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  1. 82 Club Program (1965)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Russell, Kitt
    Date: 1965
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: 82 Club, Agnes Moorehead, Bette, Bobbie Du Barrie, Brandy Alexander, Ceylon, Chris Ames, Ella-Funt, Gene Avery, George Roth, Hans Crystal, Jackie Maye, Jamie Power, Jan Richards, Johnny Marsh, Johnny Romero, Johnny Rose, Kim August, Lee Loren, Mark Destin, Marlene, Melvin Evans, Miss Simma Down, Phil Cross, Rob Vernon, Robin Sanchell, Ronnie Colbert, Rubay, Sandy Rogers, Teri Noel, Vickie Lynn, Vinnie Summers

  2. 88 IFGE Convention Previews

     
    Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)
    Date: Feb. 9, 1988
    Topics: BDSM, Crossdressing, Drag, Female impersonators, Hormones, LGBTQ+ partners, Religions, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Alison Laing, Brenda Atwater, Coming Together, Working Together Convention, Diane Dixon, Educational Transvestite Chapter (ETVC), Ginny Knuth, Gloria Peters, Heather Pearson, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Jan Rupard, JoAnn Roberts, Kim Hellman, Linda McKim, Marilyn Frank, Mary Elizabeth, Maureen Taylor, Merissa Sherrill Lynn, Olivia Jensen, Outreach Institute of Gender Studies (OIGS), Richard F. Docter, San Francisco Convention, Tara Tenille, Transvestites and Transsexuals: A Socio-Cognitive View, Veronica Brown, Virginia Prince, Yvonne Cooke

  3. A Boom at the Dime

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1891
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Dockstader's Colored Minstrel Troupe, Ethiopian, Ninth and Arch Dime Museum, William Campbell
    Description: Article in The Philadelphia Inquirer discussing Black female impersonators.

  4. A boy dressed as a girl, wearing a bonnet; playing with a toy chariot. Photographic postcard, 1904.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1904
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A private postcard of a little boy playing with a toy by the sash window of a rustic cottage. He is wearing standard knickerbockers and a tweed jacket, but also a fox-fur scarf and a very fancy ber...

  5. A British prisoner of war in drag, performing for "The Timbertown Follies", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The soldier is one of the stars of the Timbertown Follies, Mr. P.R. ("Mollie") MorganHe is dressed up for one of the many revues staged by some of the 1,500 or so members of the First Royal Naval B...

  6. A British prisoner of war in drag, wearing a delicate short dress, leans towards the viewer with his hands on his hips. Photographic postcard by E. Ohle, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: He is wearing a decorative head band and is standing on stage with dark background scenery. Prisoner of war 'Vera' in camp drag in World War I. The camp is not identified, but presumably near the R...

  7. A British prisoner-of-war at Krefeld camp, in drag, poses in character. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1914 to 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Conditions at Krefeld were apparently not too tough for allied POWs if this picture is a guide. Camp entertainment was indeed just that: this very young-looking British serviceman 'Gloria', wears a...

  8. A Chinese Actor

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Evening News
    Date: 1891
    Topics: Bail, Defense (Civil procedure), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: C.D. Wright, Chinese People, Ga Bing, J.D. Edson
    Description: Article in the Evening News about Ga Bing who was arrested for not fulfilling his contract and getting paid in advance.

  9. A Chinese Actor

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1899
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Choy Ting Quoy, Fon Chong Mai, Son Fong Quon
    Description: Article published in the West Bay City Times about a performance by Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese actor and female impersonator.

  10. A Chinese Fight

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1890
    Topics: Boxing, Female impersonators
    Subject: Ah Giang, Chinese People, Foo Jung, John L. Sullivan, Swintien Lok Company
    Description: This item is an article in the North Dakota newspaper Bismarck Daily Tribune about a staged fight between boxer John L. Sullivan and Ah Giang, a Chinese female impersonator.

  11. A Chinese Play

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 22, 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Moo Sung Lee, Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing, Yaka Wing
    Description: Article published in The St. Louis Republic about a performance by Taka Wing, "the great female impersonator of China".

  12. A Chinese Riot

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1893
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Chinese People, Don Bow, Tow Dong Chue
    Description: Article published in the Morning Oregonian about a large fight that occurred in a Chinese theater and the arrest of Tow Dong Chue and Don Bow (a Chinese female impersonator).

