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Big Mama Thornton applauding

Image

Big Mama Thornton in a straw hat and seated at a table facing to the left of the photo; she's applauding and there is a bottle, some sort of leafy...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham 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

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

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

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

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

In red and pink

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 facing the camera and...

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

Japanese woman in a park

Image

An unidentified Japanese woman holding a purse in front of her in both hands while standing in a park in Tokyo.

Date Published
March-01-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Little black dress

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 facing the camera and is...

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

Margaret Howe outside in the snow

Image

Margaret Howe standing outside in the snow wearing winter coat, hat, and holding a purse.

Date Published
January-01-1915
December-31-1915
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Marianne McShann in a dressing room

Image

Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams) in a backstage dressing room seated with her back to the lighted mirror; her handbag and two plastic cups are beside...

Date Published
November-1983
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Nick Pacino in drag

Image

Nick Pacino in drag wearing a tight red dress, split up the side with a pink feather boa and pink clutch; her body is facing left and her head is...

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

Older woman seated next to young girl

Card photograph of an Older lady seated next to girl mounted on green card with the name and address printed along bottom in gold. The name and...

Member of
Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection

Older woman seated next to young girl

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Older lady in fitted bodice with lace trim, white lace collar, and long layered skirt seated next to girl, standing in short dress with bow, holding...

Member of
Older woman seated next to young girl

On the stairs at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing at the top of a set of stairs with one hand behind her head at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; she is wearing...

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

Over the shoulder

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo in front of a wall of overlapping slats at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; she's wearing a...

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

Pretty in pink

Image

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

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

Short red 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 short red...

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

Short skirt at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white drag queen in a black top with short black skirt, and black gloves posing for a photo outside the tiled wall of the Colony Club in...

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

Unidentified volunteer by a potted plant

Image

Unidentified older white female volunteer wearing blue Jacket and name tag holding a matching handbag and a pair of glasses in hand and standing in...

Date Published
November-27-1996
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

White calico dress

Image

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

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

White fur stole

Image

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

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

Young girl with left arm on faux rock

Image

Visiting card full-length portrait of a young girl with decorative pillar painted backdrop; casual stance with left arm on faux rock; hair pulled back...

Member of
Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection
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  • Portrait photographs
  • Handbags

Member of

  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (13)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (4)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (2)
  • Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection (2)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)
  • Older woman seated next to young girl (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (25)

Genres

  • Color photographs (19)
  • Slides (17)
  • Black & white photographs (6)
  • Gelatin silver prints (6)
  • Snapshots (4)
  • Card photographs (3)
  • Cartes de visite (1)
  • Lithographs (1)
  • Photographic prints (1)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (25)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (17)
  • 1881-1890 (2)
  • 1981-1990 (2)
  • 1861-1870 (1)
  • 1911-1920 (1)
  • 1991-2000 (1)

Subjects

  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (17)
  • Drag queens (17)
  • Gay bars (17)
  • Gay men (16)
  • Men, White (16)
  • Tile facades (12)
  • Gloves (5)
  • Vintage clothing (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Advertising (2)
  • Cigarettes (2)
  • Families (2)
  • Fur garments (2)
  • Furniture (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Older people (2)
  • Smoking (2)
  • Stoles (Clothing) (2)
  • African American women musicians (1)
  • Applause (1)
  • Beer signs (1)
  • Bottles (1)
  • Calico (1)
  • Centerpieces (1)
  • Coats (1)
  • Dressing rooms (Performing arts) (1)
  • Dressing tables (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Graphic design (Typography) (1)
  • Jackets (1)
  • Mirrors (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Parks (1)
  • Plastic cups (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Satin (1)
  • Shawls (1)
  • Shoes (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Snow (1)
  • Staircases (1)
  • Stairs (1)
  • Volunteer workers in hospitals (1)
  • Women, Japanese (1)
  • (-) Handbags (25)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (17)
  • White gay men (17)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (17)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (17)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (2)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • Tokyo (Japan) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Blatter, Frank C. (Photographer) (2)
  • LeMay, Barbara (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Pacino, Nick (1)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (1)

Date Published

  • 1965-11 (5)
  • 1966-11 (5)
  • 1960-11 (2)
  • 1964-11 (2)
  • 1915-01-01 (1)
  • 1915-12-31 (1)
  • 1964-03-01 (1)
  • 1965-03 (1)
  • 1968-10 (1)
  • 1968-11 (1)
  • 1983-11 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1996-11-27 (1)

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