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GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

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With 49 images scanned from 35mm slides, this collection features images of queer nightlife in Kansas City, from 1959-1967. Clubs featured include the Colony Club, the Forest Ballroom, Arabian Nights, and the Jewel Box.

Items in Collection: 49

Topics

Kansas City History

LGBTQIA & GLAMA History & Representation

Women’s History & Representation

1 - 1 of 1 items

Drag King and Queen in front of the Colony Club

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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...

Date Published

1960-11

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Group portraits
Drag kings

Types (Collection)

photographs (1)

Genres (Collection)

Color photographs (1)
Slides (1)
(-) Group portraits (1)

Time Periods (Collection)

1961-1970 (1)

Subjects (Collection)

Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (1)
Drag queens (1)
Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
Gay bars (1)
Gay men (1)
Handbags (1)
Lesbians (1)
Men, White (1)
Women, White (1)
(-) Drag kings (1)

Subjects, Community (Collection)

LGBTQ+ people (1)
White gay men (1)
White lesbians (1)
White LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)

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