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  1. Arthur Blake

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1941
    Topics: Clothing, Drag
    Subject: Arthur Blake, Lawrence Golden
    Description: A photograph of Arthur Blake in drag, signed by Arthur Blake in 1941. The note says "To our little checker – a [?] guy – Really Harold your [sic] so important to us – without you no pay – Thanks! (...

  2. Countess Estelle as a brunette

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1930 to circa 1960
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Countess Estelle, Garden of Allah
    Description: Photograph of Countess Estelle standing in front of a curtain wearing a sleeved dress with a long pleated skirt, dangly earrings, black heels, and a dark fur piece draped around both wrists.

  3. Female impersonator Shuug Au Sing

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1930 to 1960
    Topics: Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, QTPOC
    Subject: Shuug Au Sing
    Description: Photograph of Shuug Au Sing in a floor length dress and large, elaborate headdress posing in front of curtains.

  4. Francis Russell, promotional photograph

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1930 to 1960
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators
    Subject: Francis Russell
    Description: Promotional photograph of Francis Russell smiling in a sleeveless, black sequined mermaid dress, a layered necklace, and above the elbow, black fingerless gloves.

  5. Gita Gilmore dressed as a young girl, sitting on a small chair and reading to a stuffed dog

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1940
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators
    Subject: Garden of Allah, Gita Gilmore
    Description: Photograph of Gita Gilmore dressed as a young girl, sitting on a small chair and reading to a stuffed dog as part of "Baby Snooks" routine at the Garden of Allah. Handwritten in the top left corner...

  6. Henry Faulkner in Drag

     
    Collection: Kentucky History
    Institution: Faulkner Morgan Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 194X
    Topics: Drag, Photography
    Subject: Henry Faulkner
    Description: Henry Faulkner poses for a close-up photograph wearing female clothing.

  7. Hialeah Club: Queens are Wild

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Fat Jak
    Date: 1920? to 1940?
    Topics: Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Bobbi James, Buzzi, Fat Jak, Gayle Channing, Hialeah Club, Little Lil, Samantha Jones, Toni Desmond

  8. Hialeah Club: Queens are Wild (2)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Fat Jak
    Date: 1920? to 1940?
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Bobbi James, Fat Jak, Gayle Channing, Hialeah Club, Jan Ett, Little Lil, Samantha Jones, Toni Desmond

  9. Hialeah Club: Would You Believe...I'm a Boy!

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1920? to 1940?
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Gayle Channing, Hialeah Club, Toni Desmond

  10. Jackie Maye at Jewel Box Night Club

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1940s
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Jackie Maye, Jewel Box Night Club, Jewel Box Revue, Toots La May

  11. Jean Evol in drag in front of painted background

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1930 to 1960
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens
    Subject: Garden of Allah, Jean Evol
    Description: A photograph of Jean Evol posing in front of a painted wallpaper wearing a plaid maxi dress and a floral hat. There is writing on the photograph: "For Paris, If you were pretty like me you w...

  12. Photo collage of Francis Blair in various costumes and at various ages

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1930 to 1970
    Topics: Drag, Drag kings, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Francis Blair
    Description: Photo collage of Francis Blair in various costumes and at various ages. Most of the cutout photos of Blair in the collage are examples of fem drag looks, with the exception of one masculine drag lo...

  13. Portrait of Francis Russell in a sequined dress

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1930 to 1960
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Francis Russell
    Description: Photograph of Francis Russell in a strapless sequined dress, tassel earrings, and a necklace. She is seated on a couch.

  14. Portrait of Poppy Lane

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1935 to 1945
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators
    Subject: Poppy Lane
    Description: Portrait of Poppy Lane in a statement piece necklace, earrings, and strapless dress. Handwritten on the photo: "RISQUE Singer very good. POPPY-LANE 42 yrs old."

  15. Promotional photo of Don Holly in a black dress

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator: Conner-Gedde
    Date: circa 1930 to 1960
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators
    Subject: Don Holly
    Description: Photograph of Don Holly posing in a long halter black dress and open-finger white sleeves, with a flower-like hairpiece. Near the bottom right corner, there is a handwritten message that refers to ...