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Chorus gathered for a photo in a parlor

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LaBudde Special Collections
A group photograph of a co-ed African American chorus with an unidentified white male choral director standing and crouching in rows in a crowded, small parlor at the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The females where dresses and the males wear suit jackets and neckties.
Date Note
No date; likely circa 1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Image Credit
Williams Studio (Kansas City, Missouri)
Date Published
1941
1950
Time Period
1941-1950
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-032.tif
Notes

No date; likely circa 1940, Related range: P28-51; laminated; handwritten on back: "Chorus"; part of assembled binder titled "Western Baptist Seminary / K.C.M.O. / Chorus Director / Mrs. D.A. Holmes." Stamped on back, "Williams Photo Studio 1808 Vine St. Kansas City, MO. Phone GRand 9085.", Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Type
photographs
Subject (Geographic)
Kansas City (Mo.)
English
Rights
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections for more information.

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