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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

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

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

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

Elegance at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white drag queen in a black dress with white shawl, clutch purse and jewelry posing for a photo in front the tiled wall at the Colony...

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

Elegance in white

Image

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

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

Glamazon (Barbara LeMay) outside the Colony Club

Image

"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) standing by the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a black dress with matching wrap and...

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

Gold skirt

Image

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

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

Golden at the Colony Club

Image

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

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

Green dress and a Schlitz

Image

Unidentified white drag queen with a full length green evening dress she's holding up part of with one hand and holding a can of Schlitz beer in the...

Date Published
November-1965
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles 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

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

Holding her gloves

Image

Unidentified white drag queen in front of the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a pink sleeveless dress and holding a...

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

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Member of

  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (41)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (21)

Types

  • photographs (62)

Genres

  • Color photographs (62)
  • Slides (62)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (62)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (56)
  • 1951-1960 (6)

Subjects

  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (62)
  • Drag queens (56)
  • Gay men (56)
  • Men, White (55)
  • Tile facades (33)
  • Handbags (17)
  • Gloves (12)
  • Cigarettes (7)
  • Drag shows (7)
  • Audiences (6)
  • Fur garments (6)
  • Lesbians (5)
  • Stoles (Clothing) (5)
  • Microphone (4)
  • Smoking (4)
  • Women, White (4)
  • Cigarette smokers (3)
  • Drag kings (3)
  • Entertainers (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Signs and signboards (3)
  • Advertising (2)
  • Beer (2)
  • Beer signs (2)
  • Bikinis (2)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Jackets (2)
  • Sweaters (2)
  • Tiaras (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Beer bottles (1)
  • Beer cans (1)
  • Beer neon signs (1)
  • Black leather jackets (1)
  • Boots (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Brooches (1)
  • Calico (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Halloween costumes (1)
  • Kimonos (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Lingerie (1)
  • Necklaces (1)
  • Paper bags (1)
  • Paper money (1)
  • Pearls (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Racism against Asians (1)
  • Racism in popular culture (1)
  • Restrooms (1)
  • Satin (1)
  • Shawls (1)
  • Shoes (1)
  • Showgirls (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Staircases (1)
  • Stairs (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Windows (1)
  • Witches (1)
  • (-) Gay bars (62)

Subjects, Community

  • White LGBTQ+ people (61)
  • White gay men (57)
  • LGBTQ+ people (56)
  • LGBTQ+ people (6)
  • White lesbians (4)
  • LGBTQ+ events (2)
  • African American gay men (1)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (62)

Subjects, People

  • Arnold, Skip (2)
  • Battaglia, Tony (1)
  • Byrne, Patrick C. (1)
  • Green, Bobby (1)
  • Lackey, Lee (1)
  • LeMay, Barbara (1)
  • Michelle (Drag queen) (1)
  • Pacino, Nick (1)
  • Reese, Richard (Drag queen) (1)
  • Schneider, David (Drag queen) (1)

Date Published

  • 1965-11 (15)
  • 1966-11 (13)
  • 1968-11 (7)
  • 1959-11 (6)
  • 1964-11 (6)
  • 1964 (4)
  • 1960-11 (2)
  • 1961-02 (2)
  • 1961-03 (2)
  • 1963-02 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1965-03 (1)
  • 1967-10 (1)
  • 1968-10 (1)

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