  13. A Chinese Theater

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1890
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Chinese People, Mr. Ah Gian
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to the use of racist language.

  14. 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.

  15. A Comedy of Murder

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Chinese Theatrical Company, Taka Wing, Two Unfortunate Maidens
    Description: Article published in The New York Herald about a performance by Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator.

  16. A comedy wedding with the bride in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1922.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1922
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A clown, sailor, the groom, bride and another character in drag. The cap tally on the only man in uniform in this group names the Royal Naval Division, which was disbanded in 1919. However, the sup...

  17. A convalescent soldier (Lance-Corporal R.C. Thomas) poses in drag, wearing a silk dress and sitting with a mourning veil. Photographic postcard, 1916.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1916
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: "The man known as Summerdown Kate was Lance-Corporal R. C. Thomas who was at the Summerdown Convalescent Camp and a member of the camp's entertainment group (the Knuts Kamp Komedy Kompany). He was ...

  18. A couple of sailors, one in drag, pose together on stage. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The man in drag is dressed as a nurse and the other man is dressed in Naval Officer's uniform

  19. A couple, one in drag, pose together on stage. 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.

  20. A Curious Evening with Kenneth Marlow (January 17, 1971)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1971
    Topics: Comedy, Crossdressing, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Musicals, Writers
    Subject: Kenneth Marlow, Mr. Madam
    Description: Object has "which have nothing to do with my act!" in blue ink, which we think to be written by Kenneth Marlow.

  21. "A Dark Conspiracy" in Chinese

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Chinese drama, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: A Dark Conspiracy, Asian people, Chinese People, Koong Ming, Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing
    Description: This item is an article published in the New York Herald reporting on the performance of "A Dark Conspiracy" featuring Taka Wing, a female impersonator.

  22. A drag pearly queen and her two kings pose for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The pearly queens appear relaxed posing in front of a blank sheet. Possibly a World War I concert party group, but if so subject matter is unusual

  23. A family, all members wearing grotesque masks, the father in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators, Masks
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

  24. A Female Impersonator: Man Disguised in Woman's Apparel Arrested at Austin

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 13, 1901
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Police, Social norms, Taboos
    Subject: Edgar Edwards

  25. A Female Impersonator Who Likes Being a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Klemesrud, Judy
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Masculinities, Night life
    Subject: Lynne Carter

  26. A French prisoner of war acting in an internment camp in Dülmen, performing in drag, wearing a long white dress. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1915 to 1918?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A man in drag holding a fan, leaning against a plain background. 'Richard', a French prisoner of war at Dülmen Camp in Germany, wearing a delightful and beautifully-made tiered and sequinned frock ...

  27. A French prisoner of war in drag acting in an internment camp in Dülmen. Photographic postcard, ca. 1917.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1917
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

  28. A French prisoner of war posing in drag at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A man in drag poses standing by a table with a vase of flowers. The drag is in the high fashion of 1912: harem pants as influenced by the Russian Ballet and a wide brimmed feather trimmed hat. The ...

  29. A Good Variety Show

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1895
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Bon Ton Vaudevilles, Gus Mills
    Description: Article in the Worcester Daily Spy discussing Gus Mills, a Black female impersonator.

  30. A large group of men in drag at Club 82, New York City. Process print, 196-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to 1969?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  31. A man dressed in drag as a cowgirl. Photographic postcard, ca. 1915-1920.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1915? to 1920?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A humorous photograph of ca. 1915-1920 taken at the Fancy Dress Studio, Tottenham Court Road, London. A gawky and lantern-jawed 'cowgirl' in a terrible wig poses with a taxidermy horse

  32. A man in drag (?) poses wearing a long coat with fur trim and a hat with a brooch. Photographic postcard, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: He smiles at the viewer and holds a bag under his arm. Extremely well-dressed figure wearing the high fashion of the mid-late 1920s. May be a man in drag, or possibly a woman with masculine feature...

  33. A man in drag and a man in male clothes looking into each others' eyes. Photographic postcard.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1914 to 1918?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: An unmarked French-produced postcard, World War I period, showing an unidentified concert party or prisoner-of-war camp theatrical production

  34. A man in drag (Charlie) sits face-on, wearing detailed costume, with a window painted on the backdrop. Photographic postcard, 1919.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1919
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The man smiles, with his head tilted slightly and legs crossed, gazing out towards the viewer. Photograph of 'Charlie' sent back to his sister from Egypt in 1919, where one may assume he was part o...

