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Big night out at the Colony Club

Image

Two unidentified white drag queens posing side by side for a photo against the tile wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; the one on the right...

Date Published
November-1965
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Cigarette and fur stole

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo at the Forest Ballroom (likely) in Kansas City near a light fixture in the wall; she's facing the...

Date Published
March-1965
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Club patrons

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Club patrons enjoying drinks at an unidentified venue including Tony Battaglia (far left, slightly out of frame) and others, including a man with a...

Date Published
March-1961
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Couple at a table at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Unidentified couple (a white man and drag queen) seated at a table at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; the man on the right in an orange sweater...

Date Published
1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Crowd at the Forest Ballroom

Image

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

Date Published
February-1963
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Drag queen in fur stole

Image

Drag queen Patrick C. Byrne at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City wearing a black dress with a white fur stole posing for a photo; facing the camera.

Date Published
1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Gloria McShann in a fur coat

Image

Gloria McShann standing in a living room wearing a black fur coat; looking at the camera and smiling.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Gloria McShann with Jay and Marianne McShann and unidentified man and woman

Image

Gloria McShann, Jay McShann, unidentified white man and white woman, and Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams) standing around a podium at an unknown event...

Date Published
November-09-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Gloria McShann with unidentified man

Image

Gloria McShann posing for a photo with an unidentified man in a red turtleneck and tan coat and glasses; Gloria is wearing a red leather coat with...

Date Published
November-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Green dress at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white drag queen in a green dress and matching jacket with a grey fur (or faux fur) muff collar and black high heel shoes posing for a...

Date Published
November-1965
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Jay and Marianne McShann with Gloria McShann

Image

Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams), Jay McShann, and Gloria McShann standing beside a painting of Jay McShann; Gloria is wearing a bright red coat with...

Date Published
November-09-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Nick Pacino in drag by the car

Image

Nick Pacino (in drag) wearing a pink dress with white fur (or faux fur) stole and long white gloves standing next to a white car in Kansas City.

Date Published
March-1961
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Pink dress and black gloves

Image

Unidentified white drag queen standing by the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a solid pink sleeveless dress with...

Date Published
November-1966
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Posing for a photo at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Two unidentified white drag queens posing for a photo against a wall at the Forest Ballroom; both are wearing pink dresses; the taller of the two is...

Date Published
November-1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Showing off the LBD at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Unidentified white drag queen in a platinum blonde wig and wearing a classic example of the "little black dress" is holding a fur coat (possibly faux...

Date Published
November-1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Unidentified woman in a fur coat

Image

Unidentified woman in a grey and white fur coat standing in the middle of a living room; two recliners are seen.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

White fur stole

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's facing forward to the camera...

Date Published
November-1966
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection
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  • Color photographs
  • Fur garments

Member of

  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (8)
  • Jay McShann Collection (5)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (4)

Types

  • photographs (17)

Genres

  • Slides (12)
  • Portrait photographs (9)
  • Group portraits (8)
  • Snapshots (5)
  • (-) Color photographs (17)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (12)
  • 1991-2000 (5)

Subjects

  • Men, White (14)
  • Gay men (12)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (11)
  • Drag queens (11)
  • Gay bars (11)
  • Stoles (Clothing) (6)
  • African American women (5)
  • Tile facades (4)
  • Handbags (3)
  • Women's clothing (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • African American men (2)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Living rooms (2)
  • Musicians' spouses (2)
  • Smoking (2)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Calico (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Coats (1)
  • Costume jewelry (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Gloves (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Painting (1)
  • Paper bags (1)
  • Portrait painting, American (1)
  • Reclining chairs (1)
  • Sweaters (1)
  • Toasts (1)
  • (-) Fur garments (17)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (12)
  • White gay men (12)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (12)
  • White lesbians (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (12)

Subjects, People

  • Blue, Gloria McShann, 1929-2011 (4)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • McShann, Marianne (2)
  • Battaglia, Tony (1)
  • Byrne, Patrick C. (1)
  • Pacino, Nick (1)

Date Published

  • 1961-03 (2)
  • 1964 (2)
  • 1964-11 (2)
  • 1965-11 (2)
  • 1966-11 (2)
  • 1991 (2)
  • 1997-11-09 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1963-02 (1)
  • 1965-03 (1)
  • 1997-11 (1)

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