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A.M.E. Zion General Conference

Details
Description
Twelve African American men, Board of Bishops of the AME Zions, St. Louis, Missouri, stand on steps in front of doors to a building in Washington D.C. while attending the A.M.E. Zion General Conference held in the John Wesley A.M.E. Zion church at Fourteenth and Corcoran streets.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1928-05-18
Subject, Old
African American men
Bishops
Buildings
Time Period
1921-1930
Subject (Geographic)
Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Geographic, LCSH)
Washington (D.C.)
Event
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. General Conference
Notes

May 18, 1928, Photo description provided on a plastic cover the photo came in, includes this and small news clip regarding the photo., 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
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-324.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Type
photographs
English
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African American drag queen

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Description
Unidentified African American drag queen standing in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a light blue skirt with dark blue blouse with a white jacket that's open and off of one shoulder; she's facing front and smiling with a cigarette in one hand.
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection
Date Published
1968-11
Subject, Old
Drag queens
Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects
Gay bars
Gay men
African American men
Tile facades
Cigarettes
Smoking
Subjects, Community
African American gay men
African American LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ people
Time Period
1961-1970
Subject (Geographic)
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Notes

November 1968, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Filename
umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-108.tif
Genres
Slides
Color photographs
Portrait photographs
Type
photographs
English
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Image Credit
Jack Ames

Albert Sexton

Details
Description
A studio portrait of Albert Sexton standing outside in tall grass in front of a barn door and behind a broken wood rail fence. He holds a piece of luggage in his right hand and the finger of his left hand are tucked in the pocket of his checkered pants. He wears a derby hat slanted slightly to one side, a dark suit jacket with a kerchief in the breast pocket; a light colored double breasted buttoned vest over a likely white shirt and necktie. He wears a watch chain from the 'V' in the vest to this watch pocket.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1891
Subject, Old
African American men
Time Period
1891-1900
Subject (Geographic)
Salida (Colo.)
Subject (Geographic, LCSH)
Salida (Colo.)
Notes

1891, Mounted to 4.25"x6.5" decorative paperboard; handwritten on back: "Albert Sexton '91", Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 14 x 11 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-254.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Cabinet photographs
Type
photographs
English
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Image Credit
Erdlen (Salida, Colorado)

Anglin and Bailey stand in front of a weaving of John F. Kennedy

Details
Description
Two African American soldiers, Anglin and Bailey, stand in front of a woven image of John F. Kennedy sitting behind a microphone, in front of the White House, and beside the flag of the United States of America.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1961
1963
Subject, Old
African American men
Soldiers
Time Period
1961-1970
Notes

No date; likely early 1960s
, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 8 x 11 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-404.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Type
photographs
English
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Army soldiers measure up in ranks

Details
Description
African American Army men hold out their left arms to touch the right shoulder of the man next to them, and look to their right to measure their distance from one another in ranks. They are in front of a clapboard barracks with A25 above the porch. The windows are opened in the barracks. A jeep is parked behind the ranks.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1941
1950
Subject, Old
African American men
Soldiers
Military uniforms
Time Period
1941-1950
Notes

No date; likely 1940s
, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 0 x 0 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-331.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Army soldiers outside the barracks

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Description
A candid photo of an African American Army soldier on a bike smiling at the photographer over his right shoulder outside barracks. Another soldier is walking behind a pick-up truck toward the barracks where another soldier stands in the open doorway. The barracks are stucco with bars over the windows and a corrugated steel roofs.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1941
1950
Subject, Old
African American men
Soldiers
Barracks
Bicycles
Pickup trucks
Time Period
1941-1950
Notes

No date; likely 1940s
, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 9 x 12 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-343.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Army soldiers stand at attention for the raising of the flag

Details
Description
African American soldiers stand at attention in ranks for the raising of the flag by two soldiers standing by a large flagpole. An MP soldier on the right side of the photograph has his back to the photographer as he stands by the wooden wheel of likely a cannon. A long building runs along the back of the photograph.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1941
1950
Subject, Old
African American men
Soldiers
Military uniforms
Ordnance
Flagpoles
Time Period
1941-1950
Notes

No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 11 x 13 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-345.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Award being given

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Description
Two African American soldiers shake hands at a table as one hands the other a trophy. The soldier handing the trophy over has a shoulder patch from the 5th Army - A5 patch. Several bottles of soft drinks sit on the table in front of them. A woman's face is mostly out of the photograph on the right side. Other people can be seen sitting around the two soldiers.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1955-12
Subject, Old
African American men
Soldiers
Awards
Time Period
1951-1960
Notes

December 1955, Printed below the photograph, "Dec 1955.", Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 9 x 9 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-375.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Bad lighting and a short skirt

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Description
Two unidentified African American drag queens posing in bad lighting at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; the one on the right is wearing a blonde wig and the one on the left is wearing a very short metallic pink dress and is cocking one leg and has one hand to her hair.
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection
Date Published
1968-11
Subject, Old
Drag queens
Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects
Gay bars
Gay men
African American men
Subjects, Community
African American gay men
African American LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ people
Time Period
1961-1970
Subject (Geographic)
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Notes

