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  1. Jackie Starr in reclining pose wearing a striptease costume

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1947
    Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Strippers, Striptease
    Subject: Jackie Starr
    Description: Photograph of Jackie Starr in reclining pose wearing a striptease costume.
  2. Jackie Starr in striptease costume

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator: Grady
    Date: 1939
    Topics: Drag community, Drag performers, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ theater, Strippers, Striptease
    Subject: Garden of Allah, Jackie Starr
    Description: Photograph of Jackie Starr in striptease costume used as the cover photograph for "An Evening in the Garden of Allah."
  3. Jackie Starr, Jimmy Baker and Earl Steves following Jackie's closing act

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1947
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Strippers
    Subject: Earl Steves, Jackie Starr, Jimmy Baker
    Description: Photograph of Jackie Starr, Jimmy Baker the organist, and Earl Steves the drummer posing on stage following Jackie's closing act.
  4. Jackie Starr posing against a wall in suit and fur

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1947
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ theater, Strippers
    Subject: Jackie Starr
    Description: Photograph of Jackie Starr posing against a wall in suit and fur.
  5. Jackie Starr posing in evening gown

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1947
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Strippers
    Subject: Jackie Starr
    Description: Photograph of Jackie Starr posing in evening gown with flower motifs.
  6. Jackie Starr posing in her Arabian Nights dance costume

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator: Wustmoor Theatrical Photographers
    Date: circa 1947
    Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Strippers
    Subject: Jackie Starr
    Description: Photograph of Jackie Starr posing in her Arabian Nights dance costume.
  7. Jackie Starr posing nude with a fur

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1947
    Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Nude photographs, Strippers
    Subject: Jackie Starr
    Description: Photograph of Jackie Starr posing nude with a fur.
  8. Jackie Starr singing at the Garden of Allah

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1946
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Strippers
    Subject: Garden of Allah, Jackie Starr
    Description: Photograph of Jackie Starr singing during a drag performance and wearing a fur coat and black gloves at the Garden of Allah.
  9. Jackie Starr with drinks at the Garden of Allah

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1946
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Drag queens, Strippers
    Subject: Garden of Allah, Jackie Starr
    Description: Photograph of Jackie Starr holding a small drink with other alcoholic beverages in the foreground.
  10. Jackie Starr with man in formal wear

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1985
    Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, LGBTQ+ theater, Strippers
    Subject: Jackie Starr
    Description: Photograph of Jackie Starr at 74 years old with a man, probably Seattle, 1985. Posed in front of piano wearing suits.
  11. Janice Toy

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: House of History
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 11, 2022
    Topics: African American transgender people, Ballroom families, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Coming out, Drag performers, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transgender activism
    Subject: Janice Toy
    Description: An interview with Janice Toy. Janice Toy is a transgender woman and the mother of the House of History. In the interview, Toy discusses the LGBTQ community, reflects on her transition and coming ou...
  12. Johnnie at a glamour contest

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Female impersonators, Halloween, LGBTQ+ theater
    Description: Photograph of Johnnie in a white deep scoop neck top, black jacket, and long black satin skirt at a glamour contest, next to another performer onstage. Many spectators are visible in the foreground...
  13. Large Format Photograph of Finocchio's Performer

     
    Collection: Finocchio's collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1999
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, LGBTQ+ night life
    Subject: Finocchio's Club
    Description: Large-format photograph of a performer displayed at Finocchio's.
  14. Larry Buttwinick Drag Party

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Buttwinick, Larry
    Date: circa 1965 to 1975
    Topics: Drag community, Drag in film, Drag performers, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ events
    Subject: Imperial Court of San Francisco, Larry Buttnick, Lavender Seniors of the East Bay, Society for Individual Rights (SIR)
    Description: This object is a silent 8mm film inside a private residence. It begins with 6 drag artists wearing makeup, dresses and false noses. The film continues and shows a man cooking in a kitchen, a drag p...
  15. Lee Leonard leaning on a vase, promotional photograph

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator: Seymour, Maurice
    Date: 1948
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender comedians
    Subject: Lee Leonard, Liz Lyons
    Description: Promotional photograph of Lee Leonard, who later performed as Liz Lyons, in a black sleeveless dress and long black gloves leaning on a large vase. Lyons was a trans woman who performed raunchy com...