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Skip Arnold performing at the Jewel Box Lounge

Image

Skip Arnold, in drag, singing in front of a microphone on stage at the Jewel Box Lounge in Kansas City; she's wearing a blue, floral patterned, dress...

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

Skip Arnold performing at the Jewel Box Lounge

Image

Drag queen Skip Arnold performing in front of a microphone at the Jewel Box Lounge in Kansas City; behind her is a piano covered in a pink drop cloth...

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

Skip Arnold with Lee Lackey and friends

Image

Lee Lackey ("Bunny Legs") far left, unidentified (standing, leaning over), Skip Arnold center, and unidentified white man in green seated at an...

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

Smoking at a table

Image

Three unidentified white drag queens seated at a table with a white tablecloth smoking and drinking at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; the first...

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

Stage and crowd on Barney Allis Plaza

Image

Stage and crowd during the pride festival on Barney Allis Plaza in Kansas City; Two white drag queens and a shirtless man are on stage; one man in the...

Date Published
June-1999
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Straw hat and blue dress

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 blue dress...

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

Straw hat and gold skirt together

Image

Two 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 right...

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

Street scene at the pride festival

Image

View of the street during the pride festival at Barney Allis Plaza in Kansas City; unidentified white men are drinking beer from long-necked glasses...

Date Published
June-1999
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Sunglasses at night

Image

Unidentified white drag queen in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's facing forward wearing a blue dress with red...

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

Talking and laughing at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Unidentified white people sitting around a table at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; one person has their back to the camera and is wearing white...

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

Talking with friends at the Forest Ballroom

Image

"Dr. Garcia" with his back to the camera seated at a table with an unidentified white woman and unidentified drag queen; two are smoking and there are...

Date Published
1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Terri Lynn at the Colony Club

Image

"Terri Lynne" (Gary Hardy) posing in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; from the right an unidentified white person...

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

Three drag queens at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Three unidentified white drag queens standing side by side posing for a photo at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; the person on the right is...

Date Published
December-1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles 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

Trio at the Colony Club

Image

"Michelle", "Terri Lynne" (Gary Hardy), and a third, unidentified, white drag queen posing for a photo in front the tiled wall outside of the Colony...

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

Trio at the table

Image

Three unidentified white men (center one is a drag queen) posing for a photo while seated at a table with a white tablecloth and a bottle of Charnoff...

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

Trio camping it up outside the Colony Club

Image

Trio of three unidentified white drag queens posing with hands on hips and at their wigs outside the tiled wall of the Colony Club in Kansas City; all...

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

White calico dress

Image

Unidentified drag queen posing for a photo in front of the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a white and brown calico...

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

White fur stole

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's facing forward to the camera...

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

Witch in a black leather jacket

Image

David Schneider in drag dressed as a witch in a platinum blonde wig, black pointed witch's hat, black leather jacket and black clothes; she's standing...

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

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Member of

  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (95)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (36)
  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (10)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (4)

Types

  • photographs (145)

Genres

  • Color photographs (145)
  • Slides (131)
  • Group portraits (78)
  • Portrait photographs (67)
  • Snapshots (14)
  • Cityscape photographs (4)
  • Architectural photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (123)
  • 2001-2010 (9)
  • 1951-1960 (8)
  • 1991-2000 (5)

