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Couple looking at each other in the eyes

Image

An African American male soldier, wearing dress uniform with his hat in his left hand, stands and looks into the eyes of a African American woman in a...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Holiday photo of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

Image

Holiday photo of Bettye Miller playing piano while facing the camera and Milt Abel playing bass behind her. A sign on the back of the piano reads...

Date Published
1957
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Jimmy Cheatham holding a tangerine

Image

Jimmy Cheatham leaning against a car wearing a light colored jacket and holding a tangerine in his hands; automotive signs or banners are behind him.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Joe Lombardo and four drag queens

Image

Joe Lombardo in a tie and white apron around his waist standing to the far left of the photo and looking on at four unidentified white drag queens...

Date Published
November-1959
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Maryland Hotel at night

Image

Night shot of the Maryland Hotel building showing related street-level businesses: an eponymous drug store, the Cloister Inn (nightclub), and The...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Parade float of model patients

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A group of twelve children (all white) holding balloons while riding in two wagons pulled by a small tractor in a parade. The sign above one wagon...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Sign for Hotel McCredie Springs

Image

Sign for the Hotel McCredie Springs by a tree line with a piles of stones at its base. McCredie hot springs are in Oregon.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Sign for the Executive Mansion Washman

Image

Sign displaying info for the Executive Mansion Washman facilities in Monrovia, Liberia. The sign lists the four men running the washman facilities on...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan 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

Wooden gate with a sign for the Convention Grounds

Image

Wooden gate with a sign for the Convention Grounds for the National True Whig Party. The gate is in front of a large group of trees and between two...

Date Published
January-26-1951
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Young girl view large campaign poster of herself in wheelchair

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Two unidentified white men and young white girl alongside a United Way campaign poster, featuring a photo of a young girl in a wheelchair who appears...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Signs and signboards
  • 1951-1960

Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (2)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (2)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (2)
  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (2)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (11)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (7)
  • Gelatin silver prints (7)
  • Snapshots (7)
  • Color photographs (4)
  • Group portraits (4)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Slides (2)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • (-) 1951-1960 (11)

Subjects

  • African American men (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • African American women (2)
  • Automobiles (2)
  • Banners (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (2)
  • Beer neon signs (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Drag queens (2)
  • Gay bars (2)
  • Gay men (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Windows (2)
  • Advertising (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Children--Hospital care (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Evening gowns (1)
  • Fruit (1)
  • Gloves (1)
  • Hospital patients (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Hot springs (1)
  • Military uniforms (1)
  • Neon signs (1)
  • Orthopedic braces (1)
  • Parade floats (1)
  • Parades (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Tangerine (1)
  • Tiaras (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Wagons (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)
  • (-) Signs and signboards (11)

Subjects, Community

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

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (2)
  • Monrovia (Liberia) (2)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Battaglia, Tony (1)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (6)
  • 1960 (6)
  • 1959-11 (2)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1951-01-26 (1)
  • 1952 (1)
  • 1957 (1)

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