Over the shoulder | Digital Collections

Description

Unidentified white drag queen posing for a photo in front of a wall of overlapping slats at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; she's wearing a black wig and short white dress and holding a black purse; she's facing away from the camera and her head is turned over her shoulder to look back, demurely, at the camera.

Contributors

Photographer: Ames, Jack

Date Created

1965-11

Type

Image

Extent

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

Genre

Slides

Portrait photographs

Member of

Michael Boles Collection

Publisher

Jack Ames

Time Period

1961-1970

Subject (Name)

Colony Club (Nightclub)

Subject (Topical)

Drag queens

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