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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. -
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. -
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. -
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... -
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... -
Portrait of Billy Bryson in men's clothing
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: 1940s Topics: Drag performers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people Subject: Billy Bryson Description: A photograph of Billy Bryson in a pinstriped suit and tie with a handkerchief. There is writing in the top right corner of the photograph. -
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. -
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." -
Promotional photograph of Francis Russell
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Romaine Date: circa 1930 to 1960 Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators Subject: Francis Russell Description: Promotional photograph of Francis Russell in a black strapless dress with a slit and long gloves. She is wearing a bracelet and is holding a garment. There is a faint handwritten note on the photog... -
Promotional photograph of John Lomas
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Romaine Date: circa 1940 Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators Subject: John Lomas Description: Promotional Photograph of John Lomas posing in a long dark dress with a train, gloves, large pendant jewlery, a fur shrug, and a large fur hat. John has signed the image with a message in the top r... -
Promotional portrait of Don Holly
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Moss Photo Date: 1930 to circa 1960 Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators Subject: Don Holly Description: Promotional Photograph of Don Holly, in a headshot style, posing in a white flowy low neck dress, large jeweled earrings, and a white floral headpiece. -
Promotional portrait of Jackie Maye
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Romaine Date: 1940s Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people Subject: Jackie Maye Description: Autographed promotional photograph of Jackie Maye wearing a feathery hairpiece and a dress. -
Walter Hart Scrapbook
Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Hart, Walter Date: circa 1930 to 1978 Topics: Comedians, Drag performers, Drag shows, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ musicians, Mothers of LGBTQ+ people, Revues, World War, 1939-1945 Subject: Club 365, Finocchio's Club, Frank Doran, Freddy Renault, Gay Nineties, Ida Re'Velle, Jackie Maye, La Fiesta, Mae West, Music Box Theatre, Nicki Gallucci, Ray Bourbon, Sophie Tucker, Walter Hart Description: This scrapbook documents the career and social life of Walter Hart, a female impersonator who headlined at Finocchio's nightclub in San Francisco between the 1930s and 1950s. Scrapbook pages includ...
