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Eddie, a man in drag poses for a close-up, wearing a pearl necklace and styled hair. Photographic postcard, ca. 1925.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1925 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag. -
Harry Smallwood and another man stand in a field, one in drag and the other wearing Turkish inspired costume. Photographic postcard, 1925-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1925 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Smallwood wears hastily put together drag and carries a mid-19th century carriage parasol. His partner wears a star and crescent on his hatThe two men represent "East meets West" according to an in... -
Oscar Sabo dressed as a woman with Josefine Dora dressed as a man, as flamenco dancers. Photographic postcard by L. Willinger, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to circa 1930 Topics: Female impersonators, Role reversal Description: Oscar Sabo (1881-1969) and Josefine Dora (1867-1944). Gender role reversal on a German–made photo postcard depicting two celebrated Austrian actors performing (unusually for them) in drag. Unidenti... -
An amateur actor in drag, wearing a flapper dress and white footwear. Photographic postcard, 1925-1928.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1925? to 1928? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Mr. R. Morrell in drag is standing on rough ground. He poses in a 'flapper' style dress at an unidentified location, most likely an army camp. The fashion details (long ear pendants, sautoir neckla... -
Billie Manders, in drag. Process print, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1923 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: No slouch where costume was concerned, the photograph shows Billie in a spectacular jewelled and bullion-embroidered headdress of the variety known as a 'headache band ', high fashion circa 1923-19... -
Jackie Coogan in character as a little Flemish girl. Process print, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1924 to circa 1929 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
A re-enactment of Queen Elizabeth I at Tilbury. Postcard, ca. 1929.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1925 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The Queen, in drag, is on horseback in a procession of men. A re-enactment of her speech to the English land forces assembled at Tilbury in preparation for repelling the expected invasion by the Sp... -
Reg Stone, in drag, wearing a fur coat. Process print, 1927.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1927 Topics: Female impersonators Description: He poses with styled hair, gazing over his shoulder. Reg Stone was the star of 'Splinters', one of the concert parties formed in France by British servicemen in World War I. The group re-formed aft... -
"Derkas ?", dressed in drag, on stage. Photographic postcard, 1928.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1928 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
Three actors perform on stage. Photographic postcard, 1928.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1928 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
Billie Manders in drag; vignette portrait. Photographic postcard, 1929.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1929 Topics: Female impersonators Description: A close-up portrait of Billie Manders, late 1920s. The hair and make-up show Hollywood influence, with heavily plucked brows, false eye-lashes and precisely outlined lips -
Freddie Forbes in drag impersonating Clara Bow. Photographic postcard by Fielding, 1929.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1929 Topics: Female impersonators Description: He wears a comical expression, as he rolls his eyes, having styled hair and dark lipstick. A boldly autographed card showing Freddie Forbes (1896-1952) in the revue 'Between ourselves', at the Leed... -
Billy Lorraine in drag, posing for a portrait. Photographic postcard, ca. 1930.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1930 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
Members of Roy Cowl's "Queeries" pose for a group portrait in Llandudno. Photographic postcard, 1930.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1930 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
Henry, a man in drag, wearing a white fur stole. Photograph, 1933.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1933 Topics: Female impersonators Description: He wears very neat make-up and a silk(?) robe; gazing away from the viewer. Glamour drag with inscription which may refer to Chicago World's Fair of 1933. The hair and make-up are heavily influence... -
Passengers on RMS Armadale Castle, some in drag, pose for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 1933.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1933 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Passengers (and possibly crew) on board ship holding a costume party. Cross-dressing, as usual on such occasions, was the order of the day -
Paul Kemp in drag as Charley's aunt. Photographic postcard, 1933/1934.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1933 to 1934 Topics: Eyeglasses, Female impersonators Description: He holds up a quizzing glass. The German actor Paul Kemp (1896-1953) played Brandon Thomas's eponymous heroine in 'Charley's aunt' in Germany, and starred in the film version ca. 1935, for which th... -
A man in drag poses on some grass, wearing a long thick coat. Photograph, 1934.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1934 Topics: Female impersonators Description: He stands looking away from the viewer, with one hand denoting a small height, as he holds it out halfway up his body. He is also wearing a beret -
A man in drag singing. Photographic postcard, 193-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1930 to 1939? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
A young man in elaborate drag sits in front of a painted sky backdrop. Photographic postcard, 1934.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1934 Topics: Female impersonators Description: An unidentified young man in a stylish and expensive-looking costume, consisting of satin shoes and a tiered lace and tulle gown, the whole topped by a plumed and sequinned toque headdress -
Billie Manders in character. Photographic postcard by J.A. Harding, 193-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1930 to 1939? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Billie Manders wearing a black dress and raising the sides of his skirt. He was a popular Rhyl-based female impersonator: he and his troupe 'The Quaintesques' were concert party entertainers from t... -
