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Camera man, photographer and the crowd at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

Unidentified African American camera man with African American woman reporter and a kneeling white male photographer in front of the crowd and looking...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt 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

Capitol Building

Image

View of the Capitol Building; photo taken as part of Bill Todd and Art Bratt's trip to Washington D.C. for the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay...

Date Published
April-25-1993
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Cardigan and a beer

Image

Unidentified white man in white pants, black shoes, a three colored cardigan, and white turtle neck shirt holding half full (or empty) beer bottle in...

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

Carrying rainbow flags

Image

Several people walking in the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation carrying large rainbow flags in the street with...

Date Published
April-25-1993
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Casual wear at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Two unidentified white men posing against a wall at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; a man wearing a dark jack, white shirt and no tie with his arm...

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

Caveman at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Unidentified white man in a caveman costume (long black wig, fake fangs, leopard skin outfit) menacing the camera with two hands in the air by his...

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

Cheryl Peters with unidentified woman at Susan B. Anthony Dance

Image

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

Chorus group singing at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

Choral group (white men and women) that includes the original Kansas City Women's Chorus, singing in microphones during the GALA '91 Picnic in...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Cigarette and fur stole

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo at the Forest Ballroom (likely) in Kansas City near a light fixture in the wall; she's facing the...

Date Published
March-1965
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles 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

Image

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

Conversation at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Two unidentified white drag queens holding Styrofoam cups and talking at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; the person on the right is seated and...

Date Published
1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Couple at a table at the Colony Club

Image

Two unidentified white men seated together posing for a photo at a table with white tablecloth at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; there's a...

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

Couple at a table at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Unidentified couple (a white man and drag queen) seated at a table at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; the man on the right in an orange sweater...

Date Published
1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Couple at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white man posing with unidentified white drag queen in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; standing back...

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

Couple in costumes at the Forest Ballroom

Image

Two unidentified white men, arm in arm, in costumes at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; the man on the left is dressed as a mime; the man on the...

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

Couple in supposed Native American costumes at the Forest Ballroom

Image

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 posing for a photo outside the Colony Club

Image

A couple, arm in arm, posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; the unidentified white man on the right is...

Date Published
1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Couple posing for a photo outside the Colony Club

Image

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

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

Crowd around a table

Image

Crowd of unidentified white men and women around a long table with white tablecloth at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; the woman on the far left...

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

Crowd at the Forest Ballroom

Image

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

Crowd at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

View of the crowd (overwhelmingly white) gathered for the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park.

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

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  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (119)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (79)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (38)
  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (9)
  • GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection (9)
  • GLAMA: Lavender Ladies Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (256)

