Joe Lombardo with two drag queens

Description

Joe Lombardo standing with his arms around an unidentified white drag queen on either side of him at the Forest Ballroom (likely) in Kansas City; the drag queen on the right is in a red house coat and short black lacey shorts and the one on the left is in a diagonally striped dress and high heels; Lombardo is wearing a shirt, tie, grey slacks, and black cardigan.

Contributors

Photographer: Ames, Jack

Date Created

1964-12

Type

Image

Extent

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

Genre

Slides

Group portraits

Member of

Robert Heishman Collection

Publisher

Jack Ames

Time Period

1961-1970

Subject (Name)

Lombardo, Joe

Forest Ballroom (Nightclub)

Subject (Topical)

Drag queens

Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects

Subject (Geographic)

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Subjects (community)

Rights

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