GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Unidentified white drag queen enjoying a cigarette in front of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a mid-length black dress with brooch and holding a cigarette; behind a Budweiser sign can...

Unidentified white drag queen standing in front of the Colony Club in Kansas City wearing a white dress with a large, blue, floral pattern and holding a dark blue jacket or wrap and a purse; behind...

Unidentified white drag queen inside the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; she's wearing a tight, blue sequined dress and facing the camera.

Club patrons enjoying drinks at an unidentified venue including Tony Battaglia (far left, slightly out of frame) and others, including a man with a woman in a grey fur stole, both holding drinks up in...

Three unidentified white male bar/wait staff in white shirts, black ties, and white aprons around their waists at either the Colony Club or Arabian Nights ("The Tent") in Kansas City; the man in the...

Three unidentified white male bar/wait staff in white shirts, black ties, and white aprons around their waists at either the Colony Club or Arabian Nights ("The Tent") in Kansas City; all are in a row...

Unidentified white patrons of the Forest Ballroom (likely) in Kansas City standing about or dancing while the band "Kings of Rythm" [sic] play onstage; two men are in the forefront leaning against the...

Two unidentified drag queens dancing together along with a white lesbian couple and a white man with unseen partner dancing behind them at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; the drag queens are...

Unidentified white couples (male/male; male/female (or possible female impersonators) dancing at an unknown Kansas City venue.

Unidentified white drag queen competing in a drag ball, with the white male emcee in front of microphone and the Kings of Rythm [sic] on the bandstand at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; she's...

Unidentified white man in a red shirt with his face turned away dancing in the arms of an unidentified white drag queen in a pink (or lavender) dress at an unidentified Kansas City venue.

Unidentified white drag king in black pants, white shirt and holding a drink with his arm around an unidentified white drag queen in a silver dress, black sweater, with red shoes, clutch, and flower...

Unidentified white drag king standing by the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; he's wearing black pants and a white suit jacket with a black bow tie; body facing to the right with...

"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) standing with an unidentified white man in a mustard colored shirt in front of the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a black dress and wrap.

"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) standing by the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a black dress with matching wrap and holding a black purse; facing the camera with one...

"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) posing for a photo with an unidentified white drag queen in front of the tile wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; LeMay is wearing a black dress, wrap, and holding...

"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) with hands in the air wearing a black dress, wrap, and holding a black purse while standing next to a nervous looking, unidentified, drag queen in a gold sequined dress and...

"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) wearing a black dress, wrap, and holding a black purse posing for a photo with an unidentified man in a suit in front of the tile wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City...

Cocktail waitress, Helen, in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's leaning against the wall on her right and facing the camera; wearing a sequined black dress and...

Unidentified group of people, all white, mostly men, with one or two drag queens, in a pink colored stairwell; one man is holding the black dress for a drag queen who is holding a bottle in a brown...

Unidentified white drag queen in front of the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a pink sleeveless dress and holding a pair of long white evening gloves in her hands...

Unidentified white drag queen in red with black lace shorts being embraced from behind by an unidentified white man in a red pullover sweater at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; both are smiling...

Joe Lombardo in a tie and white apron around his waist standing to the far left of the photo and looking on at four unidentified white drag queens posed in a row for a photo in front of the Colony...

Joe Lombardo with his arm around an unidentified white woman at a buffet table at an unidentified venue (possibly the Forest Ballroom) in Kansas City; candles, beer bottles, and food can be seen on...

Joe Lombardo standing with his arms around an unidentified white drag queen on either side of him at the Forest Ballroom (likely) in Kansas City; the drag queen on the right is in a red house coat and...