Dolores Hobley Collection

Description
The Dolores Hobley Collection was formed by various purchases from her business at Waldo Antiques of Kansas City. The collection consists of photographs that primarily reflect aspects of the African-American cultural experience during the late 19th century and into the 20th century, including in and around Kansas City.
Member of
LaBudde Special Collections
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Head shot portrait of a woman looking at the photographer over her right shoulder

A studio head shot portrait of an unidentified African American woman looking over her right shoulder to smile at the photographer. She wears a dark blouse with a light-colored print pattern all over.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-284.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Woman holding a floral shawl around her shoulders

A portrait of a laughing unidentified African American woman with her long hair worn down as she holds a floral shawl around her shoulders with her left in the center of her chest.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-289.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Two men work on a canoe

Photo of two men from the tropics building a canoe by sitting in a straddle across the canoe and working on the inside. Both mean are wearing shorts and have their backs to each other. The canoe sits in the shade in a jungle area. A building on stilts is behind the men.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-417.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Laughing child

An unidentified African American baby looking to his left and laughing.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-418.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Unidentified singer

An unidentified African American female singer looking toward her right shoulder as she lifts her right hand and sings into a microphone. She wears dangle earrings, a scoop neckline, sleeveless, beaded blouse, a wedding ring, and a wrist watch.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-016.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Guitarist and bassist performing in Chicago

An unidentified African American man holding a tenor guitar while wearing mix-matched clothing and a derby hat stands to the right and gives a questioning look to an unidentified African American woman holding a Fender electric bass guitar and pointing her finger at him during a performance in Chicago, Illinois. She wears a close-fitting hat with a flower sticking straight up out of the top of it and a sleeveless, fringed, culotte jumpsuit. They stand in front of a glass-block half wall with a drum set behind it. The woman's face is in profile from her left side.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-017.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Good friends

Two unidentified kids in summer clothes grin as they stand with their arms around each other's shoulder on the steps to a house.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-172.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271