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Pair with roses

Image

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

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

Partying at the Colony Club

Image

Two unidentified white men against a wall a drawing of a musical note and the bottom half of a dancing woman at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas...

Date Published
October-1967
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Patrons at the bar

Image

Unidentified patrons at the bar at the Colony Club or Arabian Nights ("The Tent") in Kansas City, Missouri; bar chairs are upholstered in an orange...

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

Pearls and a red gown

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 blonde wig, a...

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

Performer at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified drag queen on stage at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; she's wearing a sleeveless, backless blue evening gown and her body is...

Date Published
March-1961
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Performer at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white drag queen on stage at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; she's wearing a sleeveless, backless blue evening gown and her body...

Date Published
March-1961
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Performer at the Jewel Box Lounge

Image

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

Performer at the Jewel Box Lounge

Image

Unidentified white drag queen performing in front of a microphone at the Jewel Box Lounge in Kansas City; she's wearing a blue dress and facing the...

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

Pink dress and black gloves

Image

Unidentified white drag queen standing by the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a solid pink sleeveless dress with...

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

Pink dress with jacket

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 plain brown...

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

Piratical costumes

Image

Unidentified white man and woman posing together for a photo amid a crowd of patrons at an unidentified nightclub in Kansas City; they are both in red...

Date Published
October-1967
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Pitty Pat

Image

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

Playboy bunny and friend

Image

Unidentified white drag king and queen posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; he is wearing black...

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

Posing at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing as if marching in front of the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's in black pants or hose...

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

Posing for a photo

Image

Unidentified African American man posing for a photo with his arm around the waist of an unidentified female impersonator at the Colony Club (likely)...

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

Posing for a photo

Image

Two unidentified people posing for a photo at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; the unidentified white man is in a black suit with white shirt...

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

Posing for a photo at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Two unidentified white drag queens posing for a photo against a wall at the Forest Ballroom; both are wearing pink dresses; the taller of the two is...

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

Posing for a photo outside the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white drag queen in a short black dress and black wig posing for a photo in front a tiled wall in front of the Colony Club in Kansas City...

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

Posing with a white stole

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo wearing a black dress, white stole and red high heel shoes; facing the left with head turned to look...

Date Published
1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Posing with G.G. Allen in drag

Image

G.G. Allen in drag wearing a pink outfit posing for a photo with three white men (two seated, one standing beside her) at an unidentified venue in...

Date Published
February-1963
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Preacher and others

Image

"Preacher" (on the right) in a red jacket with bow tie posing with a white woman and a white man at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; all are...

Date Published
1965
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Pretty in pink

Image

Unidentified white drag queen by the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a sleeveless pink dress and holding white...

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

Red and white outside the Colony Club

Image

Two unidentified white drag queens by the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; the person on the right has on a white dress with...

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

Red dress and white gloves

Image

Unidentified white drag queen in a full length red dress with white shoes and white evening gloves dancing with an unidentified white man in tan pants...

Date Published
1965
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

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

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  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects

Member of

  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (116)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (47)

Types

  • photographs (163)

Genres

  • Color photographs (163)
  • Slides (163)
  • Group portraits (100)
  • Portrait photographs (63)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (155)
  • 1951-1960 (8)

Subjects

  • Gay bars (159)
  • Gay men (153)
  • Men, White (150)
  • Drag queens (129)
  • Tile facades (62)
  • Handbags (31)
  • Lesbians (29)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (28)
  • Women, White (28)
  • Cigarettes (20)
  • Smoking (20)
  • Gloves (18)
  • Dancers (12)
  • Drag shows (12)
  • Fur garments (11)
  • Dance (10)
  • African American men (9)
  • Beer (8)
  • Signs and signboards (8)
  • Stoles (Clothing) (8)
  • Audiences (7)
  • Bands (Music) (7)
  • Drag kings (7)
  • Halloween costumes (7)
  • Beer bottles (6)
  • Conversation (6)
  • Sweaters (6)
  • Cigarette smokers (5)
  • Hats (5)
  • Microphone (5)
  • Tiaras (5)
  • Boots (4)
  • Entertainers (4)
  • Jackets (4)
  • Pearls (4)
  • Advertising (3)
  • Aprons (3)
  • Bartenders (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)
  • Toasts (2)
  • Vodka (2)
  • Waiters (2)
  • Windows (2)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Bartending (1)
  • Black leather jackets (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Brooches (1)
  • Buffets (Cooking) (1)
  • Candles (1)
  • Cash registers (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)
  • Satin (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Scarves (1)
  • Shawls (1)
  • Shoes (1)
  • Showgirls (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Stairs (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Tattooed people (1)
  • Tattooing (1)
  • Telephone (1)
  • Whiskey (1)
  • Witches (1)
  • (-) Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (163)

Subjects, Community

  • White LGBTQ+ people (159)
  • LGBTQ+ people (152)
  • White gay men (152)
  • White lesbians (26)
  • LGBTQ+ events (11)
  • LGBTQ+ people (9)
  • African American gay men (7)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (7)
  • Camp (Gay culture) (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (163)

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)

Date Published

  • 1968-11 (31)
  • 1965-11 (23)
  • 1966-11 (21)
  • 1964-11 (19)
  • 1964 (14)
  • 1967-10 (10)
  • 1959-11 (8)
  • 1961-03 (7)
  • 1963-02 (6)
  • 1965 (6)
  • 1964-12 (5)
  • 1960-11 (3)
  • 1961-02 (2)
  • 1965-03 (2)
  • 1968-10 (2)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1962-10 (1)
  • 1964-01 (1)
  • 1965-02 (1)
  • 1970 (1)

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