Dolores Hobley Collection

An unidentified African American woman standing in front of a dressing table wearing a beaded necklace and a light colored, mid-calf length dress with a wide sash. An oval photograph is on the wall above and to the left of the dressing table. Other photos are reflected in the mirrors of the table.

An unidentified African American woman stands in front of a stone wall. The photograph is partially obscured by the finger of the photographer.

An unidentified African American woman smiles directly at the photographer as she stands with her right hand resting on the back of an upholstered living room chair and her left hand on her hip. She stands in front of a closet door between the chair and a radio on a table. A staircase bannister is on the upper right hand corner of the photograph.

An unidentified African American man sitting in the front passenger seat of a car and looking out the window and resting his right elbow on the window sill smiles at the photographer as an unidentified African American woman stand with her left side to the car and turns her head to the right to smile at the photographer. The car has suicide doors. There are trees in the background of the photograph.

An unidentified African American woman stands by a car's driver's side door with her right hand on the handle and her left side to the photographer as she looks over her left shoulder to smile at the photographer. An unidentified African American woman is bending toward the ground behind her. Behind the car is an arch with a bronze relief and two bronze statues of colonial men standing in front of the relief.

A studio portrait profile of unidentified African American woman wearing a Edwardian pompadour hairstyle, eyeglasses, a dark blouse with a dark lace jabot, and a monogram necklace. Printed on the lower right-hand corner of the paperboard, M&B, 1886 Evanston Ave., Chicago."

A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman looking up and toward her right shoulder with a decorative hair pin in the back of her hair. She wears an elaborate jacket with wide lapels and puffed sleeves over a high-collared blouse with a sword pin attached to the collar. Below the photograph on the paperboard is printed in red ink, "Van Doran, corner 4th & Main St., White Cloud, Kas."

A full-length portrait of an unidentified African American woman standing on grass, wearing a light-colored, half-sleeved blouse tucked into a darker full-length skirt with a white full-length apron over the skirt. She rests her right hand on the back of a wooden folding chair. She stands in front of a cloth where the folds are still visible.

A studio head shot portrait of an unidentified African American woman looking down and slightly to her right shoulder without smiling. She wears a string of pearls.

An unidentified African American woman smiles down and to her right at the photographer as she stands outdoors wearing a suit jacket without lapels and with an embroidered handkerchief spilling out of her right hip pocket. The letter "D" is embroidered on the handkerchief.