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Bikini in November

Image

A white drag queen, possibly Bobby Green, posing in front of the tiled wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a leopard print...

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

Black dress and white gloves

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she has a blonde wig, full...

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

Drag queen wearing a sequined blue dress

Image

Unidentified, tall white drag queen at an unknown venue (likely the Colony Club in Kansas City) wearing a blue sequined dress with white feather-boa...

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

Elegance in white

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 full length...

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

Evening gloves at the Colony Club

Image

Two unidentified white drag queens posing for a photo against the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; both are wearing white or...

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

Golden at the Colony Club

Image

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

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

Golden at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white man and drag queen in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; he's behind her with a cigarette in his...

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

Holding her gloves

Image

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

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

In a quiet corner

Image

Unidentified white man and drag queen sitting in the corner of the Forest Ballroom (likely) in Kansas City; the man is in a suit and the drag queen is...

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

In red and pink

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 facing the camera and...

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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
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  • Gloves
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Member of

  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (13)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (5)

Types

  • photographs (18)

Genres

  • Color photographs (18)
  • Slides (18)
  • Portrait photographs (12)
  • Group portraits (6)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (17)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (18)
  • Drag queens (18)
  • Gay bars (18)
  • Gay men (18)
  • Men, White (18)
  • Tile facades (14)
  • Handbags (6)
  • Cigarettes (3)
  • Smoking (3)
  • Tiaras (3)
  • Boots (2)
  • Jackets (2)
  • Beer neon signs (1)
  • Bikinis (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Fur garments (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Roses (1)
  • Satin (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Stoles (Clothing) (1)
  • Windows (1)
  • (-) Gloves (18)

Subjects, Community

  • White gay men (18)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (18)
  • LGBTQ+ people (17)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • (-) Kansas City Metropolitan Area (18)

Subjects, People

  • Battaglia, Tony (1)
  • Green, Bobby (1)

Date Published

  • 1966-11 (5)
  • 1964-11 (3)
  • 1965-11 (3)
  • 1968-10 (2)
  • 1968-11 (2)
  • 1959-11 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1967-10 (1)

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