Skip Arnold performing at the Jewel Box Lounge

Description
Drag queen Skip Arnold performing in front of a microphone at the Jewel Box Lounge in Kansas City; behind her is a piano covered in a pink drop cloth with another drag queen in a blonde wig as accompanist; the backs of three audience members' heads can be seen in front; Skip is wearing a green patterned dress.
Contributors
Photographer: Ames, Jack
Date Created
1959-11
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Genre
Slides
Portrait photographs
Member of
Robert Heishman Collection
Publisher
Jack Ames
Time Period
1951-1960
Subject (Name)
Arnold, Skip
Jewel Box Lounge
Subject (Topical)
Drag queens
Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects
Gay bars
Gay men
Drag shows
Microphone
Entertainers
Audiences
Piano
Pianists
Men
White
Subject (Geographic)
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Subjects (community)
White gay men
White LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ people
Rights
In Copyright
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-0411
Source
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Unit
LaBudde Special Collections
Related Finding Aid
Robert Heishman Collection