Genres

  • Color photographs (232)
  • Group portraits (184)
  • Slides (157)
  • Snapshots (89)
  • Portrait photographs (68)
  • Cityscape photographs (29)
  • Negatives (29)
  • Film negatives (27)
  • Black & white photographs (24)
  • Gelatin silver prints (24)
  • Publicity photographs (10)
  • Architectural photographs (4)
  • Landscape photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (157)
  • 1991-2000 (86)
  • 1981-1990 (12)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • Gay men (232)
  • Men, White (226)
  • Gay bars (153)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (152)
  • Drag queens (125)
  • Lesbians (117)
  • Women, White (112)
  • Bisexuals (67)
  • Tile facades (62)
  • Crowds (36)
  • Signs and signboards (31)
  • Gay rights (30)
  • Handbags (30)
  • African American men (29)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (28)
  • Parks (25)
  • Streets (24)
  • Cigarettes (20)
  • Smoking (20)
  • Flags--Political aspects (19)
  • Picnics (19)
  • Banners (17)
  • Gloves (17)
  • Picnic grounds (17)
  • Buildings (16)
  • Gay pride parades (15)
  • Stone walls (15)
  • Automobiles (13)
  • Dancers (13)
  • Dance (12)
  • Entertainers (12)
  • Fur garments (12)
  • Parades (12)
  • Balloons (10)
  • African American women (9)
  • Beer (9)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (9)
  • Audiences (8)
  • Stoles (Clothing) (8)
  • Bands (Music) (7)
  • Drag kings (7)
  • Drag shows (7)
  • Halloween costumes (7)
  • Mayors (7)
  • Microphone (7)
  • Women musicians (7)
  • Women singers (7)
  • Beer bottles (6)
  • Conversation (6)
  • Hats (6)
  • Photographers (6)
  • Sweaters (6)
  • Cigarette smokers (5)
  • Flags--Social aspects (5)
  • Independent bookstores (5)
  • Tables (5)
  • Books (4)
  • Boots (4)
  • Flags--U.S. states (4)
  • Jackets (4)
  • Pearls (4)
  • Tiaras (4)
  • Advertising (3)
  • AIDS activists (3)
  • Awnings (3)
  • Buffets (Cooking) (3)
  • Gays (3)
  • Girls (3)
  • Guitar (3)
  • Interpreters for the deaf (3)
  • Lecturers (3)
  • Litter (Trash) (3)
  • Monuments (3)
  • Musicians (3)
  • Parties (3)
  • Tents (3)
  • Volunteer workers in community development (3)
  • Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.) (3)
  • African American musicians (2)
  • Ashtrays (2)
  • Authors (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Employees (2)
  • Beer cans (2)
  • Beer signs (2)
  • Bikinis (2)
  • Calico (2)
  • Celebrities (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Community centers (2)
  • Dwellings (2)
  • Exhibit booths (2)
  • Families (2)
  • Food (2)
  • Gay pride celebrations (2)
  • Hugging (2)
  • Journalists (2)
  • Laughter (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Memorials (2)
  • Necklaces (2)
  • Nieces (2)
  • Parade floats (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Press (2)
  • Racism in popular culture (2)
  • Roses (2)
  • Staircases (2)
  • Stairs (2)
  • Television camera operators (2)
  • Thomas Jefferson Memorial (Washington, D.C.) (2)
  • Toasts (2)
  • Trees (2)
  • Vodka (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American girls (1)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Aprons (1)
  • Art calendars (1)
  • Authors--Autographs (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Bartenders (1)
  • Bartending (1)
  • Bears (Gay culture) (1)
  • Bicycles (1)
  • Black leather jackets (1)
  • Boulders (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Boxes (1)
  • Brooches (1)
  • Business meetings (1)
  • Calendars (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Candles (1)
  • Capitol Rotunda (United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.) (1)
  • Capitols--Buildings (1)
  • Cell phones (1)
  • Cemeteries (1)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Chekeré (1)
  • Choirs (Music) (1)
  • Christmas decorations (1)
  • Church buildings (1)
  • Cities and towns (1)
  • Civil rights workers (1)
  • Clergy (1)
  • Cliffs (1)
  • Closed captioning (1)
  • Clowns (1)
  • Coats (1)
  • Coffeehouses (1)
  • Consumers (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Costume jewelry (1)
  • Cowboys (1)
  • Cyclists (1)
  • Earrings (1)
  • Easter eggs (1)
  • Fences (1)
  • Festivals (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Folding chairs (1)
  • Gay activists (1)
  • Gay clergy (1)
  • Gay couples (1)
  • Gay liberation movement (1)
  • Gay singers (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Horses (1)
  • Infants (1)
  • Jukeboxes (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Kimonos (1)
  • Kissing (1)
  • Kitchens (1)
  • Lesbian authors (1)
  • Lesbians' writings, American (1)
  • Lingerie (1)
  • Marquees (1)
  • Memorial service (1)
  • Mimes (1)
  • Minivans (1)
  • Moccasins (1)
  • Mothers and daughters (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Paper bags (1)
  • Paper money (1)
  • Pavilions (1)
  • Pedestrian crosswalks (1)
  • Pedestrians (1)
  • Photography of the nude (1)
  • Pickup trucks (1)
  • Pin-back buttons (1)
  • Pirates (1)
  • Pointing (Gesture) (1)
  • Police vehicles (1)
  • Prehistoric peoples (1)
  • Racism against Asians (1)
  • Racism against indigenous peoples (1)
  • Reggae musicians (1)
  • Restrooms (1)
  • Ribbons (1)
  • Satin (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Scaffolding (1)
  • Scarves (1)
  • Sepulchral monuments (1)
  • Shawls (1)
  • Shelving for books (1)
  • Shoes (1)
  • Sidewalks (1)
  • Signs and symbols--Social aspects (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Spoken word poetry, American (1)
  • Storefronts (1)
  • Street-food vendors (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • T-shirts--Social aspects (1)
  • Tattooed people (1)
  • Tattooing (1)
  • Taxicabs (1)
  • Telephone (1)
  • Television display systems (1)
  • Television journalists (1)
  • Towers (1)
  • Umbrellas (1)
  • Uncles (1)
  • Vending stands (1)
  • Volunteers (1)
  • Whiskey (1)
  • Witches (1)
  • Women's History Month (1)
  • Women authors (1)
  • Women poets, American (1)
  • Yawning (1)

