Dolores Hobley Collection

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Memphis Slim
An African American jazz pianist, only Memphis Slim's head and shoulders are visible and he does not smile as he holds a microphone across his chest with his right hand and sits at a piano at an unidentified venue. There is a wall mural behind him of mountains and sky. A Schlitz beer sits on a table in the foreground. Memphis Slim wears a light colored shirt, necktie, and suit jacket., No date; likely circa 1930, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back, "Memphis Slim." Handwritten just below the photograph, "Memphis Slim."
Men sit talking around a pool
In a photograph from above, two unidentified African American men sit poolside talking and laughing. Others sit at other spots around the pool., 1977-1978, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related photo range "Al's Tournament 77 - 78" #429 - #487
Men sit together perhaps singing
Several unidentified African American men sit and stand together talking and perhaps singing at a party., 1977-1978, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related photo range "Al's Tournament 77 - 78" #429 - #487
Mid-swing 10th hole
An unidentified white golfer is photographed mid-swing on the 10th hole., 1977-1978, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related photo range "Al's Tournament 77 - 78" #429 - #487
Missouri Baptist Young People's Department of African American Women's Convention
A group photograph of the Missouri Baptist Young People's Department of African American Women's Convention just in front of the porch of Goins Hall on the Western Baptist Seminary campus at 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. There are a few African American men and children. There are mostly African American women and three white women. The first row sits in chairs and the following rows stand on the steps up to the porch. A sign above the porch attached to the balcony fence reads, "Goins Hall." Handwritten in white just below Goins Hall, "Missouri Baptist Young People's Dep't. of Women's Convention. Assembled at Western Seminary. July 23-28, 1945 Kansas City Mo.", July 23-28, 1945, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P28-51; 2 copies, laminated; 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."
Momma from Kitsy
A studio portrait of an unidentified young African American woman wearing a fur collar and muff, a long jabot over a plaid suit, and elbow length gloves. Handwritten in the bottom right-hand corner, "Momma from. Kitsy.", No date; likely circa 1890s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on front: "Momma from Kitsy"
Mrs. Mattie Stanley
Three unidentified African American women stand by a house with two unidentified African American children sitting in front of them in the yard next to a two-story clapboard house. The woman in the center has her arms around the shoulders of the women on either side of her. Two washtubs are against the house behind the group., No date; circa 1915, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Mounted to 4"x5.75" decorative paperboard; handwritten on back: "Mrs. Mattie Stanley."
My Visit with Santa card front and frame cover
Photograph: Two young African American boys visit with a Santa Claus, who is a white man, has a red poinsettia on the top center and a red and white house across the bottom. Both boys have lollipops. The younger boy sits on Santa's lap. The older boy is standing and grinning at the photographer. Card front: Santa Claus flies over a snowy village in a green helicopter outfitted with skies. A blue and pink flag attached to the helicopter reads, "My Visit with Santa%quot;. Inside of the card the frame around the photograph of two young African American boys visiting with a Santa Claus, who is a white man, has a red poinsettia on the top center and a red and white house across the bottom. Both boys have lollipops. The younger boy sits on Santa's lap. The older boy is standing and grinning at the photographer., No date; likely 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Picture is framed in a paper card "My Visit with Santa"
My grandma
An unidentified African American woman and her grandmother stand under tree. Handwritten above the photograph, "My Grand Ma.", No date; likely 1920s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten above the photograph, "My Grand Ma."
Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band
Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band, whose members are African American, at an unidentified venue in Kansas City. Farthest to the left Bunnie "Bumps" Love smiles to her right at the photographer as she sits with her hands on the piano keys. To the right is the unidentified bass player. In the center front is Myra Taylor with her arms spread as she smiles and sings into a microphone on the stand in front of her. She wears a full-length evening gown. To her left behind her on the stage is Curtyse Foster wearing a tuxedo and blowing into a saxophone. To Curtyse's left and behind him on stage is Bill Nolan smiling and playing the drums. To Bill's left and in front of Bill on the stage, Elmer Price blows into a trumpet. There is a derby hat hanging on a stand in front of Elmer Price. The front corners of the stage are decorated with organ pipes., No date; likely circa 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Purchased from Dolores Hobley, c. early 2010s. Stamped on back, "PHOTOGRAPHS BY Cornelius Strickland, 845 Everett Ave., ATwater 2403." Handwritten on back, "Myra Taylor - vocals. Curtyse Foster - sax. "Bumps" Bunnie Love - piano. Bill Nolan - drums. Elmer Price - trumpet. - bass."
Navy sailor
A portrait photograph of an African American US Naval Officer., No date; likely circa 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Navy sailor in his dress whites
A white man Navy sailor stands outside smiling in his dress white uniform., No date; likely circa 1930s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., "ELKO" printed in the four corners of the photograph border.
Ollie Gates
Ollie Gates, son of the founder of Gates Barbecue in Kansas City, Missouri., June 1974, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related photo range "Al's Tournament 77 - 78" #429 - #487
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity event
Large group of thirty eight African American people dressed in evening gowns and suits standing behind around an Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ) fraternity shield. A stage is behind them with musical instruments on the stage. A large mural is on the wall behind them of the back of a Native American fanning smoke from a fire with a Native American blanket. Five white men and white women sit on either side of the fraternity shield., No date; likely 1930s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Also see photo #323. Stamped on the back, "Lockhart Photo Shop, R.F.D. 4, Topeka, Kansas, Bus. Ph. Rcs. 4-3664."
