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  1. Double Portrait of Bobby Lake, in and out of Drag

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to 1969
    Topics: Dancers, Drag queens
    Subject: Bobby Lake
  2. Drag Queen and Man Sitting at a Table (December 1964)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1964
    Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Parties
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  3. Portrait of Frenchy

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens
    Description: "Crossdresser/drag queen 'Frenchy,' a photo reportedly from Hamburg, Germany in 1960."
  4. Robbie Ross (1960)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1960
    Topics: Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: G.G. Allen, Jewel Box Revue, Robbie Ross
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  5. The Performers of Le Carrousel

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to 1964
    Topics: Drag bars, Drag queens, Transgender people
    Subject: April Ashley, Le Carrousel
    Description: An image of performers from Le Carrousel, a club that opened as a cabaret in Paris in 1926, and was known for its drag queen performers. The clubs performers included transgender women such as Apri...
  6. Two Drag Queens Kneeling on the Dance Floor (December 1964)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1964
    Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Parties
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.