  35. A man in drag dressed as a bride, looking glum. Photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  36. A man in drag dressed as a distinguished-looking young woman. Photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  37. A man in drag holding a baby. Photographic postcard by Photo Jos. Dumont.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1900 to 1909?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  38. A man in drag holding a broom. Photograph, 1862.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1862
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  39. A man in drag, holding a feather, performing in the play 'A country girl'. Photographic postcard, 1920.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1920
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

  40. A man in drag is sitting down wearing a large white dress. Photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  41. A man in drag. Photographic postcard by Fred C. Palmer, 190-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1900 to 1909?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Possibly the same performer as shown in Wellcome Library no. 2045350i (dressed half as Charlie Chaplin, half as a woman). Almost certainly a professional performer. Herne Bay was a popular holiday ...

  42. A man in drag playing the piano. Photographic postcard by Legg (?) & Co., 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: An unidentified concert party performer at Weston-super-Mare, early 1920s. Possibly the 'Mr. Wilfred Hatwell' named in pencil inscription on the verso of the item catalogued

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. A man in drag poses side-on. Photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  46. A man in drag poses sitting down, head-on, taking a nap. Photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  47. A man in drag poses wearing a large pink dress. Photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  48. A man in drag poses wearing a short dress and large bow tie-shaped head garment. Photographic postcard, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

  49. A man in drag poses wearing an elaborate dress. Coloured photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  50. 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.

  51. 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: 'Elaine' has signed this lovely shot of himself in Middle Eastern drag, and dedicated it to 'Dolly'. A member of The Temple Belles concert party in France, World War I. We do not know which unit th...

  52. A man in drag poses wearing mauve attire. Photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  53. A man in drag poses with a bonnet, basket and broom. Photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  54. A man in drag poses with his arms crossed, wearing a ballerina costume. Photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  55. A man in drag poses with leaves in his styled hair. Photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  56. A man in drag, posing in a dark hat in front of a brick wall. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  57. A man in drag posing in bridal costume next to Centurion-style props. Photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  58. A man in drag posing in historical costume. Photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  59. A man in drag posing side-on. Photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  60. A man in drag posing while rolling his eyes. Process print, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  61. A man in drag posing with an umbrella, with a 3rd prize label attached to his shoulder. Photographic postcard, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A young Welshman dressed up for the camera at Bargoed, South Wales, ca. 1920s. He looks pleased, leaning on his umbrella, standing in front of a stone wall. Unidentified subject. Photo postcard.

  62. A man in drag. Process print, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  63. A man in drag resting against a chair. Photograph, 187-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1870 to 1879?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  64. A man in drag, seated, wearing dark clothing and a black hat. Photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  65. 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’.

  66. A man in drag sits pensively on a chair, on the deck of a ship. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The man wears high-laced Jester boots and a headscarf, and could be playing the character of a pirate. Same subject as another photograph (Wellcome Library no. 2043350i)

  67. A man in drag standing on a stage. Photographic postcard, 195-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to 1959?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  68. A man in drag standing side-on. Photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  69. 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’.

  70. A man in drag, wearing a large bonnet, leans on a parasol whilst standing in front of a brick building. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Amateur cross dressing. A man dressed in elaborate lady's costume of ca. 1910, grinning broadly in an outdoor setting. European, possibly Belgian

  71. A man in drag wearing a very large hat with a veil, stands in front of a painted backdrop, with dense foliage. Photographic postcard, 1911.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1911
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: He is holding a plush velvet muff and is wearing very distinctive costume. Very sophisticated amateur drag at Stratford-on-Avon in 1911. This man makes a convincing woman, although the costume is r...

  72. A man in drag wears make-up and is holding flowers, posing for his portrait. Photographic postcard, ca. 1918.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Wearing a delicate dress and is looking straight at the viewer, 'Jack' is beautifully made up and posed, in an oval vignette on a card dedicated to 'Claude'. A professionally printed and produced c...

  73. A man in drag with the expression of being deep in thought. Photograph, 189-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1890 to 1899?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.

  74. A man in ornate drag sits in a dog-cart and is pulled along the road by a man dressed in Chinese patterned robes and hat. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Private theatricals

  75. A man wearing a white dress sits playing the piano. Photographic postcard, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A man in extremely effective and rather sinister drag sits at a piano. The short hair and dark lipstick would indicate mid-1920s. He is sitting side-on with most of his back to the viewer. Fabric f...

