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Amanda St. Jaymes interview, part 2
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Stryker, Susan Date: 2001 Topics: Coming out, Drag performers, Drag queens, Education, Female impersonators, Hormones, LGBTQ+ adoption, LGBTQ+ night life, Prostitution, Strippers Subject: 181 Club, Amanda St. Jaymes, Billy DeVoe, Center for Special Problems, El Rosa's Hotel, Finnochio's, Frolic Room, Heath Street, Screaming Queens, Tenderloin Description: Susan Stryker interviews Amanda St. Jaymes, a trans woman who moved to the Tenderloin in December 1963 at the age of 19. St. Jaymes worked at the Chukker Club, a 1960s venue frequented by trans peo... -
Billy DeVoe, Jackie Starr, Hotcha Hinton and Ricky Reynolds in tropical costume
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: circa 1950 Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Drag community, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Strippers, Trans women, Transfeminine people Subject: Billy DeVoe, Garden of Allah, Hotcha Hinton, Jackie Starr, Ricky Reynolds Description: Photograph of Billy DeVoe, Jackie Starr, Hotcha Hinton and Ricky Reynolds in tropical costume posing in a line. -
Billy DeVoe, promotional photograph
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: circa 1947 Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators Subject: Billy DeVoe, Garden of Allah Description: Promotional photograph of Billy DeVoe in the Garden of Allah posing in a black skirt with a slit and a cropped black top with flowy open sleeves in platform heels wearing a necklace, stacked bracel... -
Billy DeVoe, Robin Raye, Jackie Starr and Hotcha Hinton dressed as cowgirls
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: circa 1950 Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Strippers, Trans women, Transfeminine people Subject: Billy DeVoe, Garden of Allah, Hotcha Hinton, Jackie Starr, Robin Raye Description: Photograph of Billy DeVoe, Robin Raye, Jackie Starr and Hotcha Hinton dressed as cowgirls. -
Billy DeVoe with a bartender at the Garden of Allah
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: 1951 Topics: Drag, Drag bars, Drag community, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ night life Subject: Billy DeVoe, Garden of Allah, Joe Dusin Description: Photograph of Billy DeVoe in a midi dress with diagonally striped patches posing with a bartender in the Garden of Allah. They are standing on a patterned carpet. The photograph has writing on it: ... -
Carmelita Nass Interview Transcript
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Davis, Bob Date: Oct. 28, 1996 Topics: Arrests, Drag, Drag queens, Gangs, Night life, Sexuality Subject: Billy DeVoe, Blue Lou, Carmelita Nass, Carol Wallace, Charles Pearce, Charlotte Valenti, Danny Barker, George Buchanan, Harvey Lee, Hoyt Bass, Jim Bailey, Jimmy Calloway, Lee Carr, Li Kar, Ray Bourbon, Reed Alexander, Russell Reed, Val DeVere -
Jackie Phillips oral history
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Dewsnap, James Date: Mar. 2, 1994 to Apr. 6, 1994 Topics: Amphetamines, Drag community, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people who use substances Subject: Al St. Clair, Alice Ghostly, Beige Room, Billy DeVoe, Bobby DeCastro, Carroll Wallace, Debbie Reynolds, Elton Paris, Errol Flynn, Finocchio's Club, Francis Blair, Harvey Lee, Jack Long, Jackie Phillips, Jean LaMar, Jimmy Howard, JJ VanDyke, Juan Jose, Lana Turner, LaVerne Cummings, Lester Lamont, Lucien, Reggie Dahl, Tallulah Bankhead, TC Jones, Tony Midnite, Walter Hart, Yanni Description: A partial transcript of an extended oral history taken by James Dewsnap of Jackie Phillips, a female impersonator who had a long career as a drag comedian at Finocchio's and similar venues. The ora... -
Joe Dusin, aka Billy DeVoe, headshot
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Van Dam Studio Date: circa 1955 Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people Subject: Billy DeVoe, Garden of Allah, Joe Dusin Description: Photograph of Joe Dusin, aka Billy DeVoe, in a cable knit sweater with a 3/4 angle view of Dusin's face. Dusin was a female impersonator known as the "blonde Lana Turner" who frequently emceed and ... -
Promotional photograph of Billy DeVoe with autograph
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Romaine Date: 1950 Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people Subject: Billy DeVoe, Jackie Starr, Joe Dusin Description: Promotional photograph of Billy DeVoe leaning with a long-sleeve black mermaid dress and a thick necklace. Handwritten in the top left corner is "To Jackie, a terrific person and entertainer -- you... -
Wild feline tamer Kenny Bee tames drag queens in feline costumes
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: circa 1950 Topics: Animal roleplay, Burlesque (Theater), Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Strippers, Transfeminine people Subject: Billy DeVoe, Francis Blair, Garden of Allah, Hotcha Hinton, Jackie Starr, Kenny Bee Description: Photograph of wild feline tamer Kenny Bee tames Billy DeVoe, Jackie Starr, Hotcha Hinton, and Francis Blair in feline costumes.
