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10th + Main looking N. Excavation for 10 Main Center

Image

View of empty lot at southwest corner of 10th and Main with New York Life Building in background and crown Christmas decoration hanging from light...

Date Published
March-1966
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

African American drag queen

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Unidentified African American drag queen standing in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a light blue...

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

Albert Preston at podium of panel forum on "Family standards and parental controls" at the KC Mace Conference, 1967

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Albert Preston (standing at podium) with seated panel: Emilie Levin, unidentified man, unidentified woman, Donald Smith, and Richard E. Davis; on...

Date Published
October-1967
Member of
Martha Jane Starr Collection

All in black in front of the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified white drag queen enjoying a cigarette in front of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a mid-length black dress with brooch and...

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

Allan Bell seated at desk

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Allan Bell seated at desk holding two phones to his ears while writing in a notebook.

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Allan Bell standing in front of bookcases

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Allan Bell standing in front of bookcases with open legal book.

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

At a Christmas buffet

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Three unidentified white men, two with plates, at a Christmas buffet table looking over the food; other people are seen standing and seated behind...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Bad lighting and a short skirt

Image

Two unidentified African American drag queens posing in bad lighting at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; the one on the right is wearing a blonde...

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

Big night out at the Colony Club

Image

Two unidentified white drag queens posing side by side for a photo against the tile wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; the one on the right...

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

Bikini in November

Image

A white drag queen, possibly Bobby Green, posing in front of the tiled wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a leopard print...

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

Black and white

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Group of four white men seated at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; three are unidentified and the man on the far left is likely Harold Miller...

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

Black and white

Image

Unidentified pair of white drag queens standing together for a photo outside the tiled wall of the Colony Club in Kansas City; the woman on the left...

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

Black and white again

Image

Unidentified pair of white drag queens standing together for a photo outside the tiled wall of the Colony Club in Kansas City; the woman on the right...

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

Black dress and white gloves

Image

Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she has a blonde wig, full...

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

Black feather boa and hat

Image

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

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

Black polka dots and pink fishnets

Image

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

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

Blue floral dress in front of the Colony Club

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Unidentified white drag queen standing in front of the Colony Club in Kansas City wearing a white dress with a large, blue, floral pattern and holding...

Date Published
November-1960
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Blue sequins

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Unidentified white drag queen inside the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; she's wearing a tight, blue sequined dress and facing the camera.

Date Published
1965
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Bob ("Hole") Bobby Green, Horace Holmes and friend

Image

Seated at a table with white tablecloth at an unidentified venue in Kansas City are (from left) Bob "Hole", Bobby Green (likely), an unidentified...

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

By the jukebox

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Unidentified white drag queen being held as if dancing by an unidentified white man in black while standing near the jukebox at the Forrest Ballroom...

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

Cabaret Riviera hostesses greeting Tony Bennett

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Cabaret Riviera hostesses greeting Tony Bennett at the Downtown Airport in Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
September-1961
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Candid moment around the tables at the Forest Ballroom

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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

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

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

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  • 1961-1970

Member of

  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (119)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (41)
  • Martha Jane Starr Collection (14)
  • Allan Bell Collection (3)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (3)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (3)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (184)

Genres

  • Color photographs (163)
  • Slides (160)
  • Group portraits (119)
  • Portrait photographs (76)
  • Black & white photographs (21)
  • Gelatin silver prints (21)
  • Snapshots (20)
  • Cityscapes (3)
  • Film transparencies (3)
  • Stereographs (3)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1961-1970 (184)

