Bouquets

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.

An unidentified group of fifteen African American women sit and stand around one end of a banquet table with a tablecloth at an unidentified venue with a low ceiling during an unidentified event. Seven of the women wear hats. Five of the women wear a corsage of a single rose bud. Seated at the left corner of the table is Bridget. Seated third from the right corner of the photograph is Louise. Louise wears a necklace of several strands of pearls. A woman standing second from the right wears one strand of pearls. The two women seated farthest to the left both wear necklaces of three strands of pearls. All of the women wear earrings. There are opened gifts on the table with a bouquet in the center. Only salt and pepper shakers and glasses of water are on the table with the gifts. The only woman not smiling is the woman farthest to the right. She wears elbow-length dark gloves.

An unidentified African American woman squints and smiles while wearing a graduation cap and gown on graduation day, probably on the lawn at Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. She holds a bouquet of flowers wrapped in tissue paper, a box camera, and a book. A group of people stand behind her visiting.

An African American man and woman, John and Josephine Wright, formally dressed, sitting amongst many bouquets of yellow flowers in a living room.

An unidentified African American man and African American woman in graduation caps and gowns stand on the lawn of probably the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The man wears eyeglasses. The woman holds a bouquet of flowers wrapped in tissue paper, a book and a box camera. Her cap is tipped to the side. A car and men are behind them to the left. A group of people stand on the sidewalk in front of the seminary behind the couple to the right.