Dolores Hobley Collection

An African American man in a tuxedo stands behind a seated African American woman in an evening gown with her eyes closed during black tie/white dress formal event for the Alpha Kappa Alpha, AKA, sorority. A rocket prop stands at a slant on the stage on the left side of the photograph. A sparkling sign hangs behind them and is partially out of the photograph that says, "Celestialo…" Another woman in an evening gown is entering the stage area behind the couple.

Golf course trees blow in the wind with crossing condensation trails from airplanes in the sky above the trees.

Photo of unidentified white passengers exiting the SS Admiral.

Large crowds of white men and women on both sides of a hay bale lined, paved road gathers at a bend in a race track while several people stand around a bike in the center. The buildings behind the crowds look to be European. A bridge over the track has a banner hanging from it that reads, "Berger" and has a - and + sign to one side.

Curtyse A. Foster sits at a desk with a large notebook open on a book cradle on the desk. He is writing on a table in an office of other men (white in photo) sitting at similar desks.

Curtyse A. Foster sits and smiles holding a saxophone.

Curtyse A. Foster, standing holding his saxophone in a signed promotional photograph. Handwritten next to his printed signature, "To my family." Printed below the photograph in the margin, "Curtyse Foster and His Find Kansas Citians, 3304 Indiana K.C., Mo. 64128, Call 921-3547 after 6 PM."

A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman wearing a light-colored suit with diagonal points along the button placard to form layers that the bottom of the jacket. The skirt is hemmed just below the knee. She leans back on a desk and crosses her feet. A tropical backdrop is behind her.

An unidentified group of three African American men and two African American women smile as they share a meal inside an unidentified diner. Two of the men sit on either side of a woman on the left side of the photograph. The woman and the man to her left hold cigarettes in their right hands. At the end of the "U"-shaped counter another woman sits with a man leaning over her left shoulder to smile at the photographer. He wears an envelope-style hat. There are drinking glasses, dishes, and condiment holders on the counter. The photograph is taken through two large elephant ear leaves that match the wall painting behind the patrons of a bird cage in among elephant ear plants and palms.

An unidentified African American man, from his right side, stands talking to a white man, from his left side. People behind them are looking over items on a table of candles and books as well as other items.