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  1. "A Change of Pace" Poster

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Sir Lady Java
    Description: A poster advertising "A Change of Pace" fashion and floor show featuring Sir Lady Java at the Statler-Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
  2. A Curious Evening with Kenneth Marlow (January 17, 1971)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1971
    Topics: Comedy, Crossdressing, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Musicals, Writers
    Subject: Kenneth Marlow, Mr. Madam
    Description: Object has "which have nothing to do with my act!" in blue ink, which we think to be written by Kenneth Marlow.
  3. Finocchio's This is Spring Show

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: Drag, Entertainers, Events, Female impersonators, Parties, Theatre shows
    Subject: Bobby Bell, Bobby Jonson, Finocchio's Club, Francis Blair, Francis David, Francis Russell, Frant Doran, Freddie Renault, Harvey Lee, Jackie Maye, Jerry Vaughn, John Lonas, Johnny Mangum, Milton Lemair, Niles Marsh, Ray Francis, Walter Hart
  4. Flyer for the Sir Lady Java Review

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Oasis Lounge, Sir Lady Java
    Description: Flyer promoting the Sir Lady Java Review at Oasis Lounge in San Diego, California. Features two photographs of Sir Lady Java: one of her standing, the other is a headshot.
  5. San Francisco Minstrels!

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: May 12, 1874
    Topics: Female impersonators, Minstrel shows, Theater
    Subject: A. Smidt, Beaumont Read, Billy Birch, Birch, Wambold, and Backus' San Francisco Minstrels, C. Henry, Charley Backus, D. S. Wambold, E. Kirwan, J. Wills, Johnson & Powers, Joseph Norrie, Mechanics Hall, S. Watts, T. A. E. Richardson, T. P. Jones, The Great Ricardo, W. Blakeney, W. S. Mullaly, W. Schwab
    Description: Advertisement for event featuring minstrel and female impersonation act The Great Ricardo