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Relaxing at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Two unidentified white drag queens sitting at a table with their backs to the wall and having a beer and a smoke at the Forest Ballroom (likely) in...

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

Richard Reese in drag

Image

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

Seated around a table

Image

Four unidentified white people seated around a table at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; two drag queens on the right and two unidentified men, one...

Date Published
1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Short red skirt

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall in front of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a short red...

Date Published
November-1966
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Short skirt at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white drag queen in a black top with short black skirt, and black gloves posing for a photo outside the tiled wall of the Colony Club in...

Date Published
November-1965
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Showing off the LBD at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Unidentified white drag queen in a platinum blonde wig and wearing a classic example of the "little black dress" is holding a fur coat (possibly faux...

Date Published
November-1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Simple grey skirt

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a simple grey...

Date Published
November-1965
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Singing at the Jewel Box

Image

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

Sitting on his knee

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo with an unidentified white man outside the tiled wall of the Colony Club in Kansas City; he's wearing...

Date Published
November-1965
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Skip Arnold and three others

Image

Drag queen Skip Arnold standing behind a line of three shorter white men with her hands on the shoulders of the center man, Claude Woods, in front of...

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

Skip Arnold performing at the Jewel Box Lounge

Image

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

Image

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

Skip Arnold with Lee Lackey and friends

Image

Lee Lackey ("Bunny Legs") far left, unidentified (standing, leaning over), Skip Arnold center, and unidentified white man in green seated at an...

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

Smoking at a table

Image

Three unidentified white drag queens seated at a table with a white tablecloth smoking and drinking at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; the first...

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

Straw hat and blue dress

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall in front of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a blue dress...

Date Published
November-1966
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Straw hat and gold skirt together

Image

Two unidentified white drag queens posing together for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; the one on the right...

Date Published
November-1966
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Sunglasses at night

Image

Unidentified white drag queen in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's facing forward wearing a blue dress with red...

Date Published
November-1966
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Talking and laughing at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Unidentified white people sitting around a table at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; one person has their back to the camera and is wearing white...

Date Published
December-1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Talking with friends at the Forest Ballroom

Image

"Dr. Garcia" with his back to the camera seated at a table with an unidentified white woman and unidentified drag queen; two are smoking and there are...

Date Published
1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Terri Lynn at the Colony Club

Image

"Terri Lynne" (Gary Hardy) posing in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; from the right an unidentified white person...

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

Three drag queens at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Three unidentified white drag queens standing side by side posing for a photo at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; the person on the right is...

Date Published
December-1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Three posing for a photo

Image

Three unidentified white drag queens posing together for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; the one on the...

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

Toasting the camera

Image

Two unidentified white women seated next to each other at the bar at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City making a toast to the camera person with...

Date Published
December-1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Tony Battaglia in pink at the Colony Club

Image

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

Trio at the Colony Club

Image

"Michelle", "Terri Lynne" (Gary Hardy), and a third, unidentified, white drag queen posing for a photo in front the tiled wall outside of the Colony...

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

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Member of

  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (116)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (45)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (163)

Genres

  • Color photographs (162)
  • Slides (161)
  • Group portraits (101)
  • Portrait photographs (62)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • Black & white photographs (1)
  • Gelatin silver prints (1)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (154)
  • 1951-1960 (7)
  • 1981-1990 (1)
  • 1991-2000 (1)

