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Above the crowd of the March

Image

Unidentified woman on the shoulders of an unidentified man taking a photo above the crowd at the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and...

Date Published
October-11-1987
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

African American drag queen

Image

Unidentified African American drag queen standing in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a light blue...

Date Published
November-1968
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

All in black in front of the Colony Club

Image

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...

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

Art Bratt with his nieces and grand niece

Image

Art Bratt holding his grand niece by the hand with his nieces behind them on a sidewalk; the street, cars, houses, and a stop sign are seen.

Date Published
April-1993
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

At a Christmas buffet

Image

Three unidentified white men, two with plates, at a Christmas buffet table looking over the food; other people are seen standing and seated behind...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Bad lighting and a short skirt

Image

Two unidentified African American drag queens posing in bad lighting at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; the one on the right is wearing a blonde...

Date Published
November-1968
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Banner at the march

Image

Crowd (overwhelmingly white) during the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation with a large banner reading "Nunn &...

Date Published
April-25-1993
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

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

Bikini in November

Image

A white drag queen, possibly Bobby Green, posing in front of the tiled wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a leopard print...

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

Bill Todd with the Missouri delegation banner at the March

Image

Bill Todd standing with the Missouri delegation's banner among the crowd (largely white) at the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and...

Date Published
October-11-1987
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Black and white

Image

Group of four white men seated at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; three are unidentified and the man on the far left is likely Harold Miller...

Date Published
November-1968
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Black and white

Image

Unidentified pair of white drag queens standing together for a photo outside the tiled wall of the Colony Club in Kansas City; the woman on the left...

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

Black and white again

Image

Unidentified pair of white drag queens standing together for a photo outside the tiled wall of the Colony Club in Kansas City; the woman on the right...

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

Black dress and white gloves

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she has a blonde wig, full...

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

Black feather boa and hat

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a full length...

Date Published
October-1967
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Black polka dots and pink fishnets

Image

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

Date Published
November-1968
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Blue floral dress in front of the Colony Club

Image

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...

Date Published
November-1960
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Blue sequins

Image

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

Date Published
1965
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Bob ("Hole") Bobby Green, Horace Holmes and friend

Image

Seated at a table with white tablecloth at an unidentified venue in Kansas City are (from left) Bob "Hole", Bobby Green (likely), an unidentified...

Date Published
November-1968
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Book signing

Image

Unidentified white male author seated at a circular table signing a book for an unidentified white woman who is handing him a second book; two signs...

Date Published
1995
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

By the jukebox

Image

Unidentified white drag queen being held as if dancing by an unidentified white man in black while standing near the jukebox at the Forrest Ballroom...

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

Camera man, photographer and the crowd at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

Unidentified African American camera man with African American woman reporter and a kneeling white male photographer in front of the crowd and looking...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Candid moment around the tables at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Group of at least six people, including four white drag queens, largely unidentified except for "Dr. Garcia" on the far left in a green checked jacket...

Date Published
1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Capitol Building

Image

View of the Capitol Building; photo taken as part of Bill Todd and Art Bratt's trip to Washington D.C. for the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay...

Date Published
April-25-1993
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Cardigan and a beer

Image

Unidentified white man in white pants, black shoes, a three colored cardigan, and white turtle neck shirt holding half full (or empty) beer bottle in...

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

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  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (119)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (65)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (38)
  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (7)
  • GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection (2)
  • GLAMA: Lavender Ladies Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (232)

Genres

  • Group portraits (167)
  • Slides (157)
  • Snapshots (74)
  • Portrait photographs (61)
  • Negatives (29)
  • Film negatives (27)
  • Cityscape photographs (16)
  • Architectural photographs (4)
  • Landscape photographs (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • (-) Color photographs (232)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (157)
  • 1991-2000 (65)
  • 1981-1990 (10)

