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  1. A Close Up of a Seated Performer

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan
    Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers
    Subject: Look At Us Now
    Description: A performer wearing a two-piece dress and matching hat poses sitting for a photograph. This may be a photograph of Private First Class Samuel Cohen.
  2. A man in drag, poses wearing delicate attire; curled up on a piece of furniture. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.
  3. A man in drag, wearing a kimono; posing from behind a screen. Photographic postcard, 1906.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1906
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
  4. A Performer Sits in a Chair for a Photograph

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan
    Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers
    Subject: Look At Us Now
    Description: A performer in the show, "Look At Us Now", sits in a chair posing in a two-piece dress. This photograph may be of Private First Class Samuel Cohen.
  5. A Photograph of Billie Loba and a Cat

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Puerto Ricans, QTPOC
    Subject: Billie Loba, Guillermo Knight
    Description: A photograph of Guillermo Knight as Billie Loba. She has dark curly hair, and is wearing a white top and skirt, pink eyeshadow, and red lipstick. Sitting next to her is a cat.
  6. A Photograph of Billie Loba Posing in a Chair

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1987
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Puerto Ricans, QTPOC
    Subject: Billie Loba, Guillermo Knight
    Description: A photograph of Guillermo Knight as Billie Loba. She is wearing nude tights, pink eyeshadow, and red lipstick, and posing on a chair with her leg raised by a vanity. On the back of the photo is wri...
  7. A Photograph of Billie Loba Singing Wearing a Black Dress

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Puerto Ricans, QTPOC
    Description: A photograph of Guillermo Knight as Billie Loba. She is wearing a black dress, red lipstick and singing into a microphone.
  8. A Photograph of Billie Loba Singing Wearing a Green Dress

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Puerto Ricans, QTPOC
    Subject: Billie Loba, Guillermo Knight
    Description: A photograph of Guillermo Knight as Billie Loba. She is wearing a green dress and a pearl necklace, and singing into a microphone.
  9. A Photograph of Billie Loba Singing Wearing a Shawl

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Puerto Ricans, QTPOC
    Description: A photograph of Guillermo Knight as Billie Loba. She is standing with a microphone while an onlooker leans on the doorframe, watching. Billie is wearing a red and black shawl, and a green and white...
  10. A Photograph of Billie Loba Smoking

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Puerto Ricans, QTPOC
    Subject: Billie Loba, Guillermo Knight
    Description: A photograph of Guillermo Knight as Billie Loba. She is wearing a striped T-shirt and a white fur shawl and headband while holding a cigarette.
  11. A Photograph of Guillermo Knight Outside the Museo del Indio

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Puerto Ricans, QTPOC
    Subject: Billie Loba, Guillermo Knight
    Description: A photograph of Guillermo Knight (left) and an unidentified individual. Both are standing outside, in front of a sign that reads "Museo del Indio: Institutio de Cultera Puertorriquena."
  12. A Photograph of Guillermo Knight Playing Guitar

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Puerto Ricans, QTPOC
    Subject: Billie Loba, Guillermo Knight
    Description: A photograph of Guillermo Knight standing outside in front of a palm tree. He is wearing a purple jacket and holding an acoustic guitar.
  13. A Photograph of Guillermo Knight Praying

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Puerto Ricans, QTPOC
    Subject: Guillermo Knight
    Description: A photograph of Guillermo Knight wearing beads. He seems to be praying as he's sitting down, looking up, in front of a shrine or altar. On the back of the picture is written "Guillermo Knight."
  14. A Photograph of Guillermo Knight Shaving

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1986
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Puerto Ricans, QTPOC
    Subject: Billie Loba, Guillermo Knight
    Description: A photograph of Guillermo Knight, wearing a towel and standing by a sink holding a razer. The back of the photo reads "PR 1986."
  15. A Photograph of Mario Montez Holding a Fan

