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Candid moment around the tables at the Forest Ballroom

Image

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

Couple in supposed Native American costumes at the Forest Ballroom

Image

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

Image

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 trio at the Colony Club

Image

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

Patrons at the bar

Image

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

Talking and laughing at the Forest Ballroom

Image

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

Image

"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

Image

"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

Three people posing for a photo

Image

Three unidentified white people (two men on either side of a woman in a red dress) posing together for a photo at an unidentified venue; the man on...

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

Toasting the camera

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Two unidentified white women seated next to each other at the bar at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City making a toast to the camera person with...

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

Trio at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Unidentified white man in glasses and a white (or light grey) jacket seated to the left of two white women, Joyce (center) in a black dress and...

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

Two women at a buffet

Image

Two unidentified white women at a buffet table choosing food at an unknown venue in Kansas City; plates of cold cuts, deviled eggs, olives, and other...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

View of the busy bar

Image

Crowd of unidentified white people at the bar at the Colony Club or Arabian Nights ("The Tent") in Kansas City; three bartenders can be seen.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection
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Member of

  • (-) GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (18)

Types

  • photographs (18)

Genres

  • Color photographs (18)
  • Slides (18)
  • Group portraits (17)
  • Portrait photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (18)

Subjects

  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (17)
  • Lesbians (17)
  • Gay bars (16)
  • Gay men (15)
  • Men, White (15)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (8)
  • Drag queens (7)
  • Drag kings (4)
  • Halloween costumes (3)
  • Beer (2)
  • Conversation (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Smoking (2)
  • Tile facades (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Employees (1)
  • Bartenders (1)
  • Bartending (1)
  • Beer bottles (1)
  • Buffets (Cooking) (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Food (1)
  • Handbags (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Parties (1)
  • Pearls (1)
  • Pirates (1)
  • Racism against indigenous peoples (1)
  • Racism in popular culture (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Tiaras (1)
  • Toasts (1)
  • (-) Women, White (18)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (18)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (18)
  • White lesbians (16)
  • White gay men (15)
  • LGBTQ+ events (2)
  • African American gay men (1)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (18)

Subjects, People

  • Garcia, Dr. (3)
  • Belesakos, Georgia (1)
  • Frazier, Helen (1)
  • Hardy, Gary (Drag queen) (1)

Date Published

  • 1964-11 (4)
  • 1964-12 (3)
  • 1968-11 (3)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1964 (2)
  • 1966-11 (2)
  • 1970 (2)
  • 1964-01 (1)
  • 1967-10 (1)

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