Subjects

  • Gay men (218)
  • Men, White (211)
  • Gay bars (153)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (152)
  • Drag queens (124)
  • Lesbians (94)
  • Women, White (93)
  • Tile facades (62)
  • Bisexuals (56)
  • Crowds (35)
  • Handbags (30)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (28)
  • African American men (27)
  • Parks (24)
  • Signs and signboards (23)
  • Cigarettes (20)
  • Smoking (20)
  • Streets (20)
  • Gay rights (18)
  • Picnics (18)
  • Flags--Political aspects (17)
  • Gloves (17)
  • Buildings (16)
  • Picnic grounds (16)
  • Dancers (13)
  • Dance (12)
  • Fur garments (12)
  • Banners (10)
  • Beer (9)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (9)
  • Audiences (8)
  • Stoles (Clothing) (8)
  • Balloons (7)
  • Bands (Music) (7)
  • Drag shows (7)
  • Halloween costumes (7)
  • Mayors (7)
  • Microphone (7)
  • Beer bottles (6)
  • Conversation (6)
  • Drag kings (6)
  • Hats (6)
  • Photographers (6)
  • Sweaters (6)
  • African American women (5)
  • Cigarette smokers (5)
  • Flags--Social aspects (5)
  • Automobiles (4)
  • Books (4)
  • Boots (4)
  • Entertainers (4)
  • Flags--U.S. states (4)
  • Independent bookstores (4)
  • Jackets (4)
  • Pearls (4)
  • Stone walls (4)
  • Tables (4)
  • Tiaras (4)
  • Advertising (3)
  • Awnings (3)
  • Buffets (Cooking) (3)
  • Gay pride parades (3)
  • Girls (3)
  • Interpreters for the deaf (3)
  • Lecturers (3)
  • Litter (Trash) (3)
  • Monuments (3)
  • Parties (3)
  • Tents (3)
  • Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.) (3)
  • African American musicians (2)
  • AIDS activists (2)
  • Ashtrays (2)
  • Authors (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Employees (2)
  • Beer cans (2)
  • Beer signs (2)
  • Bikinis (2)
  • Calico (2)
  • Celebrities (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Dwellings (2)
  • Exhibit booths (2)
  • Families (2)
  • Food (2)
  • Gay pride celebrations (2)
  • Gays (2)
  • Hugging (2)
  • Journalists (2)
  • Laughter (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Memorials (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Necklaces (2)
  • Nieces (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Press (2)
  • Racism in popular culture (2)
  • Roses (2)
  • Staircases (2)
  • Television camera operators (2)
  • Thomas Jefferson Memorial (Washington, D.C.) (2)
  • Toasts (2)
  • Trees (2)
  • Vodka (2)
  • Volunteer workers in community development (2)
  • African American girls (1)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Aprons (1)
  • Art calendars (1)
  • Authors--Autographs (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Bartenders (1)
  • Bartending (1)
  • Bears (Gay culture) (1)
  • Black leather jackets (1)
  • Boulders (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Boxes (1)
  • Brooches (1)
  • Business meetings (1)
  • Calendars (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Candles (1)
  • Capitol Rotunda (United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.) (1)
  • Capitols--Buildings (1)
  • Cell phones (1)
  • Cemeteries (1)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Choirs (Music) (1)
  • Christmas decorations (1)
  • Church buildings (1)
  • Cities and towns (1)
  • Civil rights workers (1)
  • Clergy (1)
  • Cliffs (1)
  • Closed captioning (1)
  • Clowns (1)
  • Coats (1)
  • Coffeehouses (1)
  • Consumers (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Costume jewelry (1)
  • Cowboys (1)
  • Earrings (1)
  • Easter eggs (1)
  • Fences (1)
  • Festivals (1)
  • Folding chairs (1)
  • Gay activists (1)
  • Gay couples (1)
  • Gay liberation movement (1)
  • Gay singers (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Jukeboxes (1)
  • Kimonos (1)
  • Kissing (1)
  • Kitchens (1)
  • Lesbian authors (1)
  • Lesbians' writings, American (1)
  • Lingerie (1)
  • Memorial service (1)
  • Mimes (1)
  • Moccasins (1)
  • Mothers and daughters (1)
  • Paper bags (1)
  • Paper money (1)
  • Pavilions (1)
  • Pedestrian crosswalks (1)
  • Pedestrians (1)
  • Photography of the nude (1)
  • Pin-back buttons (1)
  • Pirates (1)
  • Pointing (Gesture) (1)
  • Prehistoric peoples (1)
  • Racism against Asians (1)
  • Racism against indigenous peoples (1)
  • Restrooms (1)
  • Ribbons (1)
  • Satin (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Scaffolding (1)
  • Scarves (1)
  • Sepulchral monuments (1)
  • Shawls (1)
  • Shelving for books (1)
  • Shoes (1)
  • Sidewalks (1)
  • Signs and symbols--Social aspects (1)
  • Stairs (1)
  • Storefronts (1)
  • Street-food vendors (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • T-shirts--Social aspects (1)
  • Tattooed people (1)
  • Tattooing (1)
  • Telephone (1)
  • Television display systems (1)
  • Television journalists (1)
  • Towers (1)
  • Umbrellas (1)
  • Uncles (1)
  • Vending stands (1)
  • Whiskey (1)
  • Witches (1)
  • Women's History Month (1)
  • Women authors (1)
  • Women musicians (1)
  • Women singers (1)
  • Yawning (1)

