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Club patrons

Image

Club patrons enjoying drinks at an unidentified venue including Tony Battaglia (far left, slightly out of frame) and others, including a man with a...

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

Crowd at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Unidentified white patrons of the Forest Ballroom (likely) in Kansas City standing about or dancing while the band "Kings of Rythm" [sic] play onstage...

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

Gloria McShann in a fur coat

Image

Gloria McShann standing in a living room wearing a black fur coat; looking at the camera and smiling.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Gloria McShann with Jay and Marianne McShann and unidentified man and woman

Image

Gloria McShann, Jay McShann, unidentified white man and white woman, and Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams) standing around a podium at an unknown event...

Date Published
November-09-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Gloria McShann with unidentified man

Image

Gloria McShann posing for a photo with an unidentified man in a red turtleneck and tan coat and glasses; Gloria is wearing a red leather coat with...

Date Published
November-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay and Marianne McShann with Gloria McShann

Image

Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams), Jay McShann, and Gloria McShann standing beside a painting of Jay McShann; Gloria is wearing a bright red coat with...

Date Published
November-09-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Mrs. Polk giving a dog a treat

Image

Mrs. Polk [Agnes Messersmith Polk] feeding a solid black dog a treat as it stands on its hind legs. She is wearing a fur coat and standing beside a...

Date Published
January-01-1934
December-31-1934
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Nick Pacino in drag by the car

Image

Nick Pacino (in drag) wearing a pink dress with white fur (or faux fur) stole and long white gloves standing next to a white car in Kansas City.

Date Published
March-1961
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

Promotional photo of Ketty Lester

Image

Promotional photograph of Ketty Lester holding a fur stole and looking over to the left of the photo. Text on photo border reads "Ketty Lester".

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Ted Malone and his wife, Verlia

Image

Ted Malone and his wife, Verlia (Russell) Malone, stand and smile at the photographer. She wears a small hat, earrings, necklace, an orchid corsage...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Ted Malone gets a sombrero and a poncho

Image

Two unidentified white women decorate Ted Malone with a sombrero, a poncho, and a bouquet of flowers. He smiles as he wears an overcoat over his suit...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Ted Malone interviews Helen Dunbar

Image

Ted Malone, from his right side, holds Helen Dunbar's wrist as they stand among a crowd during a formal event. A microphone is on a pole behind Ted...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Unidentified woman in a fur coat

Image

Unidentified woman in a grey and white fur coat standing in the middle of a living room; two recliners are seen.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Fur garments

Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (5)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (4)
  • Ted Malone Collection (3)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (14)

Genres

  • Color photographs (9)
  • Group portraits (8)
  • Snapshots (6)
  • Black & white photographs (5)
  • Gelatin silver prints (5)
  • Portrait photographs (5)
  • Slides (4)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (5)
  • 1991-2000 (5)
  • 1931-1940 (2)
  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • Men, White (9)
  • Women, White (7)
  • African American women (6)
  • Gay men (4)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (3)
  • Drag queens (3)
  • Gay bars (3)
  • Hats (3)
  • Radio personalities (3)
  • Women's clothing (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • African American men (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Living rooms (2)
  • Microphone (2)
  • Musicians' spouses (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Bouquets (1)
  • Coats (1)
  • Corsages (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Gloves (1)
  • Husband and wife (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Mariachi musicians (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Painting (1)
  • Ponchos (1)
  • Portrait painting, American (1)
  • Reclining chairs (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Stoles (Clothing) (1)
  • Tile facades (1)
  • Toasts (1)
  • (-) Fur garments (14)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (4)
  • White gay men (4)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (4)
  • White lesbians (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (4)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • San Francisco (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Blue, Gloria McShann, 1929-2011 (4)
  • Malone, Ted, 1908-1989 (3)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • McShann, Marianne (2)
  • Battaglia, Tony (1)
  • Dunbar, Helen, 1868-1933 (1)
  • Lester, Ketty (1)
  • Messersmith, Agnes (1)
  • Pacino, Nick (1)

Date Published

  • 1961-03 (2)
  • 1991 (2)
  • 1997-11-09 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1934-01-01 (1)
  • 1934-12-31 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1963-02 (1)
  • 1966-11 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1997-11 (1)

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