Couple posing for a photo outside the Colony Club

Description

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.

Contributors

Photographer: Ames, Jack

Date Created

1964-11

Type

Image

Extent

1 photograph : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)

Genre

Slides

Group portraits

Member of

Michael Boles Collection

Publisher

Jack Ames

Time Period

1961-1970

Subject (Name)

Colony Club (Nightclub)

Subject (Topical)

Gay bars

Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects

Subject (Geographic)

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Subjects (community)

White gay men

White LGBTQ+ people

LGBTQ+ people

Rights

Copyright Not Evaluated

Rights Note

Items in this collection may be freely viewed, searched, and displayed for research and educational purposes. Permission is required for publication, distribution, or other uses beyond viewing and searching, whether in print or electronic formats.

To request permission, please email LaBudde Special Collections.

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Collection Identifier: MS-0209

Source

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Unit

LaBudde Special Collections