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.
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Girl seated on a pony

A barefoot African American girl, looking a little unsure, sits in the saddle on a pony. Because of her size, she is unable to have her feet in the stirrups. She is beside a wooden house. There is a chain from the horn of the saddle to, possibly, the pillar of the house.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Teenager sits on a horse-drawn cart

An unidentified African American teenage boy sits on the bench of a wooden horse-drawn cart hooked up to a horse with blinders, with his legs out to the side. The boy wears a hat with the bill flipped back and boots that reach to his knees. There are several barns behind them. The cart has wooden back wheels and rubber front wheels.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-214.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Woman standing in front of a dressing table

An unidentified African American woman standing 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.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Five men stand on steps

Five very well-dressed unidentified African American men stand on the steps to a school or church. One stands in the front in an overcoat looking up and to the left. The other four stand on the first step looking forward except the one directly to the left of the man in the front. That man is looking down and talking to the man in the front.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-216.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Five men in front of a window in a brick wall

Five well-dressed unidentified African American men are outdoors in front of a window in a brick wall side of a building. The three in back stand and the two in front crouch. Only the two standing to the left smile at the photographer. The other three look seriously off to the left. Note the lapel button holding the chain to the breast pocket and the tie tacks.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Family portrait in front of a house

An unidentified group of well-dressed six African American women, three African American men, three boys and a teenaged girl as they stand or sit in the yard by the porch of a clapboard house behind them. The house has a trellis with ivy growing on it behind them. There is an enclosed balcony above the group on the second story.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Family portrait

An unidentified group of six African American men, four African American women, a boy and a dog in front of the porch of a house. The women sit in chairs and the men stand behind the chairs. All of the men wear bowler hats. The boys head is only visible between the shoulders of the two women to the left.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Man and woman having tea in the dining room

An unidentified African American man and woman having tea at their dining room table using a silver tea service. The dining table has spiral turned legs and is covered with an embroidered and fringed tablecloth. The ceilings and walls are covered with wallpaper and the floor has a printed pattern. One electric light hangs from the ceiling in the center of the room. The corner cabinet has more silver tea pieces. There are two cascading plate displays on each side of the corner cabinet. A bedroom is visible through the door on the left side of the photograph. The bedframe is metal with a small wooden rocking chair at the foot of the bed.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Family posing for a photo seated on a couch

An unidentified African American man and woman sit on a sofa smiling at the photographer as the woman holds a baby on her lap. The man has his left arm across the top of the sofa behind the woman's shoulders.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Two men stand for a studio photograph

A studio portrait of two unidentified African American men wearing brimmed hats, three-piece suits and scarf-like neckties. The man on the right wears a chain across his vest and a lapel pin.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Front and back of a postcard with two nurses

Front: A studio portrait of two unidentified African American women in nurse uniforms which consist of full-length, long-sleeved dresses, full-length aprons, a fez-shaped hat, a belt holster with tools of the trade inserted and button-up shoes. Back: Writing on the back of a postcard with a studio portrait of two unidentified African American women in nurse uniforms on the other side. The handwritten correspondence, "Dear Betty Jean. This is the uniform we wore in 1900's Since you cherish antique photos-you must have this for your collection. Imagine you in hi button shoes & the long dress to the floor--!! You've come a long way Betty. If I find any more pictures, I'll send them. Love your pen pal. W.P." The address, "Nurse -- Betty Jean Kirtley, c/o Waldo Antiques, 225 West 75th St., Kansas City Mo."
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-223.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Two women stand in front of a fireplace

A studio portrait of two unidentified African American women standing in front of a concrete fireplace and hood with columnar shelves to each side. The woman on the right wears a half-hat with netting over the forehead, a light-colored blouse and skirt with 3/4 sleeves, she carries a tubular barrel purse and wears pumps, The woman to the left wears a flat hat with a turned up brim and bow on top, disc earrings and a pearl choker necklace, a dark shirt-dress with 3/4 sleeves, white gloves, a chunky bracelet, a patent leather purse, and light-colored pumps.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Man in African attire

A studio portrait of a smiling unidentified African American barefoot man in African attire [real or imagined is unknown by person adding description]. He carries a club up in his right hand and holds a shield over a spear upright on the ground in his left hand. His hair is fashioned in vertical feathers. He wears a necklace of a leather strand with beads across the front. He wears a loincloth of feathers in front and a leather breechcloth in the back. Navel is blurred out.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Baby in a Christening gown (front and back of photograph)

Front: A studio portrait of an unidentified African American baby wearing a Christening gown and sitting in an upholstered chair. Back: Back of the studio portrait of unidentified African American baby wearing a Christening gown. "Established 1890. Negatives Retained for Future orders. Walker. Southwestern Agent, Emerson, Chickering, Huntington, Mason & Hamlin Pianos and organs."
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-226.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0271
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Full portrait of a woman holding a closed fan

A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman standing by a concrete wall with her left side to the photographer. She smiles as she holds a closed fan in her left hand. She wears a barrette in her hair, a scarf secured with a brooch and a choker necklace around her neck, a long, lace-sleeved blouse with heart appliques under a tight buttoned vest, a skirt that matches the vest with layered ruffles of lace from above the knee to the floor. The back is pleated and has a large bow. She wears a corsage of pansies on her left shoulder. Below the picture on the paperboard is printed, "McLeod, Atchison, Kas."
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0271