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Big night out at the Colony Club

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LaBudde Special Collections
Two unidentified white drag queens posing side by side for a photo against the tile wall outside the Colony Club in Kansas City; the one on the right is wearing a short, ill-fitting yellow-gold calico dress with a large white cardigan, white gloves, pink shirt with black ribbon and a blue wig; the one on the left is wearing a dark green and black evening gown with large costume jewelry earrings, white gloves, white shoes, white purse, and brown fur (or faux fur) stole; both are facing the camera.
Date Note
November 1965
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection
Image Credit
Jack Ames
Date Published
11-1965
Time Period
1961-1970
Filename
umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-052.tif
Notes

November 1965, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Genres
Slides
Color photographs
Group portraits
Type
photographs
Subject (Geographic)
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Subjects, Community
White gay men
White LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ people
English
Rights
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections for more information.

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