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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

Alvin Youngblood Hart

Image

Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, looks slightly off to his left as he sits and plays an acoustic guitar in a close-up photograph...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Alvin Youngblood Hart

Image

Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, has a far-off look in his eyes as he sits and sings into a microphone and plays a resonator guitar...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Alvin Youngblood Hart

Image

Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, looks seriously to his left as he sits behind a microphone and plays a resonator guitar.

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Angélique Kidjo

Image

Angélique Kiojo, a singer from Benin, stands in front of a wallpapered wall of black ivy as she wears a red headscarf, a tuxedo jacket over a white...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baaba Maal

Image

Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, looks to his left and holds eyeglasses...

Date Published
2000
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baaba Maal

Image

Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, raises his hands toward the camera with...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baaba Maal

Image

Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, laughs as he hugs his left shoulder. He...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium 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

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

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

Charlie Musselwhite

Image

Charlie Musselwhite, a blues harmonica player, guitarist, and singer looks to his left in a close-up, head-shot photograph.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium 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

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

Coco Montoya

Image

Blues guitarist and drummer Coco Montoya leans his bent left elbow on a case and rests his chin in his left hand as he smiles at the camera and holds...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Conservative yet casual at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white drag king in black pants and buttoned up grey cardigan sweater with a white shirt and tie underneath leaning one hand against the...

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

Dancing at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white drag queen seen from behind while dancing at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; she is wearing a white blouse with black...

Date Published
November-1968
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles 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

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

Drag queen wearing a sequined blue dress

Image

Unidentified, tall white drag queen at an unknown venue (likely the Colony Club in Kansas City) wearing a blue sequined dress with white feather-boa...

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

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Member of

  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (41)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (23)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (18)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (83)

Genres

  • Color photographs (82)
  • Black & white photographs (1)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (83)
  • (-) Slides (83)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (57)
  • 1991-2000 (13)
  • 1951-1960 (7)
  • 2001-2010 (6)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (63)
  • Men, White (63)
  • Gay bars (62)
  • Drag queens (58)
  • Gay men (58)
  • Tile facades (33)
  • Handbags (17)
  • Singers (14)
  • Gloves (12)
  • Guitarists (12)
  • Blues musicians (9)
  • African American men (8)
  • Drag shows (8)
  • Audiences (7)
  • Cigarettes (7)
  • Fur garments (7)
  • Women, White (6)
  • Lesbians (5)
  • Microphone (5)
  • Stoles (Clothing) (5)
  • Black people (4)
  • Entertainers (4)
  • Smoking (4)
  • Cigarette smokers (3)
  • Drag kings (3)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • Men (3)
  • Percussionists (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Signs and signboards (3)
  • Tukulor (African people) (3)
  • Advertising (2)
  • Beer (2)
  • Beer signs (2)
  • Bikinis (2)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Harmonica players (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Jackets (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Sweaters (2)
  • Tiaras (2)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Beer bottles (1)
  • Beer cans (1)
  • Beer neon signs (1)
  • Beninese (1)
  • Black leather jackets (1)
  • Boots (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Brooches (1)
  • Calico (1)
  • Clerks (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Funk musicians (1)
  • Halloween costumes (1)
  • Kimonos (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Lingerie (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Necklaces (1)
  • Paper bags (1)
  • Paper money (1)
  • Pearls (1)
  • Racism against Asians (1)
  • Racism in popular culture (1)
  • Restrooms (1)
  • Rockabilly musicians (1)
  • Satin (1)
  • Shawls (1)
  • Shoes (1)
  • Showgirls (1)
  • Soul musicians (1)
  • Staircases (1)
  • Stairs (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Ukulele (1)
  • Windows (1)
  • Witches (1)
  • Women (1)

Subjects, Community

  • White LGBTQ+ people (63)
  • White gay men (59)
  • LGBTQ+ people (57)
  • LGBTQ+ people (7)
  • White lesbians (4)
  • LGBTQ+ events (2)
  • African American gay men (1)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (64)

Subjects, People

  • Hart, Alvin Youngblood, 1963- (3)
  • Maal, Baaba (3)
  • Arnold, Skip (2)
  • Pacino, Nick (2)
  • Redman, Joshua (2)
  • Ball, Marcia (1)
  • Battaglia, Tony (1)
  • Byrne, Patrick C. (1)
  • Cotton, James, 1935-2017 (1)
  • Dawson, Ronnie (1)
  • Green, Bobby (1)
  • Hammond, John, 1942- (1)
  • Kidjo, Angélique, 1960- (1)
  • Lackey, Lee (1)
  • LeMay, Barbara (1)
  • Michelle (Drag queen) (1)
  • Montoya, Coco (1)
  • Musselwhite, Charlie (1)
  • Reese, Richard (Drag queen) (1)
  • Robillard, Duke (1)
  • Schneider, David (Drag queen) (1)
  • Tiny Tim, 1932-1996 (1)
  • Whitfield, Mark (1)

Date Published

  • 1965-11 (15)
  • 1966-11 (13)
  • 2000 (8)
  • 1959-11 (7)
  • 1968-11 (7)
  • 1964-11 (6)
  • 1995 (6)
  • 2001 (6)
  • 2004 (5)
  • 1964 (4)
  • 1991 (4)
  • 1961-03 (3)
  • 1960-11 (2)
  • 1961-02 (2)
  • 1963-02 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1965-03 (1)
  • 1967-10 (1)
  • 1968-10 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1994 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1998 (1)

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