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  1. The World Famous Leon & Eddie’s Present Mr. Francis Renault

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clothing, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Don Ten Eyck, Francis Renault, Hado, Hotel Taft, Leon & Eddie's, Robert Stevenson
    Description: A card for a show starring Francis Renault; includes what appears to be a signature from Francis Renault.
  2. the incomparable Mr. Rae Bourbon: YOU’RE STEPPING ON MY EYELASHES (UTC 2)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ musicians
    Subject: A Girl of the Golden West, An Evening in Copenhagen, Back in Drag Again, Bourbon 100-Proof, Claque-Claque, Don't Call Me Madam, I Must Have a Greek, Life Goes to a Party, Peter Pan, Queen of the Ballet, Queen of the Navy, Queen of the Y.M.C.A., Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon, Sparkling Bourbondry, The Family Tree, You're Stepping on My Eyelashes
    Description: An album cover of Ray Bourbon's "You're Stepping on My Eyelashes."
  3. The Evangeline Combination

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 12, 1877
    Topics: Dance, Female impersonators, Opera, Theater
    Subject: A. S. Pennoyer, BABA, Blanche Selickson, C. M. Winter, Clara Fisher, Cora Verne, Edward E. Rice, Edwin S. Tarr, Eliza Weathersby, Estelle Stroelin, Evangeline, Flora Lee, George H. Cassidy, George Ulmer, Golden and Dixey, Harry Braham, Harry Hunter, Harry Josephs, Hattie Richardson, Herman Singleton, J. Cheever Goodwin, J. P. Steele, J. R. Quincy, Lizzie Webster, Louise Winans, Lucy Wood, M. C. Daly, Mechanic Hall, N. C. Goodwin Jr., Niblo's Garden, Seth M. Crane, Stella Richings, The Boston Museum, The Evangeline Combination, The Heiffer Dance, The Lydia Thompson Troupe, W. W. Bullock
    Description: Advertisement for a production of Evangeline featuring female impersonator Harry Josephs as Catherine.
  4. The Celebrated Rentz Santley Novelty Company

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870
    Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Female impersonators, Theater, Vaudeville
    Subject: 4 Aesthetic Four 4, Alice Daily, Alice Smith, Andy and Annie Hughes, Annie Boyd, Billy Buckley, Blanch Moncrief, Bruno Kennicott, Don Jose, Dutch Daly, Edgar Edgerton, Edith Sinclair, Emma Alfredo, Emma Wilson, Esther Vaughan, Fannie Florence, Fred Wilson, Georgia Lester, Harry Morris, Harry Woodson, Kate Gresham, Laura Bennett, Lillie Ashford, Lizzie Paine, Louise Giroux, Lulu Mortimer, M. B. Leavitt, Mechanic's Hall, Millie Ellsworth, Rentz Santley, Teddy Raynor, The Masher's Quadrille, The Rentz Santley Novelty Company, The Spanish Dude, Topsy Robins, Victoria North, W.M. Skuse
  5. The All New Jewel Box Revue Starring Lynne Carter

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1940s
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Ben Maksiks, Doris Maksiks, Ian Maksiks, Jewel Box Revue, Lynne Carter, Maksik's Town & Country Club
  6. Script for "The Heat": A Hot Peach Retrospective Revue

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Camicia, Jimmy
    Date: Summer 1989
    Topics:  
    Subject: Amy Coleman, Chrysis, Jackie Curtis, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR)
    Description: This item contains a script for the Hot Peaches theater group's stage play, "The Heat."
  7. San Francisco Minstrels!

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: May 12, 1874
    Topics: Female impersonators, Minstrel shows, Theater
    Subject: A. Smidt, Beaumont Read, Billy Birch, Birch, Wambold, and Backus' San Francisco Minstrels, C. Henry, Charley Backus, D. S. Wambold, E. Kirwan, J. Wills, Johnson & Powers, Joseph Norrie, Mechanics Hall, S. Watts, T. A. E. Richardson, T. P. Jones, The Great Ricardo, W. Blakeney, W. S. Mullaly, W. Schwab
    Description: Advertisement for event featuring minstrel and female impersonation act The Great Ricardo
  8. Ray Bourbon in Selections from DON’T CALL ME MADAM (UTC 3)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: A Girl of the Golden West, Around The World In 80 Ways, Bourbon 100-Proof, Carnegie Hall, Danton Walker, Don't Call Me Madam, Errol Flynn, Hollywood Exposé, Ladies of Burlesque, Let Me Tell You About My Operation, Mae West, New York Daily News, One On The Aisle (Claque-Claque), Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon, Robert Sylvester, Sunday Ride, The Neighbor's Party
    Description: An album cover of Ray Bourbon's "Don't Call Me Madam," including reviews.
  9. Ray Bourbon: A GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST (UTC 4)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: An Evening in Copenhagen, Bourbon 100-Proof, Claque-Claque, Don't Call Me Madam, Horse Opera, Ray Bourbon, The Railroad's Coming Thru, To Hell With The Range, Ugh!, Where Does The Difference Come In?, You're Stepping on My Eyelashes
    Description: Album on vinyl by Ray Bourbon titled "A Girl of the Golden West." Content Warning: Offensive visual depiction of Indigenous people.
  10. Rae Bourbon: A Girl Of The Golden West (UTC 4)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: A Girl of the Golden West, An Evening in Copenhagen, Around The World In 80 Ways, Bourbon 100-Proof, Don't Call Me Madam, Hollywood Exposé, Horse Opera, Ladies of Burlesque, Let Me Tell You About My Operation, One On The Aisle (Claque-Claque), Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon, The Railroad's Coming Thru, To Hell With The Range, Ugh!, Where Does The Difference Come In?, You're Stepping on My Eyelashes
    Description: Album cover (front and back of vinyl) by Rae Bourbon Content Warning: Offensive visual depiction of Indigenous Americans.
  11. Program for Amanda Milan's Memorial Serivce

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC
    Description: Program for Amanda Milan's, a member of New York's ballroom community, memorial service.
  12. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY OPERATION: RAE BOURBON SPEAKING….. (UTC 7)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: A Girl of the Golden West, An Evening in Copenhagen, Around The World In 80 Ways, Bourbon 100-Proof, Don't Call Me Madam, George Carpozi Jr., Hollywood Exposé, Ladies of Burlesque, Let Me Tell You About My Operation, One On The Aisle (Claque-Claque), Rae Bourbon, You're Stepping on My Eyelashes
    Description: Vinyl Album (front and back) for Rae Bourbon's song "Let Me Tell You About My Operation." Includes a note from Rae about transitioning, as well as two clippings from journal articles about Rae's tr...
  13. LADIES OF BURLESQUE: now appearing RAE BOURBON (UTC 10)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: A Girl of the Golden West, An Evening in Copenhagen, Around The World In 80 Ways, Bourbon 100-Proof, Don't Call Me Madam, Hollywood Exposé, Ladies of Burlesque, Let Me Tell You About My Operation, One On The Aisle (Claque-Claque), Rae Bourbon, You're Stepping on My Eyelashes
    Description: A Rae Bourbon album cover.
  14. Johnstone Bennett Receives The “World”

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 20, 1894
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators
    Subject: Johnstone Bennett
    Description: Drawing entitled "Johnstone Bennett Receives 'The World'"
  15. Jewel Box Revue Advertisement (2)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 17, 1968
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Theatre shows