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Alix Dobkin

Image

Publicity photo of Alix Dobkin looking straight forward at the camera with her head resting in a hand.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Alix Olson at the mic

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Publicity photo of Alix Olson in front of a microphone (facing the camera), speaking, and with one hand by her head.

Date Published
March-2002
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Ani DiFranco crouching

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Publicity photo of Ani DiFranco taken from above as she crouches on the floor looking up at the camera; she is wearing a vest, dark pants, and heavy...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Candid moment around the tables at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Group of at least six people, including four white drag queens, largely unidentified except for "Dr. Garcia" on the far left in a green checked jacket...

Date Published
1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Cheryl Peters with unidentified woman at Susan B. Anthony Dance

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Cheryl Peters (left) with unidentified white woman sitting close together and smiling at the camera at Lavender Umbrella's first event, the Susan B...

Date Published
February-15-1986
Member of
GLAMA: Lavender Ladies Collection

Classic white shirt and tie

Image

Unidentified white drag king posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall in front of the Colony Club in Kansas City; he's wearing black pants and...

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

Club patrons

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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

Conservative yet casual at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white drag king in black pants and buttoned up grey cardigan sweater with a white shirt and tie underneath leaning one hand against the...

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

Couple in supposed Native American costumes at the Forest Ballroom

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Two unidentified white people at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City dressed in male and female supposed Native American costumes, the woman on the...

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

Couple with drinks posing for a photo

Image

Two unidentified white women arm in arm posing for a photo in front of the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; the blond woman on the right is holding a...

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

Dancing at the Forest Ballroom

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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 couples

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Two unidentified drag queens dancing together along with a white lesbian couple and a white man with unseen partner dancing behind them at an...

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

Dancing couples

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Unidentified white couples (male/male; male/female (or possible female impersonators) dancing at an unknown Kansas City venue.

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

Dancing trio at the Colony Club

Image

Three undientified dancers (one man, one woman, one drag queen, all white) at the Colony Club in Kansas City; the drag queen has on a tiara, matching...

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

Heather Bishop bowing with guitar

Image

Publicity photo of Heather Bishop bowing while holding a guitar and smiling at the camera.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Helen in a black dress

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Cocktail waitress, Helen, in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's leaning against the wall on her right and facing...

Date Published
November-1965
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Joe Lombardo and friend

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Joe Lombardo with his arm around an unidentified white woman at a buffet table at an unidentified venue (possibly the Forest Ballroom) in Kansas City...

Date Published
1965
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Literary signs

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Three unidentified white women that are part of the Phoenix Books' group (either before or after the 1992 Kansas City pride parade) in a park with...

Date Published
1992
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Marchers at the Millennium March on Washington

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Marchers (overwhelmingly white) at the Millennium March on Washington with a banner reading "Our time has come"; trees, spectators, and part of the...

Date Published
April-30-2000
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Meg Christian

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Promotional portrait of recording artist Meg Christian standing in a tuxedo with one hand on hip and the other resting atop a cane.

Date Published
1982
Member of
GLAMA: Lavender Ladies Collection

Nancy Scott

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Publicity photo of Nancy Scott wearing an overcoat and moccasins leaning together with her guitar against a large boulder with other boulders, cliff...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Neon Girls back to back

Image

Publicity photo of the Neon Girls seated back to back and each facing the camera and holding a guitar up between them; Joan Driscoll, on the left, is...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Patrons at the bar

Image

Unidentified patrons at the bar at the Colony Club or Arabian Nights ("The Tent") in Kansas City, Missouri; bar chairs are upholstered in an orange...

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

Piratical costumes

Image

Unidentified white man and woman posing together for a photo amid a crowd of patrons at an unidentified nightclub in Kansas City; they are both in red...

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

Playboy bunny and friend

Image

Unidentified white drag king and queen posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; he is wearing black...

