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Men in drag at Club My-O-My, New Orleans. Colour process print, 195-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1950 to 1959? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A publicity card for Club My-O-My in the French Quarter of New Orleans, which was in operation from ca. 1930 until it was destroyed by fire in 1972. The club presented cross-dressed 'glamor drag' a... -
Men in drag at Club My-O-My, New Orleans. Colour process print, 195-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1950 to 1959? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A publicity card for Club My-O-My in the French Quarter of New Orleans, which was in operation from ca. 1930 until it was destroyed by fire in 1972. The club presented cross-dressed 'glamor drag' a... -
Members of 'The Stars' concert party, two soldiers in drag and two as pierrots, pose around a bench. Photographic postcard, 1919.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1919 Topics: Female impersonators Description: According to inscription on verso of print catalogued, they are members of 'The Stars' concert party attached to the R.A.M.C. 6th Field Ambulance at Cambrai, in January 1919. The two men in drag ar... -
Members of Roy Cowl's "Queeries" pose for a group portrait in Llandudno. Photographic postcard, 1930.
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Members of "Harry Gold's Margate Entertainers", one in drag, pose for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 1937.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1937 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The group pose together wearing matching white summer attire and the men also have straw hats. Harry Gold (born Patrick Ricks; 1866-1946) started a troupe of entertainers in Margate as early as 190... -
Members of "Harry Gold's Margate Entertainers", one in drag, pose for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 1937.
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Members of a military concert party during World War I. Photographic postcard, ca. 1916.
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McMahon and King, two actors made up as blackface minstrels, with King in drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators, Minstrel music Description: King looks over his shoulder, whilst McMahon in a top hat holds out his finger, pointing. Blackface minstrels (white actors with faces blackened to represent and mock Black people) were a form of e... -
Max Jenss, in drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.
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Man de Wirth in drag. Photographic postcard, 190-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1909 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The item catalogued bears an autograph message from the subject on the verso giving his address as the Colosseum Theatre, Bremen and giving his future itinerary. Although biographical detail of de ... -
Malcolm Scott, smoking a cigarette. Photographic postcard by J.G. Capstaff, 191-.
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Malcolm Scott in character as "Salome". Photographic postcard, 191-.
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Malcolm Scott in character as Boadicea. Photographic postcard, 191-.
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Malcolm Scott in character as an English queen. Photographic postcard, 191-.
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Malcolm Scott in character as a "Gibson Girl". Photographic postcard, 191-.
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Malcolm Scott in character as a "Gibson Girl". Photographic postcard, 1908.
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Maitland Cecil Melville Wills, in drag, posing in a black corset and heavy skirt; on Shrove Tuesday 1911. Photographic postcard, 1911.
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M. de Sternac in drag as one of the Barrison sisters. Process print, ca. 1901.
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M. de Sternac in drag as a geisha. Process print, ca. 1901.
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Lyell Johnson & Fred Groome, music hall performers, one in drag, pose as a bride and a clergyman. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The bride smiles and the clergyman looks somewhat surprised, looking in the direction of the viewer. Professionally produced publicity card for Lyell Johnson and Fred Groome, circa 1910. An obscure... -
Louis Vincent in drag holding a drinking glass. Process print, ca. 1905-1910.
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Louis Vernassier in drag poses with a harp. Process print, 1906.
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Louis Vernassier, in drag, in nine inset portraits. Process print, 190-.
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Louis Hayden in drag. Process print, 1946.
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Leopoldo Fregoli, in drag, poses in several inset portraits. Process print, 1903.
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Leopoldo Fregoli, in drag, poses in several inset portraits. Process print, 1903.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1903 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Leopoldo Fregoli wears different costumes within many inset portraits, including one dressed as a policeman with a moustache and cape. Leopoldo Fregoli (Italian, 1867-1936) was the greatest 'protea... -
Leopoldo Fregoli, in drag, poses in several inset portraits. Process print, 1903.
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Leonard Lane, dressed as a woman, dancing. Photographic postcard, 1907.
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Lawrie in male clothes. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
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Lawrie in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
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K. Scott-Barrie in character as "The entertainer". Process print, 190-.
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K. Scott-Barrie in character as "The entertainer". Photographic postcard, 191-.
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K. Scott-Barrie in character as "The entertainer". Photographic postcard, 191-.
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Julian Eltinge. Process print, 1916.
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Julian Eltinge in "The fascinating widow" poses for his portrait. Process print, 1915.
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Julian Eltinge in the "Fascinating widow" poses for his portrait. Process print, 1914.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1914 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Julian Eltinge in male clothing. Julian Eltinge (born William Dalton, 1881?-1941), was perhaps the most successful American female impersonator of the twentieth century. By 1904 he was already appe... -
Julian Eltinge in male clothing. Process print, ca. 1916.
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Julian Eltinge in drag wearing crinoline. Process print, ca. 1916.
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Julian Eltinge in drag. Process print, ca. 1916.
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Julian Eltinge in drag. Photographic postcard, 1907.
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Julian Eltinge in drag. Coloured photographic postcard, ca. 1907.
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John Lindstrom in drag. Photographic postcard, 19--.
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Jimmy Slater in drag. Photographic postcard, 1945.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1945 Topics: Female impersonators Description: He is wearing a delicately patterned dress, has styled blonde hair and is smiling at the viewer. Jimmy Slater (1896-1996) enjoyed one of the longest and most successful careers as a drag artist, en... -
Jimmy O'Dea in character as Mrs. Biddy Mulligan. Photograph, 195-.
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Jimmy De Lancy in drag. Photographic postcard, 195-.
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Jimmie Slater in drag. Photographic postcard, 192-.
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Jerry Joyce posing in drag. Process print, 191-.
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Jackie Coogan in character as a little Flemish girl. Process print, 192-.
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"Jack P." in drag, wearing a white hat. Photographic print, 192-.
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Hinge and Bracket in character, posing in a garden. Photograph, 198-.