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Drag King and Queen in front of the Colony Club

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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

Joe Lombardo and four drag queens

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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

Man with a beer

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Unidentified white man in sleeveless shirt and tan hat holding a beer in a long-necked glass inside an unidentified venue with a crowd of others...

Date Published
June-1999
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Performer at the Jewel Box Lounge

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Unidentified white drag queen with outstretched arms in front of a microphone on stage at the Jewel Box Lounge in Kansas City; she's wearing a black...

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

Richard Reese in drag

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Richard Reese in a one piece, strapless, silver showgirl-like outfit with elaborate headdress as part of her wig; she's looking to the left with one...

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

Singing at the Jewel Box

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Unidentified white drag queen singing with outspread arms in front of a microphone on stage at the Jewel Box in Kansas City; she's wearing a strapless...

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

Skip Arnold performing at the Jewel Box Lounge

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Skip Arnold, in drag, singing in front of a microphone on stage at the Jewel Box Lounge in Kansas City; she's wearing a blue, floral patterned, dress...

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

Skip Arnold performing at the Jewel Box Lounge

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Drag queen Skip Arnold performing in front of a microphone at the Jewel Box Lounge in Kansas City; behind her is a piano covered in a pink drop cloth...

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

Tony Battaglia in pink at the Colony Club

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Drag queen Tony Battaglia standing outside the windows of the Colony Club in Kansas City wearing a full length pink dress, long pink evening gloves...

Date Published
November-1959
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection
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  • Gay bars
  • LGBTQ+ people

Member of

  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (8)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (9)

Genres

  • Color photographs (9)
  • Slides (8)
  • Portrait photographs (6)
  • Group portraits (3)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (7)
  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • 1991-2000 (1)

Subjects

  • Gay men (9)
  • Men, White (9)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (8)
  • Drag queens (8)
  • Drag shows (5)
  • Audiences (4)
  • Microphone (4)
  • Entertainers (3)
  • Beer neon signs (2)
  • Lesbians (2)
  • Signs and signboards (2)
  • Windows (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Beer (1)
  • Drag kings (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Gloves (1)
  • Handbags (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Showgirls (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Tattooing (1)
  • Tiaras (1)
  • (-) Gay bars (9)

Subjects, Community

  • White gay men (9)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (9)
  • White lesbians (2)
  • Gay liberation (1)
  • Gay pride (1)
  • LGBTQ+ bars (1)
  • LGBTQ+ events (1)
  • (-) LGBTQ+ people (9)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (8)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Arnold, Skip (2)
  • Battaglia, Tony (1)
  • Reese, Richard (Drag queen) (1)

Date Published

  • 1959-11 (7)
  • 1960-11 (1)
  • 1999-06 (1)

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