Subjects

  • Gay men (144)
  • Men, White (139)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (129)
  • Gay bars (129)
  • Tile facades (58)
  • Handbags (30)
  • Drag shows (22)
  • Cigarettes (18)
  • Gloves (18)
  • Lesbians (17)
  • Smoking (17)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (16)
  • Women, White (16)
  • Entertainers (14)
  • Dancers (11)
  • Fur garments (11)
  • Banners (10)
  • Festivals (10)
  • Parking lots (10)
  • Awnings (9)
  • Dance (9)
  • African American men (8)
  • Audiences (8)
  • Signs and signboards (8)
  • Stoles (Clothing) (8)
  • Bands (Music) (7)
  • Microphone (6)
  • Cigarette smokers (5)
  • Drag kings (5)
  • Hats (5)
  • Tiaras (5)
  • Beer (4)
  • Boots (4)
  • Conversation (4)
  • Crowds (4)
  • Jackets (4)
  • Advertising (3)
  • Laughter (3)
  • Pearls (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Sweaters (3)
  • African American musicians (2)
  • Automobiles (2)
  • Beer neon signs (2)
  • Beer signs (2)
  • Bikinis (2)
  • Bisexuals (2)
  • Calico (2)
  • Halloween costumes (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Roses (2)
  • Staircases (2)
  • Stairs (2)
  • Streets (2)
  • Windows (2)
  • African American girls (1)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Aprons (1)
  • Ashtrays (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Employees (1)
  • Beer bottles (1)
  • Beer cans (1)
  • Black leather jackets (1)
  • Brooches (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Costume jewelry (1)
  • Earrings (1)
  • Fences (1)
  • Folding chairs (1)
  • Gay couples (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Hugging (1)
  • Interpreters for the deaf (1)
  • Jukeboxes (1)
  • Kimonos (1)
  • Kissing (1)
  • Lingerie (1)
  • Litter (Trash) (1)
  • Necklaces (1)
  • Paper bags (1)
  • Paper money (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Pin-back buttons (1)
  • Racism against Asians (1)
  • Racism in popular culture (1)
  • Restrooms (1)
  • Ribbons (1)
  • Satin (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Scarves (1)
  • Shawls (1)
  • Shoes (1)
  • Showgirls (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Tattooed people (1)
  • Tattooing (1)
  • Vans (1)
  • Vodka (1)
  • Whiskey (1)
  • Witches (1)
  • Women singers (1)
  • Yawning (1)
  • (-) Drag queens (146)

Subjects, Community

  • White LGBTQ+ people (142)
  • White gay men (140)
  • LGBTQ+ people (125)
  • LGBTQ+ people (21)
  • LGBTQ+ events (20)
  • Gay liberation (14)
  • Gay pride (14)
  • White lesbians (10)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (6)
  • African American gay men (4)
  • Camp (Gay culture) (1)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (1)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (1)
  • LGBTQ+ symbols (1)
  • Rainbow flags (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (131)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (15)
  • Westport (10)

Subjects, People

  • Flo (Drag queen) (10)
  • Garcia, Dr. (5)
  • LeMay, Barbara (5)
  • Arnold, Skip (4)
  • Hardy, Gary (Drag queen) (2)
  • Lackey, Lee (2)
  • Lombardo, Joe (2)
  • Michelle (Drag queen) (2)
  • Pacino, Nick (2)
  • Allen, G. G. (Drag queen) (1)
  • Battaglia, Tony (1)
  • Beard, Beth Elaine (1)
  • Byrne, Patrick C. (1)
  • Carrol, Billy (1)
  • Fouts, Jamie (1)
  • Frazier, Helen (1)
  • Green, Bobby (1)
  • Lee, Terry (Drag queen) (1)
  • Martinez, Cassie (1)
  • Ray, Mickey (1)
  • Reese, Richard (Drag queen) (1)
  • Schneider, David (Drag queen) (1)
  • Shafer, Drew (1)
  • Tuccillo, John (Nightclub owner) (1)
  • Woods, Claude (1)

Events

  • Out in Westport (Event : Kansas City, Mo.) (10)

Date Published

  • 1968-11 (25)
  • 1965-11 (19)
  • 1966-11 (19)
  • 1964-11 (15)
  • 1964 (13)
  • 2002 (9)
  • 1959-11 (8)
  • 1967-10 (6)
  • 1963-02 (4)
  • 1964-12 (4)
  • 1965 (4)
  • 1999-06 (4)
  • 1960-11 (3)
  • 1961-03 (3)
  • 1961-02 (2)
  • 1965-03 (2)
  • 1968-10 (2)
  • 1962-10 (1)
  • 1965-02 (1)
  • 1999 (1)

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