Dolores Hobley Collection

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woman stands by the drivers door of a car
An unidentified African American woman stands by a car's driver's side door with her right hand on the handle and her left side to the photographer as she looks over her left shoulder to smile at the photographer. An unidentified African American woman is bending toward the ground behind her. Behind the car is an arch with a bronze relief and two bronze statues of colonial men standing in front of the relief., No date; likely circa 1940, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P146-156.
woman stands by the front left of a car
An unidentified African American woman stands in front of a car's front left fender. A bit of double exposure with the door looking like it is both open and closed. A line of trees are behind her and the car., No date; likely circa 1940, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
woman stands in a garden
An unidentified African American woman smiles as she stands on a path and looks directly at the photographer between rows of tulips with a blooming bush behind her outdoors. A garden gate is at the end of the path with the backs of houses beyond the gate., No date; likely circa 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
woman stands in front of a dressing table
An unidentified African American woman stands in front of a dressing table wearing a beaded necklace and a light colored, mid-calf length dress with a wide sash. An oval photograph is on the wall above and to the left of the dressing table. Other photos are reflected in the mirrors of the table., No date; possibly 1911-1920, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
woman stands in front of a rock wall
An unidentified African American woman stands in front of a stone wall. The photograph is partially obscured by the finger of the photographer., No date; likely circa 1930s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
woman stands in her living room
An unidentified African American woman smiles directly at the photographer as she stands with her right hand resting on the back of an upholstered living room chair and her left hand on her hip. She stands in front of a closet door between the chair and a radio on a table. A staircase bannister is on the upper right hand corner of the photograph., 1948, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back: "1948"
woman stands outside the passenger side of a car
An unidentified African American man sitting in the front passenger seat of a car and looking out the window and resting his right elbow on the window sill smiles at the photographer as an unidentified African American woman stand with her left side to the car and turns her head to the right to smile at the photographer. The car has suicide doors. There are trees in the background of the photograph., No date; likely circa 1920s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P114-128.
woman wearing a Edwardian pompadour hairstyle
A studio portrait profile of unidentified African American woman wearing a Edwardian pompadour hairstyle, eyeglasses, a dark blouse with a dark lace jabot, and a monogram necklace. Printed on the lower right-hand corner of the paperboard, M&B, 1886 Evanston Ave., Chicago.", No date; likely circa 1900s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Mounted on 5x8 paperboard.
woman wearing a fancy hair pin
A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman looking up and toward her right shoulder with a decorative hair pin in the back of her hair. She wears an elaborate jacket with wide lapels and puffed sleeves over a high-collared blouse with a sword pin attached to the collar. Below the photograph on the paperboard is printed in red ink, "Van Doran, corner 4th & Main St., White Cloud, Kas.", No date; likely circa 1890s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Mounted to 4.25"x6.5" decorative paperboard.
woman wearing a full-length apron
A full-length portrait of an unidentified African American woman standing on grass, wearing a light-colored, half-sleeved blouse tucked into a darker full-length skirt with a white full-length apron over the skirt. She rests her right hand on the back of a wooden folding chair. She stands in front of a cloth where the folds are still visible., No date; likely circa 1890s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Mounted to 5.25"x7.5" paperboard.
woman wearing a string of pearls
A studio head shot portrait of an unidentified African American woman looking down and slightly to her right shoulder without smiling. She wears a string of pearls., No date; likely between 1930 and 1950, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
woman wearing an evening gown
An unidentified African American woman smiles as she sits on the arm of a chair in a sitting room wearing a dotted Swiss evening gown., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
woman wearing egg nest jewelry
A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman with bobbed hair wearing matching earrings and necklace of a single large pearl "egg" in a "nest" of woven metal., No date; likely circa 1920s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
woman wears a suit without lapels
An unidentified African American woman smiles down and to her right at the photographer as she stands outdoors wearing a suit without lapels and with an embroidered handkerchief spilling out of her right hip pocket. The letter "D" is embroidered on the handkerchief., No date; likely circa 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
woman with a clutch purse stands in a park
An unidentified African American woman, possibly Dowdal Davis' mother, leans against a pillar of a brick wall with concrete caps in an park. The parking lot behind her is full of cars. She wears a sleeveless light-colored dress and holds a clutch purse in her left hand., No date; likely circa 1920s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P129-133. Stamped on back in red ink, "From Baugh's Studio. Independence, Kansas."
woman with a ruffled collar
A studio portrait profile of unidentified African American woman wearing a blouse with a high, ruffled collar, a lace blouse, and a watch pin. Printed on the paperboard in the lower right-hand corner, "National Studio, 114 Court St. Boston.", No date; likely circa 1900s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Mounted on 6x7.5 paperboard.
woman with glasses
A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman wearing eyeglasses and a high-collared lace blouse. Embossed in the lower left hand corner of the paperboard frame, "Anderson Studio, 1205 Walnut St., K.C. MO.", No date; likely circa 1900s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Oval photo mounted to 5"x7" decorative paperboard.
woman works at a desk
Slide photo of a white woman sitting at a desk filled with papers. A typewriter is behind her to the left., No date; likely 1970s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Slide photo mounted inside a paper frame, made in France.
women sits on a wooden structure on the beach
An unidentified African American woman wearing a v-neck dress sitting on a wooden structure above a body of water. There are ropes on poles out in the water indicating a certain area. Two women walk by on the beach behind her., No date; likely 1930s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P74-88.

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