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Just Arrived: The New Dime Museum
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Peabody Essex Museum Creator: Date: circa 1880 Topics: Dime museums, Female impersonators, Theater Subject: Essex Street, G. B. Bunnell, Irene Woodward, J. Lang, Joseph Jenny, Signor Giovanna, The New Dime Museum, The Tattooed Lady Description: Advertisement for a Dime Museum featuring female impersonator Joseph Jenney. -
Kiwanis Vanities of 1955
Collection: Drag Show Programs Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Rockwell, Norman Date: 1955? Topics: Female impersonators, Theater Subject: Kiwanis Vanities, Norman Rockwell Description: Poster for what appears to be a drag show illustrated by Norman Rockwell. -
Male Impersonator
Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection Institution: University of South Florida Creator: Smith, Bobby Date: 1950s Topics: Drag, Drag kings, Male impersonators, Singing, Suits (Clothing), Theater Description: A male impersonator wearing a suit performs on stage, singing into a microphone. -
'Not a Boy, Not a Girl, Just Me'
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Regelson, Rosalyn Date: Nov. 16, 1969 Topics: Crossdressers, Drag community, Drag performers, Dramatists, Gender expression, Gender identity, Theater Description: This is an article about Jackie Curtis where she discusses her identity and her play "Heaven Grand in Amber Orbit." -
Performer Exiting a Stage
Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection Institution: University of South Florida Creator: Smith, Bobby Date: 1950s Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Music--Performance, Theater Description: A black performer poses for a photograph near a stage as she smiles, holding one arm out and holding up the skirt of her dress. -
Performer Holding a Hand Fan
Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection Institution: University of South Florida Creator: Smith, Bobby Date: circa 1950 to circa 1970 Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Evening gowns, Female impersonators, Theater Description: A female impersonator in an embroidered dress poses sitting on what appears to be a stage, holding a hand fan. -
Performer in Front of a Band
Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection Institution: University of South Florida Creator: Smith, Bobby Date: 1950s Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag queens, Evening gowns, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Music--Performance, Singing, Theater Description: A black person wearing a silk dress and gloves performs on stage with a band. -
Performer Standing in Front of a Microphone (Full Image)
Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection Institution: University of South Florida Creator: Smith, Bobby Date: circa 1950 to circa 1970 Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Evening gowns, Female impersonators, Music--Performance, Singing, Theater Description: A performer in a shiny two-piece dress sings on stage into a microphone. -
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 -
Saratoga Club Franklin & Fortune, 1950
Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection Institution: University of South Florida Creator: Smith, Bobby Date: 1950 Topics: Clothing, Costume, Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Music--Performance, Singing, Theater Description: A performer wearing a ruffled, two-piece dress and headdress sings into a microphone on stage at the Saratoga Club. -
Syd Robbie
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: House of History Creator: Date: Dec. 17, 2022 Topics: African American transgender people, AIDS activists, AIDS organizations, Black transgender people, Coming out, Drag performers, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, Theater, Trans men Subject: Syd Robbie Description: An interview with Syd Robbie. Syd Robbie is a transgender man who works for the state of Wisconsin in their HIV prevention department as the prevention coordinator. In the interview, Robbie discuss... -
Tamara Rees Poses on Burlesque Stage with Husband, J.E. Courtland, III (July 29, 1955)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Jul. 29, 1955 Topics: MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Theater, Transsexual people Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Rees Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object: "WILL LECTURE- Tamara Rees, paratrooper turned 'woman' by sex surgery, poses on the stage of a burlesque theater in Los Angeles with her ... -
The Celebrated Rentz Santley Novelty Company
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Peabody Essex Museum Creator: Date: circa 1870 Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Female impersonators, Theater, Vaudeville Subject: 4 Aesthetic Four 4, Alice Daily, Alice Smith, Andy and Annie Hughes, Annie Boyd, Billy Buckley, Blanch Moncrief, Bruno Kennicott, Don Jose, Dutch Daly, Edgar Edgerton, Edith Sinclair, Emma Alfredo, Emma Wilson, Esther Vaughan, Fannie Florence, Fred Wilson, Georgia Lester, Harry Morris, Harry Woodson, Kate Gresham, Laura Bennett, Lillie Ashford, Lizzie Paine, Louise Giroux, Lulu Mortimer, M. B. Leavitt, Mechanic's Hall, Millie Ellsworth, Rentz Santley, Teddy Raynor, The Masher's Quadrille, The Rentz Santley Novelty Company, The Spanish Dude, Topsy Robins, Victoria North, W.M. Skuse -
The Evangeline Combination
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Peabody Essex Museum Creator: Date: Feb. 12, 1877 Topics: Dance, Female impersonators, Opera, Theater Subject: A. S. Pennoyer, BABA, Blanche Selickson, C. M. Winter, Clara Fisher, Cora Verne, Edward E. Rice, Edwin S. Tarr, Eliza Weathersby, Estelle Stroelin, Evangeline, Flora Lee, George H. Cassidy, George Ulmer, Golden and Dixey, Harry Braham, Harry Hunter, Harry Josephs, Hattie Richardson, Herman Singleton, J. Cheever Goodwin, J. P. Steele, J. R. Quincy, Lizzie Webster, Louise Winans, Lucy Wood, M. C. Daly, Mechanic Hall, N. C. Goodwin Jr., Niblo's Garden, Seth M. Crane, Stella Richings, The Boston Museum, The Evangeline Combination, The Heiffer Dance, The Lydia Thompson Troupe, W. W. Bullock Description: Advertisement for a production of Evangeline featuring female impersonator Harry Josephs as Catherine. -
The Fascinating Widow
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Peabody Essex Museum Creator: Date: circa 1910 Topics: Female impersonators, Theater Subject: Ann Kingsley, Dwight Meade, Empire Theater Players, Julian Eltinge, The Fascinating Widow, Tommie Martelle Description: Advertisement for the play "The Fascinating Widow" starring female impersonator Tommie Martelle in a role originated by Julian Eltinge.
