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Ed and Mary Dix on a dock

Image

Ed and Mary Dix in swimsuits seated on a dock on a lake looking up at the camera.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed and Mary Dix with three others in swimsuits

Image

Ed and Mary Dix (likely) at the left in swimsuits standing by a car with three unidentified white people (two women, one man) also in swimsuits. All...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Gloria McShann and unidentified man relaxing on a bench

Image

Gloria McShann seated next to an unidentified African American man at a pool; both have on sunglasses and behind them are several white women and...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann poolside with unidentified woman on his lap

Image

Jay McShann seated poolside in a white chair wearing a swim suit and shirt with an unidentified white woman in a bikini seated on his lap; both facing...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Joan Fulton in "Cuban Pete"

Image

Joan Fulton in a bathing suit and leaning against a large, cushioned chair. Publicity image from the film "Cuban Pete".

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Many people on a beach

Image

An unidentified beach scene of people wearing swimsuits sitting and standing on a beach with umbrellas, fallen pilings, and a dog. These is a...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Mary Dix sunning herself

Image

Mary Dix (likely) sunning herself outside lying down on a dock by the water wearing a two piece swimsuit. She's squinting from the sun.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Mary Dix sunning herself

Image

Mary Dix (likely) sunning herself outside on a dock by the water wearing a two piece swimsuit. A boat visible in background along with a two story...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

On a rocky beach

Image

Two unidentified white women sitting on a rocky beach with perhaps changing huts and palm trees behind them.

Date Published
1911
1920
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Publicity photo of Lillian Porter

Image

Publicity photo of Lillian Porter, possibly for the film "Song of the Islands". She's wearing high heels and a floral print one-piece swimsuit. She...

Date Published
1942
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Smiling woman in a bathing suit

Image

Unidentified white woman in a two-piece bathing suit, smiling, with one arm behind her head and the other by her side, next to the water and a small...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Testing the water

Image

Unidentified white woman in a black one-piece swimsuit near a diving board testing how warm the pool water is with her hands at the ACT UP/KC Swim...

Date Published
1990
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Woman and girl beside a swimming pool

Image

An unidentified white woman and girl stand beside a swimming pool in their bathing suits.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Woman in a bathing suit on a dock

Image

Unidentified white woman in a two-piece bathing suit, sitting on a towel and leaning back, propped up by her hands, looking off to the left. The towel...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Woman in a life jacket

Image

An unidentified white woman is standing outside by a body of water wearing a life jacket and swimming cap and smiling at the camera. Another...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection
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  • Bathing suits
  • Women, White

Member of

  • Ed Dix Collection (6)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (2)
  • Jay McShann Collection (2)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (2)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (15)

Genres

  • Snapshots (13)
  • Black & white photographs (11)
  • Gelatin silver prints (11)
  • Group portraits (7)
  • Portrait photographs (7)
  • Color photographs (4)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (5)
  • 1941-1950 (4)
  • 1981-1990 (2)
  • 1911-1920 (1)
  • 1921-1930 (1)
  • 1991-2000 (1)

Subjects

  • Docks (4)
  • African American men (3)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Lakes (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Swimming pools (2)
  • Actresses (1)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Beaches (1)
  • Bikinis (1)
  • Boats and boating (1)
  • Bodies of water (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Diving boards (1)
  • HIV/AIDS awareness (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Life jackets (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Parties (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Umbrellas (1)
  • Wicker furniture (1)
  • (-) Bathing suits (15)
  • (-) Women, White (15)

Subjects, Community

  • AIDS awareness (1)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (1)
  • LGBTQ+ events (1)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dix, Mary (4)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (2)
  • Blue, Gloria McShann, 1929-2011 (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Porter, Lillian, 1917-1997 (1)
  • Shawlee, Joan (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (5)
  • 1960 (5)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1990 (2)
  • 1911 (1)
  • 1920 (1)
  • 1921 (1)
  • 1930 (1)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 2000 (1)

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