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At the swim party

Image

Unidentified white man in a teal swim suit and glasses holding a blue drink can by the entrance to the pool area at the ACT UP/KC Swim Party.

Date Published
1990
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Jay McShann lying on a float in a swimming pool

Image

Close up of Jay McShann lying on a float in a pool; unidentified location.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann lying on a float in a swimming pool

Image

Jay McShann lying on a float in a swimming pool with a ball resting on an inflatable swan in front of him; unknown location.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann lying on a float in a swimming pool

Image

Jay McShann lying on a float and holding a ball in a swimming pool; unidentified location.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann lying on a float in a swimming pool holding onto an inflatable swan

Image

Jay McShann lying on a float in a swimming pool and holding on to an inflatable swan; unidentified location.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Joan Fulton in "Cuban Pete"

Image

Joan Fulton in a bathing suit and leaning against a large, cushioned chair. Publicity image from the film "Cuban Pete".

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Man in a bathing suit on the pier

Image

Unidentified white man wearing only a bathing suit, standing on a wooden pier, with arms resting back on a wooden railing. The pier is over a body of...

Date Published
October-1942
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Man standing on a dock by the water

Image

An unidentified African American man looks down and to his left in a two-piece bathing suit stands on the dock of a lake. The trees on the opposite...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Man wearing a two-piece swimsuit under a cardigan sweater

Image

An unidentified African American man stands barefoot on the large rocks by a body of water wearing a two-piece swimsuit and a cardigan sweater. A...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Mary Dix sunning herself

Image

Mary Dix (likely) sunning herself outside lying down on a dock by the water wearing a two piece swimsuit. She's squinting from the sun.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Mary Dix sunning herself

Image

Mary Dix (likely) sunning herself outside on a dock by the water wearing a two piece swimsuit. A boat visible in background along with a two story...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Publicity photo of Lillian Porter

Image

Publicity photo of Lillian Porter, possibly for the film "Song of the Islands". She's wearing high heels and a floral print one-piece swimsuit. She...

Date Published
1942
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Smiling woman in a bathing suit

Image

Unidentified white woman in a two-piece bathing suit, smiling, with one arm behind her head and the other by her side, next to the water and a small...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Testing the water

Image

Unidentified white woman in a black one-piece swimsuit near a diving board testing how warm the pool water is with her hands at the ACT UP/KC Swim...

Date Published
1990
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Warren Durrett in swim trunks

Image

Warren Durrett standing in a yard and smiling, exposing his chest in an open shirt, hands on his hips, wearing swim trunks. A house, trees, and a car...

Date Published
1945
1949
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Woman in a bathing suit on a dock

Image

Unidentified white woman in a two-piece bathing suit, sitting on a towel and leaning back, propped up by her hands, looking off to the left. The towel...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Woman ready to dive

Image

An unidentified African American woman wearing a bathing suit and a swim cap stands barefoot on large rocks at the shore of a body of water with her...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
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  • Portrait photographs
  • Bathing suits

Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (4)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (4)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (3)
  • Ed Dix Collection (3)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (2)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (17)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (15)
  • Gelatin silver prints (15)
  • Snapshots (11)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (17)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (6)
  • 1981-1990 (6)
  • 1921-1930 (3)
  • 1951-1960 (2)

Subjects

  • Women, White (7)
  • African American men (6)
  • Jazz musicians (5)
  • Swimming pools (5)
  • African American jazz musicians (4)
  • Bodies of water (4)
  • Docks (4)
  • Inflatable boats (4)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Balls (Sporting goods) (2)
  • HIV/AIDS awareness (2)
  • Parties (2)
  • Toys (2)
  • Actresses (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Boats and boating (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Diving boards (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • Gay men (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Lakes (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Mansions (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Piers (1)
  • Soft drink cans (1)
  • Sweaters (1)
  • Wicker furniture (1)
  • (-) Bathing suits (17)

Subjects, Community

  • AIDS awareness (2)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (2)
  • LGBTQ+ events (2)
  • LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (2)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (4)
  • Dix, Mary (2)
  • Durrett, Warren (1)
  • Porter, Lillian, 1917-1997 (1)
  • Shawlee, Joan (1)

Date Published

  • 1990 (6)
  • 1981 (4)
  • 1921 (3)
  • 1930 (3)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1951 (2)
  • 1960 (2)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1942-10 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1949 (1)

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