Dolores Hobley Collection

The mother of Dowdal H. Davis stands by a bentwood chair outside in the yard wearing a bell hat, gloves, a lavalier necklace, and a light colored, sleeveless, v-neck dress. She's holding a large book or handbag on her left forearm.

The mother of Dowdal H. Davis in the yard outside of a house. She 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.

The mother of Dowdal H. Davis, from her left side, in the yard outside of a house sits on the arm of a bentwood garden chair wearing a bell hat, gloves, a lavalier necklace, and a light colored, sleeveless, v-neck dress.

A studio head shot portrait of Dowdal Davis looking directly at the photographer toward his right shoulder.

Dr. John Edward Perry, wearing a long jacket and pinstripe pants stands with his right side to the photographer on the left side of the photograph on one side of a large bouquet. An unidentified well-dressed group of three African American men and five African American women stand on the other side of the bouquet at a plaque dedication to Dr. Perry and the Wheatley Provident Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. The women wear hats and coats. One woman wears a fur stole.

A white male soldier standing with his hands on his hips outside on a road by a tall fence with open sheds full of equipment.

An unidentified African American man driving a four-door convertible car on a dirt road in front of a small house. There are telephone poles along the road and more houses at the edge of the right side of the photograph.

A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman sitting in a intricately carved wooden chair in a large floral hat, high-collared lace blouse, full-length pleated skirt, and gloves that come to the elbows, holding flowers in her lap.

An unidentified group of five African American women and three African American men are gathered in a group between two clapboard houses for a photograph. The woman seated in the front may be the eldest of the group. The man to her right smiles but everyone else is serious. Most do not look directly at the photographer.

Eighteen African American soldiers wearing fatigues (one is wearing a chef's uniform) stand or squat outside of barracks with a small dog. C920 is above the barracks door.