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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

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

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
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  • Drag queens
  • Pearls

Member of

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

Types

  • photographs (3)

Genres

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

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (3)

Subjects

  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (3)
  • Gay bars (3)
  • Gay men (3)
  • Tile facades (3)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Earrings (1)
  • Sweaters (1)
  • (-) Drag queens (3)
  • (-) Pearls (3)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (3)
  • White gay men (3)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (3)
  • African American gay men (1)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (3)

Date Published

  • 1966-11 (2)
  • 1968-11 (1)

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