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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. -
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... -
John Lindstrom in drag. Photographic postcard, 19--.
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Louis Hayden in drag. Process print, 1946.
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Lucian Phelps reclining on a bed of feathers
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: circa 1943 to 1948 Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators Subject: Lucian Phelps Description: Photograph of Lucian Phelps reclining on a bed of feathers in a long sequined black dress and black fishnets. Handwritten in the upper left side of the photo is an autograph addressed to Jackie Sta... -
Men in drag pose outside dressed in summer attire. Photograph, 194-.
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Michael Phelan and Princess Toulaire in costume for their "Jungle Dance" routine
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: circa 1946 to 1956 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Michael Phelan, Princess Toulaire Description: Photograph of Michael Phelan and Princess Toulaire in costume for their "jungle dance" routine. Princess Toulaire has one knee on the ground, with her other leg extended in front of her. She leans ... -
Michael Phelan as "Miss Thing"
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: circa 1946 to 1956 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color Subject: Michael Phelan Description: Photograph of Michael Phelan as his "Miss Thing" character leaning back in a feather hat, a white crop top, and a knee-level patterned skirt. Handwritten in the bottom right corner is Phelan's auto... -
Mona's Club Ashtray
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Nick Arthur in male drag with a mustache
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: circa 1946 to 1956 Topics: Butches, Drag, Drag kings, Lesbians, Male impersonators Subject: Mickey Baasch, Nick Arthur Description: A photograph of Nick Arthur in drag. He is wearing a suit with a bowtie, a ring, and a bracelet, and holding a cigarette. He has a painted-on moustache. -
Paul Pitt in drag, posing in flowery garments. Photographic postcard, 194-.
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Pauli Murray's Family Photograph Album, ca. 1919-1950
Collection: Pauli Murray Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Creator: Murray, Pauli Date: 1910 to 1950 Topics: African American transgender people, Transgender people, World War, 1939-1945 Subject: Pauli Murray Description: Photograph album entitled, "The 'Life and Times' of An American Called Pauli Murray," featuring photos of Pauli Murray through the years, Murray's family and friends, and experiences during Murray'... -
Peter Love posing in drag. Photograph, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1945 to circa 1950 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actor in drag is naked, sitting upright, wearing elbow-length gloves and heels. He is side-on and turns his head to face the viewer, gazing downwards, with big blonde hair and make-up. A risqué... -
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.