Subjects

  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (155)
  • Gay bars (154)
  • Men, White (153)
  • Gay men (150)
  • Drag queens (123)
  • Tile facades (62)
  • Women, White (36)
  • Handbags (31)
  • Lesbians (31)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (28)
  • Cigarettes (20)
  • Smoking (20)
  • Gloves (17)
  • Congresses and conventions (13)
  • Dancers (13)
  • Fur garments (12)
  • Forums (Discussion and debate) (11)
  • African American men (10)
  • Dance (10)
  • Beer (8)
  • Stoles (Clothing) (8)
  • Bands (Music) (7)
  • Drag kings (7)
  • Halloween costumes (7)
  • Beer bottles (6)
  • Conversation (6)
  • Drag shows (6)
  • Hats (6)
  • Signs and signboards (6)
  • Sweaters (6)
  • Cigarette smokers (5)
  • Audiences (4)
  • Boots (4)
  • Jackets (4)
  • Pearls (4)
  • Tiaras (4)
  • Advertising (3)
  • Aprons (3)
  • Bartenders (3)
  • Buffets (Cooking) (3)
  • Parties (3)
  • Tables (3)
  • Teenagers (3)
  • African American musicians (2)
  • Ashtrays (2)
  • Automobiles (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Employees (2)
  • Beer cans (2)
  • Beer signs (2)
  • Bikinis (2)
  • Calico (2)
  • Christmas decorations (2)
  • Crowds (2)
  • Food (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Laughter (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Necklaces (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Public art (2)
  • Racism in popular culture (2)
  • Roses (2)
  • Staircases (2)
  • Streets (2)
  • Toasts (2)
  • Vodka (2)
  • Waiters (2)
  • Actresses (1)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Airplaines (1)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Amateur plays (1)
  • Award presentations (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Bartending (1)
  • Black leather jackets (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Brooches (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Candles (1)
  • Cash registers (1)
  • Clowns (1)
  • Costume jewelry (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Earrings (1)
  • Folding chairs (1)
  • Fountains (1)
  • Gay couples (1)
  • Gays (1)
  • Gay singers (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hugging (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Jukeboxes (1)
  • Kimonos (1)
  • Kissing (1)
  • Lingerie (1)
  • Litter (Trash) (1)
  • Mannequins (Figures) (1)
  • Mimes (1)
  • Paper bags (1)
  • Paper money (1)
  • Parent and teenager (1)
  • Pin-back buttons (1)
  • Pirates (1)
  • Pointing (Gesture) (1)
  • Prehistoric peoples (1)
  • Racism against Asians (1)
  • Racism against indigenous peoples (1)
  • Restrooms (1)
  • Ribbons (1)
  • Satin (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Scarves (1)
  • Shawls (1)
  • Shoes (1)
  • Show windows (1)
  • Speakers (1)
  • Stairs (1)
  • Street photography (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Tattooed people (1)
  • Tattooing (1)
  • Teenagers--Sexual behavior (1)
  • Teenagers and adults (1)
  • Telephone (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Whiskey (1)
  • White people (1)
  • Witches (1)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (157)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (156)
  • White gay men (149)
  • White lesbians (28)
  • LGBTQ+ events (13)
  • African American gay men (7)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (7)
  • Camp (Gay culture) (1)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • (-) Kansas City Metropolitan Area (184)

Subjects, People

  • Garcia, Dr. (5)
  • LeMay, Barbara (5)
  • Lombardo, Joe (4)
  • Bell, Allan (3)
  • Benson, Inez (3)
  • Rosenberg, Stanton (3)
  • Arnold, Skip (2)
  • Barrows, Leroy (2)
  • Davis, Richard E. (2)
  • Green, Bobby (2)
  • Hardy, Gary (Drag queen) (2)
  • Kreamer, John H., Mrs. (2)
  • Lackey, Lee (2)
  • Levin, Emilie (2)
  • Michelle (Drag queen) (2)
  • Pacino, Nick (2)
  • Allen, Al (1)
  • Allen, G. G. (Drag queen) (1)
  • Battaglia, Tony (1)
  • Beard, Beth Elaine (1)
  • Belesakos, Georgia (1)
  • Bennett, J.D. (1)
  • Bennett, Tony, 1926- (1)
  • Byrne, Patrick C. (1)
  • Carmody, John A., Mrs. (1)
  • Carrol, Billy (1)
  • Fouts, Jamie (1)
  • Frazier, Helen (1)
  • Hall, Porter (1)
  • Holmes, Horace (Kansas City resident) (1)
  • Hurd, Joseph R. (1)
  • Hurlbut, Gordon, Mrs. (1)
  • Johnson, R. Dean, Mrs. (1)
  • Kirkpatrich, Frank B., Mrs. (1)
  • Laird, John Landon, 1895-1970 (1)
  • Laybourne, Paul C. (1)
  • Lee, Terry (Drag queen) (1)
  • MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- (1)
  • Martinez, Cassie (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Miller, Josef (Singer) (1)
  • Phalen, Gary (1)
  • Preston, Albert (1)
  • Ray, Mickey (1)
  • Redmond, Joseph K., 1913-1996 (1)
  • Schneider, David (Drag queen) (1)
  • Shafer, Drew (1)
  • Shiff, Bertha R. (1)
  • Souttar, Fred (1)
  • Sturm, Karen (1)
  • Tobin, Patrick (1)
  • Tuccillo, John (Nightclub owner) (1)
  • Walden, Lois (1)
  • White, Richard L. (1)
  • Woods, Claude (1)

Date Published

  • 1968-11 (32)
  • 1965-11 (23)
  • 1966-11 (21)
  • 1967-10 (20)
  • 1964-11 (19)
  • 1964 (14)
  • 1965 (9)
  • 1961-03 (8)
  • 1961 (7)
  • 1963-02 (6)
  • 1964-12 (5)
  • 1967-10-03 (4)
  • 1970 (4)
  • 1960-11 (3)
  • 1961-02 (3)
  • 1965-03 (2)
  • 1966-03 (2)
  • 1968-10 (2)
  • 1961-09 (1)
  • 1962-10 (1)
  • 1964-01 (1)
  • 1964-03 (1)
  • 1964-10 (1)
  • 1965-02 (1)
  • 1966-05-16 (1)

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