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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Glamazon (Barbara LeMay) with a friend outside the Colony Club

"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) posing for a photo with an unidentified white drag queen in front of the tile wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; LeMay is wearing a black dress, wrap, and holding a black purse; the other woman is wearing a metallic green (?) and gold strapless dress and has one arm on LeMay's shoulder.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-039.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Glamazon (Barbara LeMay) and friend outside the Colony Club

"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) standing with an unidentified white man in a mustard colored shirt in front of the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a black dress and wrap.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-033.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Red and white outside the Colony Club

Two unidentified white drag queens by the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; the person on the right has on a white dress with matching jacket and holding a pack of cigarettes at waist level; the persone on the left is wearing a red dress with a string of pearls.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-034.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Glamazon (Barbara LeMay) outside the Colony Club

"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) standing by the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a black dress with matching wrap and holding a black purse; facing the camera with one hand on her hip.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-035.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Pretty in pink

Unidentified white drag queen by the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a sleeveless pink dress and holding white gloves and a white clutch; facing the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-036.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Holding her gloves

Unidentified white drag queen in front of the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a pink sleeveless dress and holding a pair of long white evening gloves in her hands; standing with one hand on her hip and facing the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-040.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Pink dress and black gloves

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 matching shoes and black evening gloves and holding a fur (or faux fur) stole in her hands; facing the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-041.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Helen in a black dress

Cocktail waitress, Helen, in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's leaning against the wall on her right and facing the camera; wearing a sequined black dress and necklace.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-030.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Drag king at the Colony Club

Unidentified white drag king standing by the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; he's wearing black pants and a white suit jacket with a black bow tie; body facing to the right with head turned to look at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-031.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Glamazon (Barbara LeMay) with friend

"Glamazon" (Barbara LeMay) with hands in the air wearing a black dress, wrap, and holding a black purse while standing next to a nervous looking, unidentified, drag queen in a gold sequined dress and a pink apron; they're standing by the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-037.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Sunglasses at night

Unidentified white drag queen in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's facing forward wearing a blue dress with red feather trim and a pair of gold-rimmed sunglasses; she's holding money in one hand and a cigarette in the other.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-032.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Dancing to the Rythm Kings

Unidentified white drag queen competing in a drag ball, with the white male emcee in front of microphone and the Kings of Rythm [sic] on the bandstand at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; she's wearing a red house coat and black lace shorts; on the stage is a circular sign for the "AMVETS American Veterans of World War II"; signs for the band are on the stage.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-045.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Joe Lombardo and friend

Joe Lombardo with his arm around an unidentified white woman at a buffet table at an unidentified venue (possibly the Forest Ballroom) in Kansas City; candles, beer bottles, and food can be seen on the table with other men in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-046.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

Preacher and others

"Preacher" (on the right) in a red jacket with bow tie posing with a white woman and a white man at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; all are holding paper cups and facing the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-047.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411

In red at the Forest Ballroom

Unidentified white drag queen in red with black lace shorts being embraced from behind by an unidentified white man in a red pullover sweater at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; both are smiling and on the wall behind them is a handmade sign advertising an upcoming drag ball with a date of February 13, 1965.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-048.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0411