace, a wrist watch on her right wrist, and a full-length, full-skirt light-colored evening gown with puffed sleeves, a sweetheart neckline and a wide waistband. She wears light-colored open-toed shoes. An opened piece of music is on the piano. A picture of a palm-lined street is on the wall above the piano. A floor lamp behind her is mostly obscured. There is an upholstered chair behind and to the left of her.

An unidentified African American woman smiles at the photographer wearing a light colored suit of a skirt, blouse, and long jacket on graduation day, probably at Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. She wears a round flat hat and holds a handbag in her right hand. Groups of people are behind her on the sidewalks about the buildings.

An unidentified African American woman smiles as she stands by a row of flowering bushes by a porch of a house. She wears a light-colored floral dress and light colored shoes.

An unidentified African American woman from Josette's Modelling School stands next to Christmas decorations in a peach dress and sandals.

An unidentified African American woman stands in front of a car's front left fender. A bit of double exposure with the door looking like it is both open and closed. A line of trees are behind her and the car.

An unidentified African American woman smiles as she stands on a path and looks directly at the photographer between rows of tulips with a blooming bush behind her outdoors. A garden gate is at the end of the path with the backs of houses beyond the gate.