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1968 to 1972
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Mario Montez
    Description: A photograph of Mario Montez in a black dress holding an open fan.
  16. A Photograph of Mei Lanfang

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: Photograph of Mei Lanfang, a Chinese female impersonator.
  17. A Photograph of Mei Lanfang and Other

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators
    Subject: Asian people, Mei Lanfang
    Description: A photograph of Mei Lanfang (right), and another individual (unknown).
  18. A Photograph of Mei Lanfang Holding a Sword

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Mei Lanfang
    Description: A picture of Mei Lanfang. She is in costume and holding a sword.
  19. A Photograph of Mei Lanfang Wearing a Headdress

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Mei Lanfang
    Description: A photograph of Mei Lanfang wearing a headdress.
  20. A Photograph of Mei Lanfang with Two Unknown People

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Mei Lanfang
    Description: A black and white photograph with Mei Lanfang pictured with two unknown people.
  21. A Photograph of Stormé DeLarverie Surrounded by Three Female Impersonators

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1958
    Topics: Black lesbians, Drag kings, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC, Transfeminine people, Transmasculine people
    Subject: Jewel Box Revue, Roberts Show Club, Stormé DeLarverie
    Description: A photograph of Stormé DeLarverie (center), surrounded by three female impersonators at Roberts Show Club in Chicago, Illinois.
  22. A sailor holds hands with a man in elaborate drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1999?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A naval officer holds hand with a man in an exotic dancer's costume. Location unidentified.
  23. A Seated Performer Poses for a Photograph

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan
    Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers
    Subject: Look At Us Now
    Description: A performer poses seated in a chair wearing a two piece dress and matching hat. This may be a photograph of Private First Class Samuel Cohen.
  24. A Seated Performer Poses for a Photograph

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan
    Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers
    Subject: Look At Us Now
    Description: A seated performer poses in a two-piece dress. This may be a photograph of Private First Class Samuel Cohen.
  25. Actors (female impersonator on left) at San Quentin State Prison, Marin County, California, circa 1915

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1915
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Actors (a female impersonator on left) pose for a portrait at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1915. San Quentin State Prison opened in 1852, making it California’s oldest prison. Inmate labor built...
  26. Akihiro Miwa Deluxe Album Cover (1968)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1968
    Topics: Actors, Composers, Drag, Female impersonators, Japanese, Musicians, Singers
    Subject: Akihiro Maruyama, Akihiro Miwa, Deluxe (Album)
  27. Akihiro Miwa Deluxe Album, Inside Cover (1968)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1968
    Topics: Composers, Drag, Female impersonators, Japanese, Singers
    Subject: Akihiro Maruyama, Akihiro Miwa, Deluxe (Album)
  28. Akihiro Miwa in Advertising Still from "Black Lizard" (1968)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Fukasaku, Kinji
    Date: circa 1968
    Topics: Actors, Asian LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Drag, Female impersonators, Female impersonators in motion pictures, Film, Japanese, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Akihiro Maruyama, Akihiro Miwa, Black Lizard, Kuro Tokage
    Description: "Black Lizard" (1968) is the English name for Japanese film "Kuro tokage" (1968). A synopsis of the film from its IMDB page reads: "Japanese sixties comedy featuring a cunning female jewel thief...
  29. Akihiro Miwa Riding in Her Rolls Royce in Tokyo Nightclub District (1980)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Burri, Rene
    Date: 1980
    Topics: Actors, Drag, Female impersonators, Japanese
    Subject: Akihiro Miwa
  30. Bernie Brandall Photo Series

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1970s
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators
    Subject: Bernie Brandall
    Description: Autographed note "Para Papito"
  31. Bette Midler with Drag Queens at Studio One

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Rocco, Pat
    Date: 1978
    Topics: Celebrities, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators, Gay discotheques
    Description: Bette Midler with drag queens at Studio One. 1978.
  32. Bob White, Lynn Carter and Unknown Perform a Scene

