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Big night out at the Colony Club

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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

Cigarette and fur stole

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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

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

Couple at a table at the Forest Ballroom

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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

Crowd at the Forest Ballroom

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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

Drag queen in fur stole

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Drag queen Patrick C. Byrne at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City wearing a black dress with a white fur stole posing for a photo; facing the camera.

Date Published
1964
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Gloria McShann in a fur coat

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Gloria McShann standing in a living room wearing a black fur coat; looking at the camera and smiling.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Gloria McShann with Jay and Marianne McShann and unidentified man and woman

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Gloria McShann, Jay McShann, unidentified white man and white woman, and Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams) standing around a podium at an unknown event...

Date Published
November-09-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Gloria McShann with unidentified man

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Gloria McShann posing for a photo with an unidentified man in a red turtleneck and tan coat and glasses; Gloria is wearing a red leather coat with...

Date Published
November-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Green dress at the Colony Club

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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

Jay and Marianne McShann with Gloria McShann

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Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams), Jay McShann, and Gloria McShann standing beside a painting of Jay McShann; Gloria is wearing a bright red coat with...

Date Published
November-09-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Mabel

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Woman identified as Mabel in fur collared dress.

Date Published
1936
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

Mabel

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Woman identified as Mabel in fur collared dress.

Date Published
1936
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

Mrs. Astaur Gulaian

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Mrs. Astaur Gulaian in fur coat, dress holding purse.

Date Published
1929
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

Mrs. Polk giving a dog a treat

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Mrs. Polk [Agnes Messersmith Polk] feeding a solid black dog a treat as it stands on its hind legs. She is wearing a fur coat and standing beside a...

Date Published
January-01-1934
December-31-1934
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Nick Pacino in drag by the car

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Nick Pacino (in drag) wearing a pink dress with white fur (or faux fur) stole and long white gloves standing next to a white car in Kansas City.

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

Photo of a young woman in a fur coat

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Portrait of an unidentified young African American woman in a fur coat.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Pink dress and black gloves

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Unidentified white drag queen standing by the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a solid pink sleeveless dress with...

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

Posing for a photo at the Forest Ballroom

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Two unidentified white drag queens posing for a photo against a wall at the Forest Ballroom; both are wearing pink dresses; the taller of the two is...

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

Promotional photo of Ketty Lester

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Promotional photograph of Ketty Lester holding a fur stole and looking over to the left of the photo. Text on photo border reads "Ketty Lester".

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Ruth Elder

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Ruth Elder in fur coat, flowers, and feather cover hat.

Date Published
1928
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

Ruth Elder

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Ruth Elder in fur coat.

Date Published
1928
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

Ruth Thomas

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Ruth Thomas in fur coat, white dress with hearts.

Date Published
1927
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

Showing off the LBD at the Forest Ballroom

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Unidentified white drag queen in a platinum blonde wig and wearing a classic example of the "little black dress" is holding a fur coat (possibly faux...

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

Stevens model Norma Sprigg in a fashion photo shoot at the Country Club Plaza

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Stevens model, Norma Sprigg, in a fashion photo shoot at the Country Club Plaza. In the top left hand photograph, Norma Sprigg stands beside a railing...

Date Published
1971
1980

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