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Couple in supposed Native American costumes at the Forest Ballroom

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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

Elsa Maxwell at reception

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Members of the Yakama tribe who appeared in the Technicolor film “Canyon Passage” holding a reception for Elsa Maxwell and others, presenting her with...

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

Pitty Pat

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Lee Lackey (Likely) dressed as a Japanese woman named "Pitty-Pat" in a grey patterned kimono, make up and wig while at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas...

Date Published
February-1961
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection
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  • Racism in popular culture
  • photographs

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)
  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (1)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (1)

Types

  • (-) photographs (3)

Genres

  • Color photographs (2)
  • Group portraits (2)
  • Slides (2)
  • Black & white photographs (1)
  • Gelatin silver prints (1)
  • Portrait photographs (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (2)
  • 1941-1950 (1)

Subjects

  • Men, White (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (2)
  • Gay bars (2)
  • Gay men (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Actresses (1)
  • Comedians (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Drag queens (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Halloween costumes (1)
  • Kimonos (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Native American men (1)
  • Racism against Asians (1)
  • Racism against indigenous peoples (1)
  • Yakama Indians (1)
  • (-) Racism in popular culture (3)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • White gay men (2)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • White lesbians (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (2)
  • Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (1)

Subjects, People

  • Barker, Jim, 1921- (1)
  • Charlie, Job (1)
  • Costello, Lou (1)
  • De Carlo, Yvonne (1)
  • Lackey, Lee (1)
  • Looney, Jim (Yakama tribe member) (1)
  • Maxwell, Elsa (1)
  • Ryan, Peggy, 1924-2004 (1)
  • Thompson, Henry (Yakama tribe member) (1)
  • Turner, Jim (Yakama tribe member) (1)
  • Yallup, Thomas (1)
  • Yallup, William (1)

Date Published

  • 1946 (1)
  • 1961-02 (1)
  • 1964-11 (1)

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