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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

Three women visit the beach

Image

Three unidentified African American women on the beach wear long-sleeved sweaters, skirts, and hats. The two that stand in the back have an open...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Warren Durrett in swim trunks

Image

Warren Durrett standing in a yard and smiling, exposing his chest in an open shirt, hands on his hips, wearing swim trunks. A house, trees, and a car...

Date Published
1945
1949
Member of
Warren Durrett 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

Woman ready to dive

Image

An unidentified African American woman wearing a bathing suit and a swim cap stands barefoot on large rocks at the shore of a body of water with her...

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

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Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (8)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (7)
  • Ed Dix Collection (6)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (4)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (4)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (2)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (32)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (25)
  • Gelatin silver prints (25)
  • Snapshots (24)
  • Portrait photographs (17)
  • Group portraits (14)
  • Color photographs (7)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (8)
  • 1921-1930 (6)
  • 1941-1950 (6)
  • 1951-1960 (5)
  • 1991-2000 (2)
  • 1911-1920 (1)

Subjects

  • Women, White (15)
  • African American men (13)
  • African American women (9)
  • Jazz musicians (9)
  • Men, White (7)
  • African American jazz musicians (6)
  • Swimming pools (6)
  • Docks (5)
  • Bodies of water (4)
  • Inflatable boats (4)
  • Beaches (3)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Balls (Sporting goods) (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • HIV/AIDS awareness (2)
  • Lakes (2)
  • Parties (2)
  • Sunglasses (2)
  • Swimmers (2)
  • Toys (2)
  • Umbrellas (2)
  • Actresses (1)
  • African American children (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Beachgoers (1)
  • Bikinis (1)
  • Boats and boating (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Diving boards (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • Gay men (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Life jackets (1)
  • Living rooms (1)
  • Mansions (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Piers (1)
  • Sandals (1)
  • Shoes (1)
  • Soft drink cans (1)
  • Sweaters (1)
  • Wicker furniture (1)
  • (-) Bathing suits (32)

Subjects, Community

  • AIDS awareness (2)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (2)
  • LGBTQ+ events (2)
  • LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (2)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • Nice (France) (1)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (6)
  • Dix, Mary (4)
  • Blue, Gloria McShann, 1929-2011 (2)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (2)
  • Cherry, Jean, 1913-2007 (1)
  • Clayton, Patricia (1)
  • Durrett, Warren (1)
  • Porter, Lillian, 1917-1997 (1)
  • Shawlee, Joan (1)

Date Published

  • 1990 (8)
  • 1921 (6)
  • 1930 (6)
  • 1951 (6)
  • 1960 (6)
  • 1981 (6)
  • 1928 (2)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1991 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1911 (1)
  • 1920 (1)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1942-10 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1949 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1970 (1)

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