Dolores Hobley Collection

Dolores Hobley (left) and two other African Americans stand arm in arm in front of the wall in front of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. The man in the middle wears a Monarchs Kansas City baseball cap. The teenager's eyes are closed on the right.

Dowdal Davis and an unidentified African American woman sitting on the steps of a building both looking down, both holding their head with their hand. Dowdal's overcoat collar is turned up. He wears spats and striped trousers. There is the base of an ornate iron light pole with ram heads on each corner behind them on the left. The doorway has an ornate fleur-de-lis pattern in the concrete.

Dowdal H. Davis, from his left side, lighting a cigar outside his house at 301 North 3rd Street (now Park Blvd.) in Independence, Kansas.

Two unidentified African American women flanking Dowdal Davis are all smiling as they stand outdoors. Dowdal has his arms around the shoulders of each woman and holds the outside hand of each woman with his own hands. All three wear coats. There are large houses and lawns behind them.

Dowdal Davis and an unidentified African American woman (possibly Dowdal's sister Marguerite Davis) smile as they pose by the steps to the Davis home located at 301 N. 3rd (now called Park), in Independence, Kansas. The steps are located on the south side facing Laurel Street and St. Andrews Catholic School. The woman sits on the concrete wall by the steps wearing a bell hat and a full-length one-clasp jacket over her skirt and blouse. Dowdal stands behind her and the wall leaning his right shoulder into her. He wears a three-piece striped suit with a double breasted vest.

Dowdal Davis holds a tennis racquet and wears a dark cardigan sweater over a light-colored shirt and long pants as he stands by the net on a tennis court in an unidentified location. Bleachers, houses and trees are behind the tennis court.

Dowdal Davis in a school sweater with the initials I.H.S. on an applied banner over an applied "I" over eagle wings. He stands on a sidewalk outside a house with his hands behind his back. He wears the sweater over a white shirt with a bowtie, striped pants and oxfords. He has a ring of keys hanging from his waist. Likely the IHS stands for Independence High School in Independence, Kansas.

Dowdal Davis smiles as he stands outside in a yard by a house wearing a dark, striped suit jacket but light, striped pants. He holds a flat cap in his right hand.

Dowdal H. Davis and his mother in the yard outside of a house. His mother sits in a bentwood garden chair wearing a bell hat, gloves, a lavalier necklace, and a light colored, sleeveless, v-neck dress with a "Z" inside of a square on the right lapel. Dowdal wears a short-sleeved, light colored golf shirt and light colored pants. He has is left hand in his pocket and his right fist resting on his waist.

Dowdal H. Davis and his mother in the yard outside of a house. His mother sits in a bentwood garden chair wearing a bell hat, gloves, a lavalier necklace, and a light colored, sleeveless, v-neck dress with a "Z" inside of a square on the right lapel. Dowdal wears a short-sleeved, light colored golf shirt and light colored pants. He has is left hand in his pocket and his right fist resting on his waist.