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography, Theatre shows
    Subject: Bob White, Jewel Box Revue, Lynn Carter
  33. Bobby Barton and Kurt Mann in Dressing Room

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1970s
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators
    Subject: Bobby Barton, Kurt Mann
  34. Bobby Barton at Mardi Gras Supper Club

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1967?
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators
    Subject: Bobby Barton, Mardi Gras Supper Club
    Description: Autographed note to Kurt from "Barb"
  35. Bobby Lake and Unidentified Dancers in Jewel Box Revue

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dance, Female impersonators, Photography, Theatre shows
    Subject: Bob H., Bobby Lake, Clinton, im Challander, Teddy Duncan
  36. Bothwell Browne as "Miss Jack"

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1919
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musicals, Photographs, Stage fencing
    Subject: Bothwell Browne
    Description: Bothwell Browne photograph for the Broadway production, Miss Jack at the Herald Square Theatre.
  37. Bothwell Browne Posing with Sword

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1919
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musical theatre, Photographs, Stage fencing
    Subject: Bothwell Browne
    Description: Bothwell Browne photograph for the Broadway production, Miss Jack at the Herald Square Theatre.
  38. Britain's Foremost Female Impersonator Jimmy Slater

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1939
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Jimmy Slater
  39. British servicemen in drag acting out a cooking class. Photograph, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910s
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Men in drag behind a long table. with a large fabric backdrop. A British concert party somewhere in the Middle East towards the end of World War I. A crude stage set has been erected on bare earth....
  40. Can-Can Performers at the 1976 Foxy Follies

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1976
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Angie Walker, David Awards, Foxy Follies, Jesse DeVille, Joey Knight, Ted Larson, Tiny Tina
  41. Candid Shot of Bobby Barton, Eva Bors, Paris Todd, Robin Rodgers, and Unknown Girl

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to 2000
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Bobby Barton, Eva Bors, Paris Todd, Robin Rogers
  42. Carmen Del Ray and David Hummel (1)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1968?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Carmen Del Ray, David Hummel
  43. Carmen Del Ray and David Hummel (2)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1968?
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators
    Subject: Carmen Del Ray, David Hummel
  44. Chris Moore On Stage

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1967
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators
    Subject: Chris Moore
    Description: Autographed note reads: "To Kurt, a fabulous Phyllis Diller, from Ethel. Love, Chris Moore, 1967."
  45. Christopher Morley as Marilyn Monroe

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1980 to 1990
    Topics: Actors, Celebrity impersonators, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photographic models
    Subject: Christopher Morley, Marilyn Monroe
    Description: Full length photo of Christopher Morley as Marilyn Monroe, in a white dress.
  46. Christopher Morley as Marilyn Monroe (2)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1980 to 1990
    Topics: Actors, Celebrity impersonators, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photographic models
    Subject: Christopher Morley, Marilyn Monroe
  47. Christopher Morley in Playboy Photoshoot

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1975
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photographic models
    Subject: Christopher Morley, Playboy
    Description: In the first photo, Christopher Morley portrays a man, and in the second he portrays the woman.
  48. Christopher Morley Portrait

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1980 to 1990
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photographic models
    Subject: Christopher Morley
  49. Christopher Morley Portraying Policewoman in Magnum P.I.

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Universal Television
    Date: Jan. 7, 1982
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Female impersonators in motion pictures
    Subject: Christopher Morley, Magnum P.I.
    Description: Christopher Morley portraying a policewoman in the Magnum P.I. episode “The Jororo Kill,” (January 7, 1982). In the episode, Morley also appeared as a nun, and as a man.
  50. Christopher Morley Portrays Cross-Dressing Assassin (1973) (1)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Warner Bros.
    Date: 1973
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Female impersonators in motion pictures, Film
    Subject: Christopher Morley, Freebie And The Bean
    Description: Still image taken from the 1974 movie "Freebie and the Bean."