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Performer at the Colony Club

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Unidentified white drag queen on stage at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; she's wearing a sleeveless, backless blue evening gown and her body is facing left toward a piano while her head is turned to look out over the audience; several members' heads can be seen in front of the stage.
Date Published
1961-03
Publisher
Jack Ames
Subjects
Drag queens
Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects
Gay bars
Gay men
Drag shows
Piano
Audiences
Men, White
Subjects, Community
White gay men
White LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ events
Time Periods
1961-1970
Subjects, Geographic
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Notes

March 1961

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)
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-016.tif
Genres
Slides
Color photographs
Portrait photographs
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
In Copyright
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.
Rights
In Copyright
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.

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