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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

Blue floral dress in front of the Colony Club

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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

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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

Club patrons

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Club patrons enjoying drinks at an unidentified venue including Tony Battaglia (far left, slightly out of frame) and others, including a man with a...

Date Published
March-1961
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Crowd at the Forest Ballroom

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Unidentified white patrons of the Forest Ballroom (likely) in Kansas City standing about or dancing while the band "Kings of Rythm" [sic] play onstage...

Date Published
February-1963
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Dancing couples

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Two unidentified drag queens dancing together along with a white lesbian couple and a white man with unseen partner dancing behind them at an...

Date Published
February-1963
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Dancing couples

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Unidentified white couples (male/male; male/female (or possible female impersonators) dancing at an unknown Kansas City venue.

Date Published
February-1961
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Dancing to the Rythm Kings

Image

Unidentified white drag queen competing in a drag ball, with the white male emcee in front of microphone and the Kings of Rythm [sic] on the bandstand...

Date Published
1965
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Dancing with a drag queen

Image

Unidentified white man in a red shirt with his face turned away dancing in the arms of an unidentified white drag queen in a pink (or lavender) dress...

Date Published
February-1963
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Drag King and Queen in front of the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white drag king in black pants, white shirt and holding a drink with his arm around an unidentified white drag queen in a silver dress...

Date Published
November-1960
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman 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

Glamazon (Barbara LeMay) and friend outside the Colony Club

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"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) standing with an unidentified white man in a mustard colored shirt in front of the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in...

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

Glamazon (Barbara LeMay) outside the Colony Club

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"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

Glamazon (Barbara LeMay) with a friend outside the Colony Club

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"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) posing for a photo with an unidentified white drag queen in front of the tile wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City...

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

Glamazon (Barbara LeMay) with friend

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"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) with hands in the air wearing a black dress, wrap, and holding a black purse while standing next to a nervous looking...

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

Glamazon (Barbara LeMay) with gentleman friend

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"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) wearing a black dress, wrap, and holding a black purse posing for a photo with an unidentified man in a suit in front of...

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

Helping a lady down the stairs

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Unidentified group of people, all white, mostly men, with one or two drag queens, in a pink colored stairwell; one man is holding the black dress for...

Date Published
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

In red at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Unidentified white drag queen in red with black lace shorts being embraced from behind by an unidentified white man in a red pullover sweater at the...

Date Published
February-1965
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Joe Lombardo and four drag queens

Image

Joe Lombardo in a tie and white apron around his waist standing to the far left of the photo and looking on at four unidentified white drag queens...

Date Published
November-1959
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Joe Lombardo and friend

Image

Joe Lombardo with his arm around an unidentified white woman at a buffet table at an unidentified venue (possibly the Forest Ballroom) in Kansas City...

Date Published
1965
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Joe Lombardo with two drag queens

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Joe Lombardo standing with his arms around an unidentified white drag queen on either side of him at the Forest Ballroom (likely) in Kansas City; the...

Date Published
December-1964
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Nick Pacino in drag

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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

Nick Pacino in drag by the car

Image

Nick Pacino (in drag) wearing a pink dress with white fur (or faux fur) stole and long white gloves standing next to a white car in Kansas City.

Date Published
March-1961
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Performer at the Colony Club

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Unidentified drag queen on stage at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; she's wearing a sleeveless, backless blue evening gown and her body is...

Date Published
March-1961
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

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  • (-) GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (45)

Types

  • photographs (45)

Genres

  • Color photographs (45)
  • Slides (45)
  • Group portraits (24)
  • Portrait photographs (21)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (37)
  • 1951-1960 (8)

Subjects

  • Gay men (44)
  • Men, White (44)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (43)
  • Gay bars (43)
  • Drag queens (36)
  • Tile facades (11)
  • Drag shows (10)
  • Lesbians (10)
  • Women, White (10)
  • Handbags (8)
  • Audiences (7)
  • Signs and signboards (6)
  • Cigarettes (5)
  • Cigarette smokers (5)
  • Dancers (5)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (5)
  • Gloves (5)
  • Microphone (5)
  • Entertainers (4)
  • Fur garments (4)
  • Dance (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Advertising (2)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Beer bottles (2)
  • Beer neon signs (2)
  • Beer signs (2)
  • Drag kings (2)
  • Windows (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Aprons (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Brooches (1)
  • Buffets (Cooking) (1)
  • Candles (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Food (1)
  • Gay singers (1)
  • Hugging (1)
  • Jackets (1)
  • Kimonos (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Masters of ceremonies (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Paper money (1)
  • Pearls (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Pointing (Gesture) (1)
  • Racism against Asians (1)
  • Racism in popular culture (1)
  • Showgirls (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Staircases (1)
  • Stoles (Clothing) (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Tiaras (1)
  • Toasts (1)
  • Whiskey (1)

Subjects, Community

  • White LGBTQ+ people (45)
  • LGBTQ+ people (36)
  • LGBTQ+ people (9)
  • White lesbians (9)
  • LGBTQ+ events (5)
  • (-) White gay men (45)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (45)

Subjects, People

  • LeMay, Barbara (5)
  • Arnold, Skip (2)
  • Battaglia, Tony (2)
  • Lombardo, Joe (2)
  • Pacino, Nick (2)
  • Allen, G. G. (Drag queen) (1)
  • Lackey, Lee (1)
  • Miller, Josef (Singer) (1)
  • Reese, Richard (Drag queen) (1)

Date Published

  • 1966-11 (11)
  • 1959-11 (8)
  • 1961-03 (6)
  • 1965 (6)
  • 1963-02 (5)
  • 1960-11 (3)
  • 1961-02 (3)
  • 1964-12 (1)
  • 1965-02 (1)
  • 1965-11 (1)

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