Description
Comprised of 119 photographs scanned from 35mm slides, this collection portrays many rare solo and group portraits of club-goers and drag queens in Kansas City from 1962-1968.
Member of
Michael Boles Collection
Displaying 1 - 15 of 119
Patrons at the bar
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 red material and various bar fixtures are seen; partial view obscuring the face of the barman.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-002.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Posing for a photo at the Forest Ballroom
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 on the right and wearing a blond wig and holding a fur (real or faux is unclear) stole and the one on the left is wearing a black wig and lifting her dress to show off her legs; standing side by side and looking at the camera; at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-003.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
By the jukebox
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 in Kansas City; she is wearing a blonde wig and short striped shorts with nylons that have a hole in them on her calf; beside the couple are a couple of folding chairs with bottles and other trash on the floor; she is looking at the camera and he is looking down at her face.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-007.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
In front of the Colony Club
Unidentified white drag queen in a black skirt with black and white polka-dot blouse and light brown wig posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall of the Colony Club in Kansas City.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-008.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Posing for a photo outside the Colony Club
Unidentified white drag queen in a short black dress and black wig posing for a photo in front a tiled wall in front of the Colony Club in Kansas City; other, unidentified, patrons are seen in the entryway.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-004.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Couple posing for a photo outside the Colony Club
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 a blue dinner jacket and black pants; the drag queen is smoking and has a beehive hairdo and boots, black pants, and sleeveless floral patterned shirt; other patrons can be seen beyond them around the entrance.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-005.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Joe Lombardo and patron at the Forest Ballroom
Joe Lombardo in white shirt, red tie, and apron standing with his arm around an unidentified white drag queen patron seated on a bar stool wearing a green checked dress, red haired wig and black pumps while smoking a cigarette; both are smiling and facing the camera; at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-001.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Couple with drinks posing for a photo
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 bottle of beer (or other alcohol) as well as a plastic bag under her arm and the dark haired woman on the right has a large black purse and is wearing black and white checked pants and holding a plastic cup.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-006.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Showing off the LBD at the Forest Ballroom
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 fur) over one arm and holding something in a brown paper bag in her other hand; posing for a photo against a pink wall at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-009.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
On the stairs at the Forest Ballroom
Unidentified white drag queen posing at the top of a set of stairs with one hand behind her head at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; she is wearing a knee-length black or dark blue dress, light blue high heels and holding a white clutch purse.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-017.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Pair with roses
Two unidentified white drag queens posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; the person on the right is in a white or light pink dress, blue wig, black evening gloves and is holding a bowl of red roses; the person on the left is wearing a sleeveless shirt, jacket half off her shoulders, black pants and high heeled boots.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-018.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Dancing trio at the Colony Club
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 necklace, and a blue dress with black evening gloves; the man has a dark shirt with red vest and the woman is wearing a simple black sleeveless dress.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-014.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Evening gloves at the Colony Club
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 light pink dresses and long evening gloves; the shorter person on the right has on a blue wig and black evening gloves that matches her shoes.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-015.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
In costume at the Forest Ballroom
Two unidentified white drag queens in black costumes (one a cat woman with a cigarette in hand and the other wearing a dress, black cape and some sort of black hat); posed to the left with heads turned forward to the camera against a pink wall at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; poster advertising a Thanksgiving dance by "Cassie Martinez' Latin-American Band" is on the wall on the right.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-013.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Couple in supposed Native American costumes at the Forest Ballroom
Two unidentified white people at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City dressed in male and female supposed Native American costumes, the woman on the right, man on the left; they are holding hands and facing the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-019.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209