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

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Member of

  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (17)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (10)
  • GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection (7)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (2)
  • GLAMA: Lavender Ladies Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (38)

Genres

  • Color photographs (32)
  • Group portraits (27)
  • Slides (27)
  • Portrait photographs (10)
  • Publicity photographs (7)
  • Black & white photographs (6)
  • Gelatin silver prints (6)
  • Snapshots (4)
  • Cityscape photographs (3)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Landscape photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (27)
  • 1991-2000 (8)
  • 1981-1990 (2)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • Lesbians (38)
  • Women, White (36)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (25)
  • Gay bars (25)
  • Gay men (23)
  • Men, White (23)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (11)
  • Drag queens (8)
  • Entertainers (6)
  • Women musicians (5)
  • Women singers (5)
  • Dancers (4)
  • Drag kings (4)
  • Beer bottles (3)
  • Guitar (3)
  • Beer (2)
  • Bisexuals (2)
  • Buffets (Cooking) (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Conversation (2)
  • Crowds (2)
  • Dance (2)
  • Food (2)
  • Gay pride parades (2)
  • Halloween costumes (2)
  • Streets (2)
  • Tile facades (2)
  • Toasts (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Awnings (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Employees (1)
  • Bartenders (1)
  • Bartending (1)
  • Boulders (1)
  • Boxes (1)
  • Candles (1)
  • Chekeré (1)
  • Cliffs (1)
  • Coats (1)
  • Flags--Social aspects (1)
  • Fur garments (1)
  • Gay pride celebrations (1)
  • Handbags (1)
  • Independent bookstores (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Lesbian authors (1)
  • Lesbians' writings, American (1)
  • Litter (Trash) (1)
  • Moccasins (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Necklaces (1)
  • Parks (1)
  • Parties (1)
  • Pearls (1)
  • Pirates (1)
  • Racism against indigenous peoples (1)
  • Racism in popular culture (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Signs and symbols--Social aspects (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Spoken word poetry, American (1)
  • Sweaters (1)
  • Tiaras (1)
  • Towers (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Whiskey (1)
  • Women poets, American (1)

Subjects, Community

  • White LGBTQ+ people (38)
  • White gay men (23)
  • LGBTQ+ events (7)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (4)
  • Gay liberation (3)
  • Gay pride (3)
  • Lesbian political activists (3)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (3)
  • Gay political activists (2)
  • LGBTQ+ demonstrations (2)
  • African American gay men (1)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • LGBTQ+ poetry (1)
  • LGBTQ+ symbols (1)
  • Pink triangles (1)
  • Women's bookshops (1)
  • (-) LGBTQ+ people (38)
  • (-) White lesbians (38)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (27)
  • Washington (D.C.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Garcia, Dr. (3)
  • Allen, G. G. (Drag queen) (1)
  • Battaglia, Tony (1)
  • Belesakos, Georgia (1)
  • Bishop, Heather (1)
  • Christian, Meg (1)
  • DiFranco, Ani (1)
  • Dobkin, Alix (1)
  • Driskill, Joan (1)
  • Frazier, Helen (1)
  • Lombardo, Joe (1)
  • Newman, Lesléa (1)
  • Olson, Alix (1)
  • Peters, Cheryl (1)
  • Scott, Nancy (Singer) (1)
  • Simpson, Christy (Musician) (1)

Events

  • Millennium March on Washington (1)
  • Millennium Pride Festival (Washington D.C.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (5)
  • 2000 (5)
  • 1964-11 (4)
  • 1961-03 (3)
  • 1963-02 (3)
  • 1964-12 (3)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1964 (2)
  • 1965 (2)
  • 1965-11 (2)
  • 1966-11 (2)
  • 1970 (2)
  • 1961-02 (1)
  • 1964-01 (1)
  • 1967-10 (1)
  • 1968-11 (1)
  • 1982 (1)
  • 1986-02-15 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 2000-04 (1)
  • 2000-04-30 (1)
  • 2002-03 (1)

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