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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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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 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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Bob Hogan

Details
Description
Photo of Bob Hogan, standing in military uniform, from his right side, holding a stationary rifle up to is eye as he is playing a rifle game in Atlantic City. Arcade games surround him all over the room but there are no other people in the photograph.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1941
1950
Subject, Old
African American men
Soldiers
Amusement parks
Military uniforms
Time Period
1941-1950
Subject (Geographic)
Atlantic City (N.J.)
Subject (Geographic, LCSH)
Atlantic City (N.J.)
Notes

No date; likely circa 1940s, Handwritten on front: "Bob Hogan Atlantic City, NJ." Handwritten on back with various fragments, possibly, "Champions. M C Champs. Wither East town. Dec 24. Bob Hogan Atlantic City. The Bord Walk. Kinny Missing . . . Lionel Hamp[ton?] boogie. Tomy dors[sey?] . . . at night… Rattle Road. . . house of love.", 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-334.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Couple standing outside of a stucco home

Details
Description
An African American soldier and an unidentified African American woman stand outside a stucco home next to a two-tone car.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1942-04-08
Subject, Old
African American men
African American women
Soldiers
Military uniforms
Dwellings
Time Period
1941-1950
Subject (Geographic)
Minneapolis (Minn.)
Subject (Geographic, LCSH)
Minneapolis (Minn.)
Notes

April 8, 1942, Stamped on back, "Brown Photo Service Minneapolis,Mn Apr 1942.", Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : color print ; 11 x 16 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-349.tif
Genres
Color photographs
Type
photographs
English
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Image Credit
Brown Photo Service

Eighteen solders and a dog

Details
Description
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.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1941
1950
Subject, Old
African American men
Soldiers
Cooks
Military uniforms
Dogs
Armed Forces--Barracks and quarters
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-335.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Exchanging rings at a wedding

Details
Description
Rings are being exchange between a soldier and a woman in a wedding dress and veil. The minister is also in uniform. The maid of honor wears a floral dress and a flower in her hair. The windows of the church are opened both at the top and the bottom.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1947-09-04
Subject, Old
African American men
African American women
Soldiers
Military chaplains
Weddings
Military uniforms
Wedding costume
Time Period
1941-1950
Subject (Geographic, LCSH)
Scott Air Force Base (Ill.)
Notes

September 4, 1947, Stamped on the back: "Official Photo US AAF by AAF Training Command Scott Field, ILL.", 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-353.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Portrait of a soldier

Details
Description
Profile studio photograph of a soldier named "Milton". Handwritten on the front, "Souvenir. Milton 12-31-44."
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1944-12-31
Subject, Old
African American men
Soldiers
Military uniforms
Time Period
1941-1950
Notes

December 31, 1944, 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 9 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-360.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Type
photographs
English
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Smiling soldier

Details
Description
An Army soldier looks to his right and smiles as he stands at ease outside of a barracks.
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 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 ; 8 x 11 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-332.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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Soldier

Details
Description
Portrait of an unidentified African American soldier in a uniform with the necktie tucked into the button placard of his shirt, jodhpurs, knee-high boots, and a campaign hat.
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1911
1920
Subject, Old
African American men
Soldiers
Military uniforms
Time Period
1921-1930
Notes

No date; likely 1910s through 1920, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 16 x 11 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-309.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Type
photographs
English
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Soldier in a photo booth photograph

Details
Description
Wallet-sized head shot photo of a smiling Army solder wearing the envelope style cap in front of an open window backdrop. Possibly a photo booth photograph.
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 circa 1940s, Handwritten on the top of the photograph, possibly the name "Nellie.", Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 6 x 4 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-333.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Snapshots
Type
photographs
English
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