Subjects, Community

  • White LGBTQ+ people (248)
  • White gay men (157)
  • LGBTQ+ events (99)
  • Gay liberation (84)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (83)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (77)
  • Gay pride (42)
  • LGBTQ+ demonstrations (40)
  • White lesbians (38)
  • LGBTQ+ symbols (35)
  • Rainbow flags (32)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (26)
  • African American gay men (9)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (7)
  • Women's bookshops (5)
  • LGBTQ+ Christians (4)
  • Gay political activists (3)
  • Lesbian political activists (3)
  • LGBTQ+ community centres (3)
  • LGBTQ+ Deaf people (3)
  • African-American lesbians (2)
  • Faeries (2)
  • Pink triangles (2)
  • Camp (Gay culture) (1)
  • Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • LGBTQ+ authors (1)
  • LGBTQ+ bookshops (1)
  • LGBTQ+ poetry (1)
  • Red ribbons (AIDS) (1)
  • (-) LGBTQ+ people (258)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (160)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (42)
  • Washington (D.C.) (40)
  • Southmoreland Park (23)
  • Oak Street (12)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Westport (1)

Subjects, People

  • Spare, Keith (12)
  • Cleaver, Emanuel, II, 1944- (7)
  • Garcia, Dr. (5)
  • LeMay, Barbara (5)
  • May, Linda (Activist) (5)
  • Lombardo, Joe (4)
  • Arnold, Skip (2)
  • Green, Bobby (2)
  • Hardy, Gary (Drag queen) (2)
  • Lackey, Lee (2)
  • Michelle (Drag queen) (2)
  • Pacino, Nick (2)
  • Todd, Bill (Gay rights activist) (2)
  • Allen, G. G. (Drag queen) (1)
  • Amet, Tchiya (1)
  • Arterton, Jon (1)
  • Barbone, John (Reverend) (1)
  • Battaglia, Tony (1)
  • Beard, Beth Elaine (1)
  • Belesakos, Georgia (1)
  • Bishop, Heather (1)
  • Bratt, Art (1)
  • Byrne, Patrick C. (1)
  • Callen, Michael, 1955-1993 (1)
  • Carrol, Billy (1)
  • Christian, Meg (1)
  • DiFranco, Ani (1)
  • Dobkin, Alix (1)
  • Dole, Robert J., 1923- (1)
  • Driskill, Joan (1)
  • Font, Aurelio (1)
  • Fouts, Jamie (1)
  • Frazier, Helen (1)
  • Holmes, Horace (Kansas City resident) (1)
  • Lee, Terry (Drag queen) (1)
  • Manning, Mark (Activist) (1)
  • Martinez, Cassie (1)
  • Martz, Sandra (1)
  • Miller, Josef (Singer) (1)
  • Newman, Lesléa (1)
  • Nunn, Sam (1)
  • Olson, Alix (1)
  • Peters, Cheryl (1)
  • Phalen, Gary (1)
  • Powell, Colin L. (1)
  • Ray, Mickey (1)
  • Resto, Juan (1)
  • Rutland, Jimmy (1)
  • Schneider, David (Drag queen) (1)
  • Scott, Nancy (Singer) (1)
  • Shafer, Drew (1)
  • Shelley, Anne (1)
  • Simpson, Christy (Musician) (1)
  • Spence, Susan (Photographer) (1)
  • Stefoné (1)
  • Thompson, Nelson Lavert (Fuzzy), 1944-2015 (1)
  • Tin Woodman (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Townsend, Cliff (1)
  • Tuccillo, John (Nightclub owner) (1)
  • Viet, Ardie (1)
  • Woods, Claude (1)

Events

  • March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation (1993 : Washington, D.C.) (27)
  • National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights (9)
  • Millennium March on Washington (3)
  • Millennium Pride Festival (Washington D.C.) (1)
  • Out in Westport (Event : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991-06 (34)
  • 1968-11 (32)
  • 1993-04-25 (27)
  • 1965-11 (23)
  • 1966-11 (21)
  • 1964-11 (19)
  • 1964 (14)
  • 1967-10 (10)
  • 1987-10-11 (9)
  • 1991 (8)
  • 2000 (7)
  • 1961-03 (6)
  • 1963-02 (6)
  • 1965 (6)
  • 1964-12 (5)
  • 1999-06 (4)
  • 1961 (3)
  • 1961-02 (3)
  • 1970 (3)
  • 2000-04-30 (3)
  • 1960-11 (2)
  • 1965-03 (2)
  • 1968-10 (2)
  • 1993-04 (2)
  • 1995 (2)
  • 1962-10 (1)
  • 1964-01 (1)
  • 1965-02 (1)
  • 1982 (1)
  • 1986-02-15 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1992-03-07 (1)
  • 1992-05-02 (1)
  • 1993-03-20 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 2000-04 (1)
  • 2002-03 (1)
  • 2003 (1)

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