Description
Comprised of 119 photographs scanned from 35mm slides, this collection portrays many rare solo and group portraits of club-goers and drag queens in Kansas City from 1962-1968.
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Golden at the Colony Club
Unidentified white man and drag queen in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; he's behind her with a cigarette in his hand and wearing glass, a satiny red jacket with ruffled shirt and black tie; she's wearing a gold colored, full length evening gown with green cloth belt, black feather boa, opera gloves, and holding a long cigarette holder while laughing.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-081.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Golden at the Colony Club
Unidentified white drag queen flamboyantly posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a gold colored, full length evening gown with green cloth belt, black feather boa, gold clutch, opera gloves, and holding a long cigarette; her body's facing left with her head turned to the front to face the camera with a serious expression on her face.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-082.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Outside the Colony Club
Two unidentified white drag queens posing together for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; the one on the right is wearing a sleeveless black dress with gold high heeled shoes and is standing with one hand on her hip and facing the front; the other is also facing front and wearing a lovely blue patterned, sleeveless dress and holding a white purse.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-083.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Skip Arnold with Lee Lackey and friends
Lee Lackey ("Bunny Legs") far left, unidentified (standing, leaning over), Skip Arnold center, and unidentified white man in green seated at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; Skip is in drag, wearing a platinum blonde wig, gold dress, and matching earrings; Skip is turned to speak to Lee and/or the person leaning over with the man on the right looking on.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-084.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Smoking at a table
Three unidentified white drag queens seated at a table with a white tablecloth smoking and drinking at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; the first is holding a cigarette and is smiling and looking at the camera; the drag queen next to her has an arm around her is is smiling widely at the camera as well; the third is in a blue dress in looking away from the table and camera; drinks, two clutches and a full ashtray are on the table.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-085.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Three posing for a photo
Three unidentified white drag queens posing together for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; the one on the right is wearing black stockings, top, and gloves with a tiara in her wig; the one in the center has on a short green dress with lacey matching jacket and is standing with one leg forward and her around the woman on the left who is wearing a stunning blue brocade dress and holding a white purse and leaning away from the woman in the center.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-086.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Bad lighting and a short skirt
Two unidentified African American drag queens posing in bad lighting at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; the one on the right is wearing a blonde wig and the one on the left is wearing a very short metallic pink dress and is cocking one leg and has one hand to her hair.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-087.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
John Tuccillo with some of his performers from the Jewel Box Lounge
Four unidentified white drag queens with "Sugar Daddy" (possibly John Tuccillo, owner of the Jewel Box Lounge) posing for a photo in front of the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; Sugar Daddy has a cigarette in one hand and is wearing a black jacket with red turtleneck underneath; the ladies are in dresses of (from right to left) red, gold, green (possibly Terry Lee), and blue (possibly Billy Carrol); the one in red is also holding a cigarette.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-088.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Skip Arnold and three others
Drag queen Skip Arnold standing behind a line of three shorter white men with her hands on the shoulders of the center man, Claude Woods, in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; Skip is wearing an orange colored top with gold spangles, a blonde wig and large earrings; the unidentified man on the left has on grey slacks and gray jacket; Claude Woods, in the center has on black slacks, black jacket and reddish brown turtleneck and is holding a bottle of beer in his hands; the unidentified white man on the left has on black pants and a grey sweater.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-089.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Bob ("Hole") Bobby Green, Horace Holmes and friend
Seated at a table with white tablecloth at an unidentified venue in Kansas City are (from left) Bob "Hole", Bobby Green (likely), an unidentified white man, and Horace Holmes, laughing with his hand raised; all are smiling and there are beer bottles and ashtrays on the table.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-090.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Kiss at the Colony Club
Unidentified white man kissing an unidentified white drag queen with a black feather boa blocking most of her face; she's wearing a full length gold dress; he's wearing black pants and a black jacket with white shirt; in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-091.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Looking fierce at the Colony Club
Three unidentified white drag queens in a row posing for a photo in front of the tiled wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; the first one is in a flowing green and silver dress and is turned to the left with head turned to face the camera; the center queen has on black shorts or a skirt and black hose with a mostly open top and black lacey bra and is wearing a tiara with looking at the queen to the right; the end queen is in a stunning blue brocade, full length, dress with a cigarette in one hand by her hip; she is looking at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-092.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
On the phone
Two unidentified men, one an African American and the other white, at the Forest Ballroom (likely) in Kansas City; the white man on the left is holding a phone to his ear and the African American man in a blue or purple shirt on the right is leaning in and looking to the right; both are smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-093.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Crowd around a table
Crowd of unidentified white men and women around a long table with white tablecloth at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; the woman on the far left is wearing a blue plaid shirt, white bow, and white cowboy hat; another woman (fourth from the left) is wearing a men's suit and tie; the man next to her is sitting on the table and leaning back on one elbow; the man on the far right has on a black shirt, long black wig and beaded necklaces.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-094.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209
Relaxing at the Forest Ballroom
Two unidentified white drag queens sitting at a table with their backs to the wall and having a beer and a smoke at the Forest Ballroom (likely) in Kansas City; the one on the right is wearing a light pink dress and blond wig while the one on the left is wearing a light blue (or white? or light green? hard to tell with lighting) dress or blouse and has a cigarette in one hand; there's a half glass of beer in front of them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-095.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0209