Subjects

  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (159)
  • Gay men (154)
  • Men, White (149)
  • Drag queens (129)
  • Tile facades (62)
  • Handbags (31)
  • Lesbians (30)
  • Women, White (30)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (27)
  • Cigarettes (20)
  • Smoking (20)
  • Gloves (18)
  • Dancers (13)
  • Drag shows (11)
  • Fur garments (11)
  • Dance (10)
  • African American men (9)
  • Beer (9)
  • Signs and signboards (8)
  • Stoles (Clothing) (8)
  • Bands (Music) (7)
  • Drag kings (7)
  • Halloween costumes (7)
  • Audiences (6)
  • Beer bottles (6)
  • Conversation (6)
  • Hats (6)
  • Sweaters (6)
  • Cigarette smokers (5)
  • Tiaras (5)
  • Boots (4)
  • Jackets (4)
  • Microphone (4)
  • Pearls (4)
  • Advertising (3)
  • Entertainers (3)
  • Laughter (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Tables (3)
  • African American musicians (2)
  • Ashtrays (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Employees (2)
  • Beer cans (2)
  • Beer neon signs (2)
  • Beer signs (2)
  • Bikinis (2)
  • Calico (2)
  • Crowds (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Necklaces (2)
  • Racism in popular culture (2)
  • Roses (2)
  • Staircases (2)
  • Tattooing (2)
  • Toasts (2)
  • Vodka (2)
  • Windows (2)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Aprons (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Bartenders (1)
  • Bartending (1)
  • Black leather jackets (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Brooches (1)
  • Buffets (Cooking) (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Candles (1)
  • Clowns (1)
  • Costume jewelry (1)
  • Earrings (1)
  • Folding chairs (1)
  • Food (1)
  • Gay couples (1)
  • Gays (1)
  • Gay singers (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hugging (1)
  • Jukeboxes (1)
  • Kimonos (1)
  • Kissing (1)
  • Lingerie (1)
  • Litter (Trash) (1)
  • Mimes (1)
  • Paper bags (1)
  • Paper money (1)
  • Parties (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Pin-back buttons (1)
  • Pirates (1)
  • Pointing (Gesture) (1)
  • Prehistoric peoples (1)
  • Racism against Asians (1)
  • Racism against indigenous peoples (1)
  • Restrooms (1)
  • Ribbons (1)
  • Running races (1)
  • Satin (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Scarves (1)
  • Shawls (1)
  • Shoes (1)
  • Showgirls (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Stairs (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • T-shirts (1)
  • Tattooed people (1)
  • Telephone (1)
  • Volunteers (1)
  • Whiskey (1)
  • Witches (1)
  • (-) Gay bars (163)

Subjects, Community

  • White LGBTQ+ people (160)
  • LGBTQ+ people (153)
  • White gay men (153)
  • White lesbians (27)
  • LGBTQ+ events (12)
  • LGBTQ+ people (9)
  • African American gay men (7)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (7)
  • Camp (Gay culture) (1)
  • Gay liberation (1)
  • Gay pride (1)
  • LGBTQ+ bars (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (161)
  • 31st Street,Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Garcia, Dr. (5)
  • LeMay, Barbara (5)
  • Arnold, Skip (4)
  • Lombardo, Joe (4)
  • Battaglia, Tony (2)
  • Green, Bobby (2)
  • Hardy, Gary (Drag queen) (2)
  • Lackey, Lee (2)
  • Michelle (Drag queen) (2)
  • Allen, G. G. (Drag queen) (1)
  • Beard, Beth Elaine (1)
  • Belesakos, Georgia (1)
  • Byrne, Patrick C. (1)
  • Carrol, Billy (1)
  • Fouts, Jamie (1)
  • Frazier, Helen (1)
  • Holmes, Horace (Kansas City resident) (1)
  • Lee, Terry (Drag queen) (1)
  • Martinez, Cassie (1)
  • Miller, Josef (Singer) (1)
  • Pacino, Nick (1)
  • Phalen, Gary (1)
  • Ray, Mickey (1)
  • Reese, Richard (Drag queen) (1)
  • Schneider, David (Drag queen) (1)
  • Shafer, Drew (1)
  • Tuccillo, John (Nightclub owner) (1)
  • Woods, Claude (1)

Events

  • Hospital Hill Run (1989 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1968-11 (32)
  • 1965-11 (23)
  • 1966-11 (21)
  • 1964-11 (18)
  • 1964 (14)
  • 1967-10 (10)
  • 1959-11 (7)
  • 1963-02 (6)
  • 1965 (6)
  • 1961-03 (5)
  • 1964-12 (5)
  • 1960-11 (3)
  • 1961-02 (3)
  • 1965-03 (2)
  • 1968-10 (2)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1962-10 (1)
  • 1964-01 (1)
  • 1965-02 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1989-05-01 (1)
  • 1989-05-31 (1)
  • 1999-06 (1)

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