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 61 - 75 of 119
Short red skirt
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 short red skirt, black stockings, and a lacey black top and holding a black purse; turned a little to the right and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-065.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Elegance in white
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 white dress with a white floral pattern on the skirt and white satin for the top, long evening gloves, and has a matching white stain wrap and is holding a gold colored clutch; facing the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-066.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Classic white shirt and tie
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 shoes with a white long sleeved shirt with turned up cuffs and a black tie; facing the front with both hands in his front pants pockets.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-067.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Witch in a black leather jacket
David Schneider in drag dressed as a witch in a platinum blonde wig, black pointed witch's hat, black leather jacket and black clothes; she's standing in front of a wall of overlapping slats at the Colony Club in Kansas City.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-059.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Black dress and white gloves
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 length black evening dress, black purse, and with evening gloves.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-060.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Pearls and a red gown
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 blonde wig, a double string of pearls and a red evening gown; facing the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-062.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Pink dress with jacket
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 plain brown jacket over a bright pink dress and has on black gloves; body facing the left with her head turn to the front.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-063.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Straw hat and blue dress
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 blue dress with a white wrap and white shoes, and a straw hat with a matching blue ribbon around it; facing to the right.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-068.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Gold skirt
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 pink sweater; turned to the right with one leg lifted in the air.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-069.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Little black dress
Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo in front of a wall of overlapping slats at the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a short black dress and showing a little cleavage and has on a beehive wig in reddish brown; body facing the left with her head turned to look ahead at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-058.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Simple grey skirt
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 simple grey skirt and sleeves pink top with a floral pattern; she's facing the camera and has one hand extended away from the body.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-061.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Two men talking
Two unidentified white men against a white wall facing each other at the Forest Ballroom (likely) in Kansas City; the man on the right is wearing a brown cardigan and holding a paper cup and the man on the left is wearing a blue patterned shirt and looking down at the cup.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-080.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Golden at the Colony Club
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 hand and wearing glass, a satiny red jacket with ruffled shirt and black tie; she's wearing a gold colored, full length evening gown with green cloth belt, black feather boa, opera gloves, and holding a long cigarette holder while laughing.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-081.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Friends together
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 a gold shirt and straw hat, smiling, and leaning back into the man wearing a blue shirt and a pin reading "I love everybody".
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-072.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Partying at the Colony Club
Two unidentified white men against a wall a drawing of a musical note and the bottom half of a dancing woman at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; they are standing one behind the other with the man in back in a yellow shirt with his arm around the man in front and raising his other arm in a toast with a can of Schlitz beer; the man in front is wearing a black turtleneck sweater and slightly smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-073.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209