  76. A member of the Elvio Comedy Trio in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1905-1910.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1905 to 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  77. A performer in drag poses on stage wearing a head garment with sprawling feathers. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The man in drag faces the viewer, wearing a thinly-layered dress while holding a flowery prop, in front of a well-painted backdrop. An unidentified drag performer, World War I period. Highly profes...

  78. A performer in drag, wearing a black dress and tiara, leaning on a chair. Photographic postcard by W. Aspden, 1924.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1924
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: He is glancing at the viewer with his body side-on, possibly in a dressing room. 'Bobbie' in comedy drag at Bangor in 1924, photographed by W. Aspden. One of the many drag acts that enjoyed increas...

  79. A performer in drag, wearing a large flowery dress, poses with a cigarette on stage. Photographic postcard, ca. 1908-1910.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1908 to 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The performer is leaning against a small table with a door and curtain in the background. A charming (and almost certainly professional) young man wearing a typical soubrette's outfit, circa 1908-1...

  80. 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.

  81. A Photo Card of Mei Lanfang Holding a Flag

     
    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, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: Photo Card of Mei Lanfang posing with a flag over her head.

  82. 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.

  83. 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...

  84. 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.

  85. 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.

  86. 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...

  87. 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.

  88. 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."

  89. 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.

  90. 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."

  91. 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."

  92. 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.

  93. 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.

  94. 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).

  95. 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.

  96. 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.

  97. 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.

  98. 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.

  99. A Place Where Love Becomes a Chronic Invalid

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Crisp, Quentin
    Date: Apr. 7, 1991
    Topics: Ball culture, Drag, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Elk's Lodge, Jennie Livingston, Octavia St. Laurent, Paris Is Burning
    Description: A New York Times article talking about "Paris Is Burning" and how it was received in the UK.

  100. A Plea for the Transvestite

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Wallace, Phyl
    Date: Apr. 1, 1961
    Topics: Female impersonators, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ obituaries, Transvestites
    Subject: Jay Brennan

  101. A Poster Promoting Guillermo Knight

     
    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 a poster or flyer that reads "presento a Guillermo Knight y sus amigos." On the flyer is a black and white picture of Guillermo holding an acoustic guitar.

  102. A prisoner of war acting in an internment camp in Dülmen, performing in drag, wearing a white dress and a dark hat. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A man in drag poses in front of a painted leafy background, holding a parasol (?) across his back. A convincing drag act at Dülmen internment camp. The subject 'Launay' is possibly a semi-professio...

  103. A prisoner of war dressed in drag. Photographic postcard by L. Soudan, 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.

  104. A prisoner of war in drag, wearing a dress and white cloak, poses mid-movement with arms outstretched. Photographic postcard by Albert Melzer, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The man in drag is wearing small heels and a decorative head garment on stage. Unidentified prisoner of war camp drag. The costume is rather amateurishly produced using expensive materials: silk, m...

  105. A quick-change performer known as "Lanzetta"; inset in many small portraits. Photographic postcard by F. Célis, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A montage of French (?) female impersonator 'Lanzetta', presumably a quick-change artist from the large number (twenty) of female characters making up the composite

  106. 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...

  107. A sailor called William Mills in drag and in naval uniform. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Unusual World War I period photograph showing Able Seaman William Mills in and out of costume as Lady Poppam. The image of William Mills ain drag appears to have been cutout and placed on a pencil-...

  108. 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.

  109. A sailor in drag leans on a high stool, in front of patterned scenery. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: He is wearing a plain dress and a hat, whilst leaning on a stool

  110. 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...

  111. A sailor in drag sits on the deck of a ship in bright sunlight. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A good-looking and distinctly masculine young sailor sits on a deckchair on the deck of a ship wearing fashionable ladies' clothes of the 1900s. The outfit includes a wide silk skirt, well-made hat...

  112. A sailor in drag, wearing a long coat and hat, sits reading in a garden. Photographic postcard, ca. 1920.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1920
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: 'Gaby', one of many imitators of the French revue star Gaby Deslys, engrossed in reading Jules Vernes' Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, comfortably seated in a deck chair in the garden in ful...

  113. A sailor in drag, wearing a milkmaid costume. Photographic postcard by H.J. Bond, 1906.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1906
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The man in drag is apparently Able Seaman Arthur Roach, a crew member of the H.M.S. Prince of Wales. He poses as a milkmaid behind a wooden fence and in front of a painted background. He is wearin...