Subjects, Community

  • White LGBTQ+ people (226)
  • White gay men (156)
  • LGBTQ+ events (84)
  • Gay liberation (68)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (67)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (61)
  • LGBTQ+ demonstrations (40)
  • White lesbians (32)
  • LGBTQ+ symbols (31)
  • Gay pride (29)
  • Rainbow flags (28)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (20)
  • African American gay men (8)
  • Women's bookshops (4)
  • Gay political activists (3)
  • Lesbian political activists (3)
  • LGBTQ+ Deaf people (3)
  • Faeries (2)
  • Camp (Gay culture) (1)
  • Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • LGBTQ+ authors (1)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (1)
  • Pink triangles (1)
  • Red ribbons (AIDS) (1)
  • (-) LGBTQ+ people (232)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (160)
  • Washington (D.C.) (40)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (28)
  • Southmoreland Park (21)
  • Westport (1)

Subjects, People

  • Spare, Keith (11)
  • Cleaver, Emanuel, II, 1944- (7)
  • Garcia, Dr. (5)
  • LeMay, Barbara (5)
  • Lombardo, Joe (4)
  • May, Linda (Activist) (4)
  • Arnold, Skip (2)
  • Green, Bobby (2)
  • Hardy, Gary (Drag queen) (2)
  • Lackey, Lee (2)
  • Michelle (Drag queen) (2)
  • Pacino, Nick (2)
  • Todd, Bill (Gay rights activist) (2)
  • Allen, G. G. (Drag queen) (1)
  • Battaglia, Tony (1)
  • Beard, Beth Elaine (1)
  • Belesakos, Georgia (1)
  • Bratt, Art (1)
  • Byrne, Patrick C. (1)
  • Carrol, Billy (1)
  • Dole, Robert J., 1923- (1)
  • Fouts, Jamie (1)
  • Frazier, Helen (1)
  • Holmes, Horace (Kansas City resident) (1)
  • Lee, Terry (Drag queen) (1)
  • Manning, Mark (Activist) (1)
  • Martinez, Cassie (1)
  • Martz, Sandra (1)
  • Miller, Josef (Singer) (1)
  • Newman, Lesléa (1)
  • Nunn, Sam (1)
  • Peters, Cheryl (1)
  • Phalen, Gary (1)
  • Powell, Colin L. (1)
  • Ray, Mickey (1)
  • Resto, Juan (1)
  • Schneider, David (Drag queen) (1)
  • Scott, Nancy (Singer) (1)
  • Shafer, Drew (1)
  • Thompson, Nelson Lavert (Fuzzy), 1944-2015 (1)
  • Tin Woodman (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Tuccillo, John (Nightclub owner) (1)
  • Woods, Claude (1)

Events

  • March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation (1993 : Washington, D.C.) (27)
  • National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights (9)
  • Millennium March on Washington (3)
  • Millennium Pride Festival (Washington D.C.) (1)
  • Out in Westport (Event : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1968-11 (32)
  • 1993-04-25 (27)
  • 1965-11 (23)
  • 1966-11 (21)
  • 1991-06 (21)
  • 1964-11 (19)
  • 1964 (14)
  • 1967-10 (10)
  • 1987-10-11 (9)
  • 1961-03 (6)
  • 1963-02 (6)
  • 1965 (6)
  • 1964-12 (5)
  • 1961 (3)
  • 1961-02 (3)
  • 1970 (3)
  • 1991 (3)
  • 2000-04-30 (3)
  • 1960-11 (2)
  • 1965-03 (2)
  • 1968-10 (2)
  • 1993-04 (2)
  • 1995 (2)
  • 1999-06 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1962-10 (1)
  • 1964-01 (1)
  • 1965-02 (1)
  • 1986-02-15 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1992-03-07 (1)
  • 1992-05-02 (1)
  • 1993-03-20 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 2000-04 (1)

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