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Dressed to the nines

Image

Jamie Fouts and unidentified white drag queen posing outside the tiled wall of the Colony Club in Kansas City; Jamie is wearing a dark suit and black...

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

Elegance at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white drag queen in a black dress with white shawl, clutch purse and jewelry posing for a photo in front the tiled wall at the Colony...

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

Elegance in white

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 full length...

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

Emanuel Cleaver shaking hands on stage at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

The day that Kansas City formally declared as Gay and Lesbian Awareness Day. Emanuel Cleaver on stage shaking hands with activist Linda May and with...

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

Emanuel Cleaver speaking at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

Emanuel Cleaver with a microphone and speaking on stage at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; Keith Spare and another, unidentified, white man...

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

Evening gloves at the Colony Club

Image

Two unidentified white drag queens posing for a photo against the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; both are wearing white or...

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

Fabulous Flirtations

Image

Publicity photograph of the Flirtations (left to right: Cliff Townsend, Jon Arterton, Jimmy Rutland, Michael Callen, Aurelio Font) hamming it up in...

Date Published
1989
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Flag carries in the pride parade

Image

Three unidentified white women holding large flags (one a rainbow flag and the other two unidentifiable) along Oak Street in the pride parade on the...

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

Float from the MCCKC in the pride parade

Image

A group of people from the MCCKC (all white men and women), some in costumes, riding in a decorated flatbed trailer with balloons in the pride parade...

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

Friends together

Image

Unidentified African-American drag queen posing for a photo with an unidentified white man at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; she is wearing...

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

GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Image
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

With 49 images scanned from 35mm slides, this collection features images of queer nightlife in Kansas City, from 1959-1967. Clubs featured include the...

Glamazon (Barbara LeMay) and friend outside the Colony Club

Image

"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) standing with an unidentified white man in a mustard colored shirt in front of the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in...

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

Glamazon (Barbara LeMay) outside the Colony Club

Image

"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) standing by the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a black dress with matching wrap and...

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

Glamazon (Barbara LeMay) with a friend outside the Colony Club

Image

"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) posing for a photo with an unidentified white drag queen in front of the tile wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City...

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

Glamazon (Barbara LeMay) with friend

Image

"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) with hands in the air wearing a black dress, wrap, and holding a black purse while standing next to a nervous looking...

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

Glamazon (Barbara LeMay) with gentleman friend

Image

"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) wearing a black dress, wrap, and holding a black purse posing for a photo with an unidentified man in a suit in front of...

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

Gold skirt

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 gold skirt and...

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

Golden at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white drag queen flamboyantly posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a gold...

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

Golden at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white man and drag queen in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; he's behind her with a cigarette in his...

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

Good friends

Image

Mark Manning and an unidentified African American woman with their arms around each other and smiling for the cameras near a shelf of books at Phoenix...

Date Published
March-07-1992
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Green dress and a Schlitz

Image

Unidentified white drag queen with a full length green evening dress she's holding up part of with one hand and holding a can of Schlitz beer in the...

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

Green dress at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white drag queen in a green dress and matching jacket with a grey fur (or faux fur) muff collar and black high heel shoes posing for a...

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

Group hug with Emanuel Cleaver

Image

Emanuel Cleaver on stage in a group hug with Linda May holding a microphone and Keith Spare (largely unseen) at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland...

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

Image

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

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Member of

  • 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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