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity event
Large group of twenty nine African American people dressed in evening gowns and suits standing behind or crouching beside an Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ) fraternity shield. A stage is behind them with musical instruments on the stage. A large mural is on the wall behind them of the back of a Native American fanning smoke from a fire with a Native American blanket., No date; likely 1930s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Also see photo #322. Stamped on the back, "Lockhart Photo Shop, R.F.D. 4, Topeka, Kansas, Bus. Ph. Rcs. 4-3664."
On a rocky beach
Two unidentified African American women sitting on a rocky beach with perhaps changing huts and palm trees behind them., No date; likely 1910s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
One looks back
Three unidentified African American men sitting, as one man in a red sweater in front turns to look over his right shoulder at the photographer., 1977-1978, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related photo range "Al's Tournament 77 - 78" #429 - #487
Orchid Jordan sits with a couple on a couch
Orchid Jordan sits on a couch with two unidentified people, one African American man and one African American woman., October 1960, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Inscribed on the back: Cookie, Don.
Outdoors
Two unidentified African American children on the left side of the photograph are playing outdoors as an unidentified African American woman bends over a pan by a rock pillar and smiles over her right shoulder at the photographer. There is a pile of wood by the rock pillar., No date; likely 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
People sit and listen to a lecture
An African American man speaks to a full auditorium from a podium. Items on a table are to his left. The audience is largely white women and some boys., No date; likely 1970s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related photo range 387 - 395. Stamped on the back, "Associated Studios, S.W. Cor. 31st & Indiana, K.C., MO. WA 3-5537 or WA 4-6134."
Pioneer Mother statue and a women standing in front of it
An unidentified African American woman wearing a dress and hat stands with her hands on her hips in front of the Pioneer Mother statue, Alexander Phimister Proctor, artist, in Penn Valley Park in Kansas City, Missouri. Possibly a coat is lying on the ground to her left., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., A printed border has ELKO in each corner.
Quilters at Women's Missionary Union Work Day
A group photograph of African-American and Caucasian women look down at their work while quilting in a room together as part of the African American Women's Missionary Union's annual workday of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The white women sit to the left and the African American women sit to the right with a stack of quilts in the center of the room. Most women sit on ladder back chairs. The four windows to the left are floor to ceiling. There is a man's portrait above the door at the back. There is a dark shiny curtain hanging across the back wall. The ceiling is pressed tin., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P28-51; laminated; handwritten on back: "WMU annual workday" and "W.M.U. - Annual Work Day"; part of assembled binder titled "Western Baptist Seminary / K.C.M.O. / Chorus Director / Mrs. D.A. Holmes."
Representative Orchid Jordan and friend
Photo of Rep. Orchid Jordan sitting at her desk with an unidentified African American woman standing behind her., No date; likely circa 1970s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Quadruplicate, one photo 1.5"x1.5".
Resting in the grass
Two unidentified African American kids, one a girl; the other a baby, smile as they are sitting in the grass while adult African American women socialize nearby. The women wear full-length, light-colored dresses and hold parasols. Across the field, horses rest in the shade of the woods., 1914, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back: "1914."
Roundup
A 1972 print of a photograph entitled "Roundup" of a group of seven white cowboys and one African American cowboy, Bill Pickett, sitting on their horses in front of a herd of short horn cattle on the prairie. One cowboy rides among the cattle behind them., No date; likely 1920s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Inscribed on the back: "Roundup - Colonel Joseph C. Miller 4th from right; Bill Pickett 2nd from right died April 2, 1932 - born about 1860; others not identified; Photo from Falconer Collection"
Ruth Glennellen, A. Dennis, and Lizzy stand with an unidentified man
An unidentified man stands with his left hand on Ruth Glenellen's right shoulder. To Ruth's left is A. Dennis and to his left is Lizzie all standing outdoors in nice clothing. Ruth Glenellen and A. Dennis are written in blue ink on the bottom of the photograph. All are African American., December 21, 1927, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P89-112; handwritten on back: "Dec. 21- 1927 / Lizzie Home / B.J. Sadder's Home"
Sawing a stump
An unidentified African American man and a boy stand on either side of a stump lying on its side, holding it steady. Another unidentified African American man pushes one side of a two-man crosscut saw already a quarter-way through the stump. The man using the saw looks over his left shoulder at the photographer. A rotting barn is behind the group., January 1957, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Printed at the top of the photograph, "Jan . 57."
Scamps
A publicity photograph of the African American jazz group, Kansas City Scamps likely in the 1970's. From left to right, Lucky Wesley (bass, leader), Albert "Coots" Dye (piano), Arthur Jackson (alto and tenor sax), L.C. "Speedy" Huggins (vocals), and Wallace Lee Jones (drums). They all wear tuxedos with black bow ties. Arthur Jackson wears a dark flat cap. Speedy Huggins wears glasses., No date; likely 1970s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on the back from left to right, "Now Scamps. Wallace Lee Jones Drums. L.C. Speedy Huggins Sing. Arthur Jackson T. Sax, A. Albert Boots Dye piano. Lucky Wesley Leader Bass."

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