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Ralph Mellor in drag and another actor perform a scene in Trilby. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Ralph Mellor in drag looking at another man wearing a false beard; who holds his hand above the head of the man in drag. They are apparently performing a skit on the 1895 novel and play 'Trilby' by... -
Ralph Mellor in drag. Coloured photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
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Ralph Mellor in drag. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 19--.
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Ralph Mellor in drag. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The Scottish comic actor Ralph Meller (or Mellor) in an unidentified pantomime role. He is in drag standing next to a young girl, holding her hand; both wear matching white costumes -
Ralph Mellor in drag. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
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Raquel Welch Chosen for 'Myra'
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Raw Vulva #2
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Ray Bourbon arrested
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Mar. 4, 1955 Topics: Arrests, Drunk driving, Female impersonators, Law, Night life, Police stations Subject: Ray Bourbon Description: Ray Bourbon, the veteran female impersonator now appearing at a Hollywood nightclub, was arrested on a drunk driving charge on March 4, 1955. Here he acts coy for the press in the Wilshire Police S... -
Ray Bourbon enters court
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Aug. 1, 1956 Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon Description: Wearing a black and white nylon dress, false eyelashes, heavy perfume and 5 o'clock shadow, Ray (or Rae) Bourbon enters Beverly Hills Municipal Court on August 1, 1956, to deny he (or she) was guil... -
Ray Bourbon leaves court
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Aug. 1, 1956 Topics: Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon Description: Ray Bourbon leaves Beverly Hills Municipal Court after arraignment August 1, 1956, on impersonating a woman. -
Ray Now a Buxom Rae: Female Impersonator Needn't Fake Again--Says Surgery Made Him a Her
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Reader Surprised
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Ready for the Mummer's Parade
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Dec. 31, 1915 Topics: Costumes, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Parades Subject: Frank Carter Description: An article in the Evening Ledger featuring Frank Carter, a female impersonator who will be marching in a New Year's parade. -
Real Truth About Those Sex-Change Operations
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Cordoza, Manuel Date: Jul. 25, 1964 Topics: Divorce, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: April Ashley, Arthur Corbett, Arthur Corbett Rowallan, Britain's Boy Scouts, Carl Hammons, Christine Jorgensen, Christopher Somerset, Coccinelle, Elizabeth Forbes-Semhill, Francois Bonnet, Georgina Turtle, Hedy Jo Star, Howard J. Knox, Isobel Mitchell, Jacques Dufresnoy, John Cabell Breckinridge, Zdenka Koubkova -
Reared as 'Girl' — Becomes Father