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Crowd at the Forest Ballroom

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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

Dancing at the Colony Club

Image

Two unidentified drag queens (one white, one African American) dancing near the tables at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; both are wearing...

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

Dancing at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white drag queen seen from behind while dancing at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; she is wearing a white blouse with black...

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

Dancing at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white man in slacks, white shirt, and tie with his back mostly to the camera dancing with an unidentified white drag queen in a short...

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

Dancing at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Three unidentified white couples slow dancing at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; the couple on the right are two women, one a drag king dressed in...

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

Dancing in a purple dress

Image

Unidentified white man in white pants dancing with an unidentified white drag queen in a short purple dress and white go-go boots; at the Colony Club...

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

Dancing in a yellow dress

Image

Unidentified white man dancing with a white drag queen at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; he's wearing black pants, jacket, and white turtleneck...

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

Dancing with a drag queen

Image

Unidentified white man in a red shirt with his face turned away dancing in the arms of an unidentified white drag queen in a pink (or lavender) dress...

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

On stage at the Colony Club

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Unidentified man with unidentified drag queen and musical band (African American musicians) behind them playing on stage at the Colony Club in Kansas...

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

Red dress and white gloves

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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
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  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Member of

  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (7)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (10)

Genres

  • Color photographs (10)
  • Slides (10)
  • Group portraits (9)
  • Portrait photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (10)

Subjects

  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (10)
  • Dancers (10)
  • Gay bars (10)
  • Gay men (10)
  • Drag queens (9)
  • Men, White (9)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Lesbians (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • African American musicians (1)
  • Boots (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Drag kings (1)
  • Fur garments (1)
  • Gloves (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Dance (10)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (10)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (10)
  • White gay men (9)
  • African American gay men (1)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • White lesbians (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • (-) Kansas City Metropolitan Area (10)

Date Published

  • 1968-11 (4)
  • 1963-02 (2)
  • 1964-11 (1)
  • 1964-12 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1967-10 (1)

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