By the jukebox

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Repository

LaBudde Special Collections

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Description

Unidentified white drag queen being held as if dancing by an unidentified white man in black while standing near the jukebox at the Forrest Ballroom in Kansas City; she is wearing a blonde wig and short striped shorts with nylons that have a hole in them on her calf; beside the couple are a couple of folding chairs with bottles and other trash on the floor; she is looking at the camera and he is looking down at her face.

Member of

GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Language English

Date Published

1964-11

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Subject, Old

Drag queens

Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects

Gay bars

Gay men

Men

White

Jukeboxes

Folding chairs

Litter (Trash)

Image Credit

Jack Ames

Subjects, Community

White gay men

White LGBTQ+ people

LGBTQ+ people

Time Period

1961-1970

Subject (Geographic)

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Notes

November 1964, 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)

Filename

umkc_lsc_glama_boles_photo-007.tif

Genres

Slides

Color photographs

Group portraits

Type

photographs