Bikini in November

Description
A white drag queen, possibly Bobby Green, posing in front of the tiled wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a leopard print bikini (with the bottom part put on over a pair of very short black shorts) with matching fingerless gloves, textured black nylons, and black boots; she has one hand in her hair and the other on her hip.
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)
Green, Bobby
Colony Club (Nightclub)
Subject (Topical)
Drag queens
Gay bars
Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects
Gay men
Men
White
Tile facades
Bikinis
Boots
Gloves
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
Related Finding Aid
Michael Boles Collection