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George Coutts in drag. Photographic postcard, 194-.
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"Sisters 'B'" in drag. Photographic postcard, 194-.
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'Vic' (or Vi?) in drag. Photographic postcard, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1945 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: He poses wearing a white fluffy scarf, black dress and holding a cigarette; with styled blonde hair. He is sitting on a stool in front of musical note projections. Fan photograph of an unidentified... -
Harry Gordon performing in drag. Photographic postcard, 194-.
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A man in drag poses on a beach. Photograph, 1949.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1949 Topics: Female impersonators Description: A private snapshot. The subject poses on a beach wearing ladies' clothes: he wears a large hat and a summer dress, holding up a handbag as he smiles at the viewer -
Paul Pitt in drag, posing in flowery garments. Photographic postcard, 194-.
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Douglas Byng in drag. Photograph, 1950.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1950 Topics: Female impersonators Description: He is wearing a fluffy outfit, spectacles and styled dark hair; smiling beyond the eye-line of the viewer. A fan photograph of Douglas Byng circa 1950 in one of his numerous cabaret performances, w... -
Alan Haynes and Terry Gardener performing in drag in their revue 'Why go to Paris". Photograph, 1950.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1950 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actors, in drag, wear matching costumes with huge bonnets; posing mid-dance whilst illuminated by a spotlight. A small snapshot of Alan Haynes and Terry Gardener, two of the original stars of '... -
Douglas Byng in drag during a pantomime. Photograph, 1952.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1952 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Douglas Byng in high glamour drag in the early fifties: he wears a white fur stole, has styled blonde hair and wears a long white dress, standing in front of an embossed leather screen. The English... -
Peter Love posing in drag. Photograph, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1945 to circa 1950 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actor in drag is naked, sitting upright, wearing elbow-length gloves and heels. He is side-on and turns his head to face the viewer, gazing downwards, with big blonde hair and make-up. A risqué... -
Mrs. Shufflewick (Rex Jameson), in drag character, holding a cup of tea. Photograph, ca. 1955.
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A sailor in drag on S.S. Caronia. Photograph, 195-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1950 to 1959? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Very convincing amateur drag, mid 1950s.An unidentified merchant seamen on board S.S. Caronia. The Merchant Navy to some degree provided a bolt-hole for many 'obvious' homosexuals in the 1950s, whe... -
Men in drag at Club My-O-My, New Orleans. Colour process print, 195-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1950 to 1959? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A publicity card for Club My-O-My in the French Quarter of New Orleans, which was in operation from ca. 1930 until it was destroyed by fire in 1972. The club presented cross-dressed 'glamor drag' a... -
Jimmy De Lancy in drag. Photographic postcard, 195-.
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Men in drag at Club My-O-My, New Orleans. Colour process print, 195-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1950 to 1959? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A publicity card for Club My-O-My in the French Quarter of New Orleans, which was in operation from ca. 1930 until it was destroyed by fire in 1972. The club presented cross-dressed 'glamor drag' a... -
Sailors in drag on S.S. Caronia. Photograph, 195-.
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Jimmy O'Dea in character as Mrs. Biddy Mulligan. Photograph, 195-.
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A man in drag standing on a stage. Photographic postcard, 195-.
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A large group of men in drag at Club 82, New York City. Process print, 196-.
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Danny La Rue in drag. Photograph, 196-.
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Danny La Rue in men's clothes. Photograph, 196-.
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Terry Durham in drag. Photograph, 196-.
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Chris Shaw in drag. Photograph, 196-.
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Vicky White in drag (?). Process print, 197-.
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Dick Emery waving in a park. Photograph, 197-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1970 to 1979? Topics: Female impersonators Description: He is wearing a patterned tracksuit with matching hat; he is smiling towards the viewer. A publicity release photograph with printed signature of Dick Emery (1915-1983), British comic. Emery was es... -
"Daytimers" double-act in drag. Process print, 197-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1970 to 1979? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Two actors in drag wearing adorned dresses and large styled hair for publicity material. The two actors are inset dressed as themselves in circular portraits. A 1970s publicity flier for 'The Dayti... -
"Divine" in character, wearing a "Heaven" t-shirt. Colour photographic postcard, 198-.
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Hinge and Bracket in character, posing in a garden. Photograph, 198-.
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Actors in pantomime in Brighton: S. West playing King Robert of Remlaf and H. Taylor in drag as Queen Aggie of Remlaf. Photographic postcard.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1999 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Amateur theatricals in Brighton. The Queen was a popular Dame figure in pantomime. Identities of cast members from pencil inscription on verso of print catalogued. Remlaf is a palindrome of Falmer,... -
Ralph Mellor in drag. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 19--.
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John Lindstrom in drag. Photographic postcard, 19--.
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Reg Wright in drag. Photographic postcard by Dyche, 19--.
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A sailor holds hands with a man in elaborate drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.
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Stanley Cooke in drag as Charley's aunt. Photographic postcard, 19-- (?).
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1999? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Publicity postcard for Stanley Cook in 'Charley's aunt', the phenomenally successful farce by Brandon Thomas, which broke all theatre records in London when, after its opening in 1893, it ran for 1... -
Henri Defreyn in drag as a geisha. Process print after G. Dupont, 19--.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1999? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Henri Defreyn performing a parody of Sada Yacco, geisha and actress. The extremely popular Japanese entertainer Sada Yacco had toured the world 1900-1903 and caused a sensation wherever she went. S...