Robert Heishman Collection

Description
With 49 images scanned from 35mm slides, this collection features images of queer nightlife in Kansas City, from 1959-1967. Clubs featured include the Colony Club, the Forest Ballroom, Arabian Nights, and the Jewel Box.
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LaBudde Special Collections
GLAMA
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Nick Pacino in drag

Nick Pacino in drag wearing a tight red dress, split up the side with a pink feather boa and pink clutch; her body is facing left and her head is turned to look over to the right; unidentified venue in Kansas City.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-010.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Performer at the Colony Club

Unidentified drag queen on stage at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; she's wearing a sleeveless, backless blue evening gown and her body is facing left toward a piano while her head is turned to look out over the audience with one hand held by her shoulder; several members of the audience can be seen in front of the stage including one unidentified white man applauding with a cigarette in his mouth.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-017.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Club patrons

Club patrons enjoying drinks at an unidentified venue including Tony Battaglia (far left, slightly out of frame) and others, including a man with a woman in a grey fur stole, both holding drinks up in a toast and looking at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-018.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Crowd at the Forest Ballroom

Unidentified white patrons of the Forest Ballroom (likely) in Kansas City standing about or dancing while the band "Kings of Rythm" [sic] play onstage; two men are in the forefront leaning against the stage and talking together with the one on the right in a fur stole and woman's blouse that is off his shoulder.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-028.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Joe Lombardo with two drag queens

Joe Lombardo standing with his arms around an unidentified white drag queen on either side of him at the Forest Ballroom (likely) in Kansas City; the drag queen on the right is in a red house coat and short black lacey shorts and the one on the left is in a diagonally striped dress and high heels; Lombardo is wearing a shirt, tie, grey slacks, and black cardigan.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-029.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

All in black in front of the Colony Club

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 holding a cigarette; behind a Budweiser sign can be seen in the window.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-019.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Nick Pacino in drag by the car

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.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-020.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Pitty Pat

Lee Lackey (Likely) dressed as a Japanese woman named "Pitty-Pat" in a grey patterned kimono, make up and wig while at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; facing the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-022.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Dancing couples

Two unidentified drag queens dancing together along with a white lesbian couple and a white man with unseen partner dancing behind them at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; the drag queens are both wearing black dresses with one in a blonde wig being a head taller than her dancing partner.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-023.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Two men

Two unidentified white men standing side by side together by a doorway at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; the taller man on the right is wearing a purple pullover sweater with black pants and the other man is wearing a black suit and pointing at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-026.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Woman in blue

Unidentified white woman with red hair in a dark blue dress at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; she's looking to the left.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-027.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Posing with G.G. Allen in drag

G.G. Allen in drag wearing a pink outfit posing for a photo with three white men (two seated, one standing beside her) at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; a bottle of Grand Scot is on the table in front of them; other patrons (men and women) are seen behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-025.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Dancing with a drag queen

Unidentified white man in a red shirt with his face turned away dancing in the arms of an unidentified white drag queen in a pink (or lavender) dress at an unidentified Kansas City venue.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-024.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Dancing couples

Unidentified white couples (male/male; male/female (or possible female impersonators) dancing at an unknown Kansas City venue.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-021.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Unidentified man and Josef Miller outside the Colony Club

An unidentified white man stands closely next to Josef Miller by the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; both are wearing suits; Josef Miller (right), singer at the Colony Club, wears a suit with a subdued animal print and bowtie while the unidentified man (left) wears a solid black suit with necktie; both facing the camera and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-038.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411