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Black Panther members and others with crowd in front of the Jackson County Courthouse

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Black Panther members are joined by a large group of white men and women lined up behind them on the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse. Four...

Date Published
May-01-1969
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Candid moment around the tables at the Forest Ballroom

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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

Classic white shirt and tie

Image

Unidentified white drag king posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall in front of the Colony Club in Kansas City; he's wearing black pants and...

Date Published
November-1966
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 in supposed Native American costumes at the Forest Ballroom

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Two unidentified white people at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City dressed in male and female supposed Native American costumes, the woman on the...

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

Couple with drinks posing for a photo

Image

Two unidentified white women arm in arm posing for a photo in front of the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; the blond woman on the right is holding a...

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

Crowd around a table

Image

Crowd of unidentified white men and women around a long table with white tablecloth at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; the woman on the far left...

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

Dancing at the Forest Ballroom

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Three unidentified white couples slow dancing at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; the couple on the right are two women, one a drag king dressed in...

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

Dancing couples

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Two unidentified drag queens dancing together along with a white lesbian couple and a white man with unseen partner dancing behind them at an...

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

Dancing couples

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

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

Dancing trio at the Colony Club

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Three undientified dancers (one man, one woman, one drag queen, all white) at the Colony Club in Kansas City; the drag queen has on a tiara, matching...

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

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...

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

Drag king at the Colony Club

Image

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...

Date Published
November-1965
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Five Black Panther leaders on the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse

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Five Black Panther Party members on the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse. The men are wearing black berets, black jackets, and have their fists...

Date Published
May-01-1969
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Helen in a black dress

Image

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...

Date Published
November-1965
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Joe Lombardo and friend

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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...

Date Published
1965
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Marcia Ball

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Marcia Ball, blues singer and pianist, smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph.

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Patrons at the bar

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Unidentified patrons at the bar at the Colony Club or Arabian Nights ("The Tent") in Kansas City, Missouri; bar chairs are upholstered in an orange...

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

Piratical costumes

Image

Unidentified white man and woman posing together for a photo amid a crowd of patrons at an unidentified nightclub in Kansas City; they are both in red...

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

Playboy bunny and friend

Image

Unidentified white drag king and queen posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; he is wearing black...

Date Published
November-1966
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Posing with G.G. Allen in drag

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G.G. Allen in drag wearing a pink outfit posing for a photo with three white men (two seated, one standing beside her) at an unidentified venue in...

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

Preacher and others

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"Preacher" (on the right) in a red jacket with bow tie posing with a white woman and a white man at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; all are...

Date Published
1965
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Talking and laughing at the Forest Ballroom

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Unidentified white people sitting around a table at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; one person has their back to the camera and is wearing white...

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

Talking with friends at the Forest Ballroom

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"Dr. Garcia" with his back to the camera seated at a table with an unidentified white woman and unidentified drag queen; two are smoking and there are...

Date Published
1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Terri Lynn at the Colony Club

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"Terri Lynne" (Gary Hardy) posing in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; from the right an unidentified white person...

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

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Member of

  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (18)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (12)
  • 1968 Riot Collection (2)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (34)

Genres

  • Color photographs (34)
  • Group portraits (26)
  • Portrait photographs (6)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • Transparencies (2)
  • (-) Slides (34)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (32)
  • 1971-1980 (1)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • Lesbians (29)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (28)
  • Gay bars (28)
  • Men, White (26)
  • Gay men (24)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (12)
  • Drag queens (10)
  • Drag kings (6)
  • Dancers (4)
  • African American men (3)
  • Beer bottles (3)
  • Halloween costumes (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Beer (2)
  • Buffets (Cooking) (2)
  • Civil rights movements (2)
  • Conversation (2)
  • Crowds (2)
  • Demonstrations (2)
  • Food (2)
  • Handbags (2)
  • Smoking (2)
  • Tile facades (2)
  • Toasts (2)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Employees (1)
  • Bartenders (1)
  • Bartending (1)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Candles (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Clerks (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Fur garments (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Necklaces (1)
  • Parties (1)
  • Pearls (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Pirates (1)
  • Racism against indigenous peoples (1)
  • Racism in popular culture (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Tiaras (1)
  • Whiskey (1)
  • (-) Women, White (34)

Subjects, Community

  • White LGBTQ+ people (30)
  • LGBTQ+ people (29)
  • White lesbians (27)
  • White gay men (25)
  • LGBTQ+ events (3)
  • African American gay men (1)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (30)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Garcia, Dr. (3)
  • Allen, G. G. (Drag queen) (1)
  • Ball, Marcia (1)
  • Battaglia, Tony (1)
  • Belesakos, Georgia (1)
  • Frazier, Helen (1)
  • Hardy, Gary (Drag queen) (1)
  • Lombardo, Joe (1)

Date Published

  • 1964-11 (4)
  • 1961-03 (3)
  • 1963-02 (3)
  • 1964-12 (3)
  • 1968-11 (3)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1964 (2)
  • 1965 (2)
  • 1965-11 (2)
  • 1966-11 (2)
  • 1969-05-01 (2)
  • 1970 (2)
  • 1960-11 (1)
  • 1961-02 (1)
  • 1964-01 (1)
  • 1967-10 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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