Two young boys in single beds applying make-up and perfume to themselves. Colour process print after Rob-Vel, 193-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1930 to 1939? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Romantic fantasy and comic postcards, and photographs on gender and masculinity. -
Terry Bartlett in drag. Photograph, 193-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1930 to circa 1940 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actor, in drag, wears a thin black dress and sits looking upwards smiling; with styled blonde hair. He holds his lower leg with one hand as his knee is upright, drawn in towards his torso. The ... -
Bert and Henri, in character; wearing evening dress, one of them in drag. Photographic postcard, 1936.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1936 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
Bartlett and Ross in drag pose in profile, with matching hair and make-up. Photographic postcard, 1937/1938.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1937 to 1938? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
German actors, some in drag, gather on stage at a party. Photographic postcard, 1930-45.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1930? to 1945? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actors, playing a variety of characters, are drinking and in conversation on stage, with lanterns hanging from the layered stage ceiling. A German amateur theatrical (presumably military) group... -
Members of "Harry Gold's Margate Entertainers", one in drag, pose for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 1937.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1937 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The group pose together wearing matching white summer attire and the men also have straw hats. Harry Gold (born Patrick Ricks; 1866-1946) started a troupe of entertainers in Margate as early as 190... -
Members of "Harry Gold's Margate Entertainers", one in drag, pose for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 1937.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1937 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
Terry Bartlett in drag. Photographic postcard, 1938.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1938 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
Actors, some in drag, pose at a "French" concert party. Photographic postcard, 1942.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1942 Topics: Female impersonators, World War, 1939-1945 Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
An actor in drag, performing on stage at the Windmill Theatre. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1940 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
An actor in drag, performing on stage. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1940 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
An actor in drag. Photograph, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1940 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
An actor in drag, posing for a portrait. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1940 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actor in drag wears a low cut dress and sparkling earrings; with dark hair and a sparkly choker -
An actor in drag, posing for a portrait. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1940 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
An actor in drag, posing for a portrait. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1940 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Apparently dressed as a comic working-class woman, he wears a long skirt and a coat, and holds a (dog-shaped?) bag on stage. The bag has polka dots which match his top -
An actor in drag, posing for a portrait. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1940 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
An actor in drag, posing in a studio. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1940 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actor in drag wears a dress with black zig-zags and a large feathered hat; standing next to a small table with a vase of flowers -
George Coutts in drag. Photographic postcard, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1940 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
Harry Gordon performing in drag. Photographic postcard, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1940 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actor in drag is dressed in day clothes -
Men in drag pose outside dressed in summer attire. Photograph, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1940 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
Paul Pitt in drag, posing in flowery garments. Photographic postcard, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1940 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
"Sisters 'B'" in drag. Photographic postcard, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1940 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: 'Sisters B', European drag double act, 1940s. The two performers pose in matching costumes with huge feather adornments -
Wilfred Watson in drag. Photographic postcard.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1940 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
Jimmy Slater in drag. Photographic postcard, 1945.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1945 Topics: Female impersonators Description: He is wearing a delicately patterned dress, has styled blonde hair and is smiling at the viewer. Jimmy Slater (1896-1996) enjoyed one of the longest and most successful careers as a drag artist, en... -
Bert O'Dare in drag, performing on stage. Photographic postcard, 1946.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1946 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
George Harris in drag as a young woman. Photograph, 1946.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1946 Topics: Female impersonators Description: He wears a beaded hairband and a low cut dress, posing in profile with dark curly hair -
Louis Hayden in drag. Process print, 1946.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1946 Topics: Female impersonators Description: He has dark styled hair and wears a feathered garment; he is posing face-on looking just above the line of the viewer -
Terry Gardener in drag. Photograph, 1946.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1946 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
Bert Ward in drag as a glamorous woman. Photographic postcard, 1947.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1947 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
