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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

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

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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  • Gloves
  • Tiaras

Member of

  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (2)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (3)

Genres

  • Color photographs (3)
  • Slides (3)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Group portraits (1)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (2)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (3)
  • Drag queens (3)
  • Gay bars (3)
  • Gay men (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Tile facades (2)
  • Beer neon signs (1)
  • Handbags (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Windows (1)
  • (-) Gloves (3)
  • (-) Tiaras (3)

Subjects, Community

  • White gay men (3)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (3)
  • LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (3)

Subjects, People

  • Battaglia, Tony (1)

Date Published

  • 1968-11 (2)
  • 1959-11 (1)

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