November 1968, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Filename
umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-087.tif
Genres
Slides
Color photographs
Group portraits
Type
photographs
English
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Image Credit
Jack Ames

Band playing at the Jockey Jazz Club

Details
Description
A band sits on stage likely playing jazz at the Jockey Club, 10th and Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. Farthest to the left is Bill Jones playing drums as he wears sunglasses. In front of Bill and to his left is a seated unidentified sax player blowing into his alto saxophone. To his left in the center of the stage is an unidentified bass player with his head slightly bent forward but his eyes looking up straight at the photographer. Behind the bass player and to his left is William Fisher playing the piano and looking out between the piano and the lifted lid. In front of William Fisher and slightly to his left is an unidentified seated trumpet player blowing into his horn. Around the edge of the stage is a scalloped stage decoration of two horse heads facing each other with a jockey's cap in between them. On the door to the back right there is a "J" over a "C" logo on the window to indicated the Jockey Club.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1951
1960
Subject, Old
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians
Drummers (Musicians)
Saxophonists
Double bassists
Pianists
Trumpet players
Bars (Drinking establishments)
African American men
Time Period
1951-1960
Subject (Geographic)
Kansas City (Mo.)
Subject (Geographic, LCSH)
Kansas City (Mo.)
Notes

No date; likely circa 1930, Purchased from Dolores Hobley, c. early 2010s. Stamped on back, "JAMES B. GANTT. VA. 2739. 500 W. 34th St. Kansas City 2, Mo.", 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
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-011.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Type
photographs
English
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Image Credit
James B. Gantt
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Dowdal Davis and a woman sit on the steps with their eyes cast down

Details
Description
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.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1931
1940
Subject, Old
African American men
African American women
Buildings
Time Period
1931-1940
Notes

No date; likely circa 1930s, Related range: P74-88., Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 7 x 12 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-075.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Snapshots
Group portraits
Type
photographs
English
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Dowdal Davis lighting a cigar

Details
Description
Dowdal H. Davis, from his left side, lighting a cigar outside his house at 301 North 3rd Street (now Park Blvd.) in Independence, Kansas.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1941
1950
Subject, Old
African American men
Cigar smoking
Time Period
1941-1950
Subject (Geographic)
Independence (Kan.)
Notes

No date; likely circa 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 11 x 7 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-361.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Dowdal Davis stands between two women on a sidewalk

Details
Description
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.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1931
1940
Subject, Old
African American men
African American women
Time Period
1931-1940
Notes

No date; likely 1930s
, Related range: P74-88.
, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 12 x 7 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-076.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Dowdal Davis stands by a woman that sits by the steps

Details
Description
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.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1931
1940
Subject, Old
African American men
African American women
Brothers and sisters
Dwellings
Time Period
1931-1940
Subject (Geographic)
Independence (Kan.)
Subject (Geographic, LCSH)
Independence (Kan.)
Notes

No date; likely circa 1930s, Related range: P74-88., Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 12 x 7 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-078.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Snapshots
Group portraits
Type
photographs
English
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Dowdal Davis stands by the net of a tennis court

Details
Description
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.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1931
1940
Subject, Old
African American men
Tennis players
Tennis rackets
Time Period
1931-1940
Notes

No date; likely circa 1930s, Related range: P74-88., Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 7 x 6 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-074.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Dowdal Davis wears an IHS letter sweater

Details
Description
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.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1931
1940
Subject, Old
African American men
Time Period
1931-1940
Subject (Geographic)
Independence (Kan.)
Subject (Geographic, LCSH)
Independence (Kan.)
Notes

No date; likely circa 1930s, Related range: P74-88., Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 11 x 7 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-080.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Man standing in front of a garden

Details
Description
An unidentified African American man, possibly Dowdal Davis, stands in front of a garden.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1931
1940
Subject, Old
African American men
Gardens
Time Period
1931-1940
Notes

No date; likely 1930s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 12 x 7 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-190.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Woman poking out her tongue as the two people beside her laugh

Details
Description
Two unidentified African American women flanking Dowdal Davis outside on a concrete wall of a building's steps. The base of an ornate iron light post is in front and to the right. Each corner has a ram's head. The woman on the left wears a dark, close-fitting cap and a coat with a fur collar and cuffs. She pokes our her tongue a bit and has a questioning look in her eyes. Dowdal in the middle is laughing as he wears a light colored scarf, an overcoat, a three-piece suit and spats. He has his arm around a smiling woman on the right who wears a coat with a fur collar.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1931
1940
Subject, Old
African American men
African American women
Laughter
Buildings
Fur garments
Time Period
1931-1940
Notes

No date; likely 1930s, Related range: P74-88., Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 7 x 12 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-079.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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