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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

Bad lighting and a short skirt

Image

Two unidentified African American drag queens posing in bad lighting at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; the one on the right is wearing a blonde...

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

Camera man, photographer and the crowd at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

Unidentified African American camera man with African American woman reporter and a kneeling white male photographer in front of the crowd and looking...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Crowd at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

View of the crowd gathered for the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park.

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Crowd at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

View from behind of the large crowd gathered for the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park.

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

d'Bronx food stall at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

People lined up at the d'Bronx's food stall during the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; a banner with their logo is seen and one of the...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Dancing at the Colony Club

Image

Two unidentified drag queens (one white, one African American) dancing near the tables at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; both are wearing...

Date Published
November-1968
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles 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

Emanuel Cleaver shaking hands on stage at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

The day that Kansas City formally declared as Gay and Lesbian Awareness Day. Emanuel Cleaver on stage shaking hands with activist Linda May and with...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Emanuel Cleaver speaking at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

Emanuel Cleaver with a microphone and speaking on stage at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; Keith Spare and another, unidentified, white man...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Friends together

Image

Unidentified African-American drag queen posing for a photo with an unidentified white man at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; she is wearing...

Date Published
October-1967
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Group hug with Emanuel Cleaver

Image

Emanuel Cleaver on stage in a group hug with Linda May holding a microphone and Keith Spare (largely unseen) at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

In front of the stage at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Three unidentified white participants competing in a drag ball, with the emcee and the Kings of Rythm [sic] on the bandstand; the person in front of...

Date Published
1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Keith Spare and another speaker on stage at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

Keith Spare on stage with his arm around an unidentified white woman holding a microphone at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; sound...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Keith Spare and Emanuel Cleaver at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

Keith Spare standing with Emanuel Cleaver amongst the crowd at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; various tent awnings and people are seen; an...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Keith Spare being hugged by Emanuel Cleaver

Image

Emanuel Cleaver hugging Keith Spare on stage at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; a deaf interpreter (unidentified white man) is standing to...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Keith Spare introducing Nelson "Fuzzy" Thompson

Image

Keith Spare with a microphone looking on at an African American man in a suit (likely Nelson "Fuzzy" Thompson) waving to the crowd on stage at the...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Keith Spare on stage with Emanuel Cleaver

Image

Keith Spare on stage with Emanuel Cleaver who is hugging Linda May and has his back to the camera at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; an arc...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Keith Spare walking with Emanuel Cleaver

Image

Keith Spare walking beside Emanuel Cleaver and others at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; walking and facing to the right of the photo.

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

LGCCKCs table at Out in Westport

Image

Information table for the LGCCKC staffed by three unidentified men (the man in beige may be Juan Resto) at Out in Westport; set up near Larry's Gifts...

Date Published
1999
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Looking around Phoenix Books

Image

Three members of the Flirtations (two white men, one African American man) looking around Phoenix Books; one man holding an open book.

Date Published
May-02-1992
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Marchers with many flags

Image

View of a crowd of marchers with several flags and a few banners at the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation...

Date Published
April-25-1993
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

MCC members in the pride parade

Image

Unidentified members of the MCC-KC (all white men and women) marching behind a banner in the pride parade along Oak Street on route to the GALA '91...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Michigan delegation at the march

Image

Group of people in the middle of a street around a banner reading "Michigan" with the 'I's dotted with pink triangles at the March on Washington for...

Date Published
April-25-1993
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

On stage at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified female impersonator in a bright green dress and matching earrings on stage at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; she's in front of...

Date Published
October-1967
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

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Member of

  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (17)
  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (8)
  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (3)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (29)

Genres

  • Color photographs (27)
  • Group portraits (27)
  • Snapshots (20)
  • Slides (9)
  • Film negatives (3)
  • Negatives (3)
  • Black & white photographs (2)
  • Gelatin silver prints (2)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (20)
  • 1961-1970 (9)

Subjects

  • Gay men (29)
  • Men, White (26)
  • Lesbians (18)
  • Women, White (17)
  • Bisexuals (16)
  • Gay rights (13)
  • Picnics (11)
  • Parks (10)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (9)
  • Gay bars (9)
  • Picnic grounds (9)
  • Mayors (7)
  • Balloons (6)
  • Drag queens (6)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (6)
  • Crowds (5)
  • African American women (4)
  • Photographers (4)
  • Signs and signboards (4)
  • Bands (Music) (3)
  • Drag shows (3)
  • Stone walls (3)
  • Banners (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Entertainers (2)
  • Flags--Political aspects (2)
  • Interpreters for the deaf (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Microphone (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Streets (2)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • African American musicians (1)
  • AIDS activists (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Awnings (1)
  • Bicycles (1)
  • Books (1)
  • Celebrities (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Civil rights workers (1)
  • Clergy (1)
  • Community centers (1)
  • Consumers (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Cyclists (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Festivals (1)
  • Flags--Social aspects (1)
  • Flags--U.S. states (1)
  • Gay activists (1)
  • Gay liberation movement (1)
  • Gay pride celebrations (1)
  • Gay pride parades (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Halloween costumes (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Hugging (1)
  • Independent bookstores (1)
  • Lecturers (1)
  • Parades (1)
  • Pin-back buttons (1)
  • Pirates (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Scaffolding (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Stairs (1)
  • Storefronts (1)
  • Street-food vendors (1)
  • Telephone (1)
  • Television camera operators (1)
  • Television journalists (1)
  • Tile facades (1)
  • Vending stands (1)
  • Volunteer workers in community development (1)
  • (-) African American men (29)

Subjects, Community

  • White LGBTQ+ people (26)
  • LGBTQ+ events (24)
  • Gay liberation (20)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (20)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (20)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (19)
  • Gay pride (15)
  • White gay men (7)
  • African American gay men (6)
  • LGBTQ+ symbols (4)
  • Rainbow flags (4)
  • LGBTQ+ demonstrations (3)
  • LGBTQ+ Deaf people (2)
  • Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • LGBTQ+ Christians (1)
  • LGBTQ+ community centres (1)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (1)
  • White lesbians (1)
  • Women's bookshops (1)
  • (-) LGBTQ+ people (29)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (17)
  • Southmoreland Park (13)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (9)
  • Washington (D.C.) (3)
  • Oak Street (1)
  • Westport (1)

Subjects, People

  • Spare, Keith (9)
  • Cleaver, Emanuel, II, 1944- (7)
  • May, Linda (Activist) (3)
  • Resto, Juan (1)
  • Thompson, Nelson Lavert (Fuzzy), 1944-2015 (1)
  • Tin Woodman (Fictitious character) (1)

Events

  • March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation (1993 : Washington, D.C.) (3)
  • Out in Westport (Event : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991-06 (14)
  • 1968-11 (4)
  • 1967-10 (3)
  • 1993-04-25 (3)
  • 1964 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1992-05-02 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 1999-06 (1)

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