  114. A sailor on H.M.S St. Vincent, in drag as a bride in a performance of 'The Great Casimir'. Photographic postcard, 1918.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Able seaman Smith is dressed as a bride, "Ninetta", holding a bouquet of flowers, in front of a leafy painted backdrop. He is wearing a high waisted frock with a short train of the kind fashionable...

  115. 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.

  116. 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.

  117. A shoeshine boy cleans the boots of a man in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1905.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1905
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The boy wears a registration number on his sleeve. In the background, a painted backdrop showing a city street. A photographic comic card produced by the firm of Bamforth, circa 1905. This genre of...

  118. A soldier who ecaped from the Turks dressed as a woman; advertising the military magazine "The Wide World". Photographic postcard, ca. 1918.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Postcard reproduction of a cover of 'Wide World Magazine' (published London 1898-1965) showing a soldier in drag, with him in military uniform inset, with text alluding to how the soldier "escaped ...

  119. A Transvestite Tangles Tongues: An Interview with Sandy Day

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: GAY Magazine
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Female impersonators, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC, Transfemininity
    Subject: Sandy Day
    Description: "A Transvestite Tangles Tongues: An Interview with Sandy Day" from GAY Magazine Vol. 4 No. 06. There is an interview with performer Sandy Day about her gender affirming procedures, plan to get bott...

  120. A Ukrainian prisoner of war performing a dance at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 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.

  121. A ventriloquist in drag, known as "Thora ?". Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators, Ventriloquists
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  122. A Vivid Picture of a Great Actor Harassed by Century Old Traditions

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 2, 1898
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Fon Chong Mai
    Description: Article published in the New York Herald about Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese female impersonator; includes illustrations.

  123. A young man in drag poses in a flowery dress. Photographic postcard, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  124. 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

  125. Abraham “Chico” Sanchez

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gay community, HIV/AIDS
    Subject: Abraham "Chico" Sanchez, AVES, Chablis La Blanc, Littlemore Family of Austin, Miss Cousins, RSICSS
    Description: An obituary for Abraham "Chico" Sanchez, a "female impersonator and philanthropist."

  126. Actors dressed as a clowns, performing for "The Timbertown Follies", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. 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.

  127. 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...

  128. Actors gathered around a man in drag. Photographic postcard by The Fancy Dress Studio, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A group of men dressed in ragged working clothes gather round a matronly figure in drag as a cook with apron and mob cap. One of the men (third from left) is dressed as the popular music-hall perfo...

  129. Actors in "Madame Lloyd's choir and orchestra". Process print, 190-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1900 to 1909?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  130. 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,...

  131. Actors in the pantomime "Sindbad" at Drury Lane. Photographic postcard, 1907.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1907
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The four men, two in drag, pose on a piece of stage furniture. A superb group of dames at Drury Lane in 1907. Having established Drury Lane Theatre as the foremost venue for pantomime, the producer...

  132. Actors, one in drag, performing on stage as "The Curios". Photographic postcard, ca. 1918-1920.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1918? to 1920?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The man in drag is wearing white and stands to the right of the stage, with a line of men in white suits, all adopting the same pose of pointing towards the man in drag. Some of the men's faces are...

  133. Actors, one in drag, performing "The man From Toronto", pose on set for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Actors posing for an apparent publicity shot. Members of the popular touring Denville Stock Company in a production shot for 'The man from Toronto', a popular comedy in three acts by Douglas Murray...

  134. Actors, one in drag, pose as "The Scottish Dons". Photographic postcard, 1915.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1915
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  135. Actors, one in drag, pose for a group portrait as "Cheerokee Minstrels". Photographic postcard by H..E. Howorth, 1904.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1904
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  136. Actors performing at a prisoner of war camp in Münster. Photographic postcard. 1916.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1916
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Many characters, some in drag, are in a crowded scene within the detailed domestic stage set. A melodrama being played out on the well-improvised set of the camp theatre at Münster prisoner of war ...

  137. Actors performing at a prisoner of war camp in Osnabrück. Photographic postcard. 1916.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1916
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Belgian prisoners of war performing at Osnabruck Camp on a real photo postcard sent back home to Liege by Lt. Jos. Frenay (presumably one of the subjects). Three of the ten characters backstage are...

