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Trio at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Unidentified white man in glasses and a white (or light grey) jacket seated to the left of two white women, Joyce (center) in a black dress and...

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

Trio at the table

Image

Three unidentified white men (center one is a drag queen) posing for a photo while seated at a table with a white tablecloth and a bottle of Charnoff...

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

Trio camping it up outside the Colony Club

Image

Trio of three unidentified white drag queens posing with hands on hips and at their wigs outside the tiled wall of the Colony Club in Kansas City; all...

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

Two men

Image

Two unidentified white men standing side by side together by a doorway at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; the taller man on the right is wearing...

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

Two men talking

Image

Two unidentified white men against a white wall facing each other at the Forest Ballroom (likely) in Kansas City; the man on the right is wearing a...

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

Unidentified man and Josef Miller outside the Colony Club

Image

An unidentified white man stands closely next to Josef Miller by the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; both are wearing suits...

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

View inside the club

Image

View of a crowd of unidentified white men and women inside an unidentified venue.

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

View inside the club

Image

View of the inside of an unidentified club with several unidentified white people seen near or at tables including one man with his back to the camera...

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

View of the busy bar

Image

Crowd of unidentified white people at the bar at the Colony Club or Arabian Nights ("The Tent") in Kansas City; three bartenders can be seen.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

White calico dress

Image

Unidentified drag queen posing for a photo in front of the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a white and brown calico...

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

White fur stole

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's facing forward to the camera...

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

Witch in a black leather jacket

Image

David Schneider in drag dressed as a witch in a platinum blonde wig, black pointed witch's hat, black leather jacket and black clothes; she's standing...

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

Woman in blue

Image

Unidentified white woman with red hair in a dark blue dress at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; she's looking to the left.

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

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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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