  138. Actors performing French theatre at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Two men are in drag and the other men are wearing smart attire. They are performing a scene on a very elaborate set

  139. Actors performing French theatre at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The actors pose for a group portrait around a table, some are in drag

  140. Actors performing 'L'idée de Françoise'. 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.

  141. Actors sitting in front of an ambulance train, some in drag. Photograph, 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.

  142. Actors, some in drag, performing at a prisoner of war camp in Belgium. 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.

  143. 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’.

  144. Actors, some in drag, pose for a group portrait, in front of a large wooden doorway. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The actors are dressed in a variety of costumes as they sit and stand in rows facing the viewer. Probably a touring company of professional actors, ca. 1918-1920. A couple of them may be men in dra...

  145. Actors, some in drag, pose for Ernie Payne and Bennie Browne's "New Signals" revuette. Photographic postcard, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The group pose sitting down, in a line, with men in evening dress alternating with men in drag. A semi-amateur revue in the mid-1920s. The three drags are wearing short flapper costumes, including ...

  146. Actors, some in drag; with the attention focused on a character sitting at a table. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Several characters look towards a man (in drag?) who sits at a small table. An elaborately constructed and painted set in an unidentified location. Theatrical performers are wearing a variety of co...

  147. Aftermath of a Musical Fete

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Randolph, Oliver
    Date: Jul. 1, 1911
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Andrew Tribble
    Description: An article in The Twin City Star mentioning Andrew Tribble, a renown female impersonator.

  148. A.G. Allen's New Orleans Minstrels

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1899
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Subject: A. G. Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, Augustus Stevens
    Description: Article in The Freeman mentioning Augustus Stevens, a Black female impersonator.

  149. 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)

  150. 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)

  151. 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...

  152. 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

  153. 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 '...

  154. Albert Letine in drag. Postcard, ca. 1907.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1907
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  155. Albertin celebre imitateur

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Albertin
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Albertin
    Description: Blank verso.

  156. Alfred Wellesley in drag as Mrs Sinbad. Photographic postcard, 192- (?).

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  157. All the World Loves A Lover

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Smith, Robert B., Gilbert, Jean
    Date: 1911
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: A.H. Woods, Julian Eltinge

  158. Allen's Minstrel Show motto...

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 29, 1912
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Allen's Minstrels
    Description: Article in the Pascagoula Democrat-Star about a show featuring a Black female impersonator.

  159. Allen's Minstrels

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Jenkins, P.L.
    Date: 1909
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Allen's Minstrels, C. Adam LaRose, Musician, Salome Dance
    Description: Article in The Freeman discussing C. Adam LaRose, a Black female impersonator and musician.

  160. Alraunen duo

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Fotograf Fritz Frank, Frankfurt
    Date: 1913
    Topics: Female impersonators

  161. Amateur actors in drag, pose on stage as "The Blackthorns". Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The four men all wear feathered head garments and particularly attractive 'exotic' drag: two are seated in the centre and two stand either side of the bench. They are members of 'The Blackthorns' c...

  162. Amateur actors in drag, wearing white dresses and dancing on stage. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Four men in drag dressed as fairies, posing in a line with their right arms pointing up and their left pointing downwards. Amateur theatricals in Bradford

  163. Amateur actors, one in drag, known as "The Bowbells"; posing for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Several men dressed as clowns surround the man in drag, sittiing either side; the man in drag has long pigtails. Four men are in army uniform

  164. Amateur actors, one in drag, perform a scene on stage. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Three animated actors are facing another character (a man in drag?), who stands in an open doorway. An amateur theatrical production circa 1920s, quite possibly of the perennially popular 'Charley'...

  165. Amateur actors performing "Carry On". Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Three actors (one in drag, another playing a clown) known as "The Buskers" perform 'Carry On'. 'The Buskers' may be the name of a military concert party in World War I, but not a professional troup...

  166. Amateur actors sitting down, surrounding a man in drag seated in the centre. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: An attractive group wearing different fancy dress costumes, with a central seated figure in summer drag. The man in drag wears the fashionable (circa 1915) white tiered lawn frock matched with a br...

  167. Amateur actors, some in drag, are having tea on stage. Photographic postcard, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The stage set furnishing is very detailed. Amateur theatricals in England, 1920s. The central figure pouring tea is a man in drag, but the other female roles are played by women

  168. Amateur actors, some in drag, gather for a group portrait, in a room with a fireplace. Photographic postcard, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

  169. Amateur actors, some in drag, on stage attending to the death of a female character. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Some characters are dressed in military costume and all appear in profile, gazing towards the dying individual. Amateur theatricals at Worthing, with men and women both cross-dressed. Possibly at E...

  170. Amateur actors, some in drag, pose for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A man dressed as Charlie Chaplin stands on the far right. A couple of the group are dressed in drag wearing what look to be bona fide nurses' uniforms, so possibly a group at East Preston military ...

  171. Amateur actors, some in drag, pose on a crowded stage. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The actors fill the stage and are dressed as a variety of characters, including a man to the left with a large beard. A large theatrical group including children, performing a play on a biblical th...

  172. Amateur actors, some in drag, pose on stage in "Gee-Whizz". Photographic postcard, 1917.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1917
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Some men in drag sit under umbrellas, on the laps of other men; as a man in drag is greeted by a gentleman with a top hat. The Europa Concert Party performing a piece entitled 'Gee Whiz'. No record...

  173. Amateur actors, some in drag, posing on stage for a group portrait. Photographic postcard by E. Pye, 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.

  174. Amateur actors, some in drag, posing on stage for "Miquette & sa mere"; at Sennelager prisoner of war camp in Germany. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators, Prisoners of war, World War, 1914-1918
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

  175. Amateur Minstrels Score Great Success

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1906
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Macon Minstrels, Mr. Kelly
    Description: Article in the Macon Daily Telegraph mentioning Mr. Kelly, a Black female impersonator.

  176. America's Most Unusual Night Club Finocchio's

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Finocchio, Marjorie, Finocchio, Joseph
    Date: circa 1950
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Del Le Roy, Frank Doran, Freddie Renault, Jackie Maye, John Lonas, Johnny Mangum, Karyl Norman, Li-Kar, Milton La Maire, Niles Marsh, Ray Francis

  177. Amusement Notes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 30, 1907
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: Gibson Girl, Julian Eltinge, Maxine Elliott, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" titled: "Amusement Notes," detailing Julian Eltinge's acting experience. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  178. Amusements

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 12, 1875
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Performing arts, Physical characteristics, Role behavior
    Subject: Ernest Byne, Swiss Bell Ringers
    Description: The Daily Gazette (Wilmington, DE)

  179. Amusements at the Torch Club

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 18, 1936
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Billy Beryl, Danny Brown, Jean Harlow, Torch Club

  180. An actor, in drag, called "Aunt Sammy", in an inset portrait. Photographic postcard, ca. 1905.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1905
    Topics: Aunts, Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  181. An actor in drag, from "Jays concert party". Photographic postcard, 1918.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  182. An actor in drag, known as "Gertie", poses mid-movement in a white dress. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: 'Gertie' has styled hair and is wearing white shoes as he looks directly at the viewer. A member of The Temple Belles concert party in France, World War I. We do not know which unit this troupe was...

  183. An actor in drag, known as "Maurice"; poses on stage mid-dance. Photographic postcard, 1908.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1908
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  184. An actor, in drag, performing English theatre at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. 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.

  185. 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’.

  186. 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’.

  187. 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’.

  188. An actor in drag. Photographic postcard, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  189. An actor in drag, poses mid-dance, wearing a feathered head garment and a tassled dress. Photographic postcard, 1921.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1921
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: He stands on an animal-skin rug in front of decorative fabric. Stan Bennett in 'Splinters', dressed in an exotic outfit influenced by the silent-screen vamp Theda Bara. Stan Bennett was one of the ...

  190. An actor in drag poses on stage as "Sulmary". Process print, ca. 1910.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  191. 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

  192. 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’.

  193. 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

  194. 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’.

  195. 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

  196. An actor in drag, posing on a stile in a field. Photographic postcard, ca. 1920.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1920
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  197. An actor in drag wearing a light dress and styled hair, poses in front of a black background. Photographic postcard by Vernon Studio, 1921.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1921
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The man in drag (Stan Bennett?) gazes at the viewer and points his toes to the ground with his left foot. The card is autographed by Stan Bennett, one of the original members of the 'Splinters' tro...

  198. An actor in drag, wearing a white fluffy-trim coat. Photographic postcard by Relph, ca. 1917-1918.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  199. An actor in pantomime drag. Photographic postcard by Hana Studios, 190-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1900 to 1909?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  200. An actor performing in drag. 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: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.