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Ella Shields (1937)
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: British Pathé Creator: Date: Jan. 7, 1937 Topics: Characters, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Songs Subject: Ella Shields Description: Ella Shields, cross dressed and with glasses, singing `I'm Not All There' seated at office desk with several telephones and papers on it. -
Erickson Photo Album, ca. 1917-1971
Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: Date: 1917 to circa 1919 Topics: Families, Photograph albums, Transgender people Subject: Reed Erickson Description: Reed Erickson photograph album, ca. 1917-1919 and ca. 1926-1971. 22 pages. -
Female impersonator Shuug Au Sing
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: 1930 to 1960 Topics: Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, QTPOC Subject: Shuug Au Sing Description: Photograph of Shuug Au Sing in a floor length dress and large, elaborate headdress posing in front of curtains. -
Flash! Welcome Fat Stock Show at Wagon Wheel Nite Club
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: 1936 to 1939 Topics: Bars, Drag queens, Night life Subject: Dave Gold, Del Le Roy, Dot Williams, Golden Devine, Jeane Lane, Johnny Kaye, Lee Norre, Mickey Dell, Murry Pickford, Pete Van, Wagon Wheel -
Francis Russell, promotional photograph
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: circa 1930 to 1960 Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators Subject: Francis Russell Description: Promotional photograph of Francis Russell smiling in a sleeveless, black sequined mermaid dress, a layered necklace, and above the elbow, black fingerless gloves. -
German actors, some in drag, gather on stage at a party. Photographic postcard, 1930-45.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1930? to 1945? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actors, playing a variety of characters, are drinking and in conversation on stage, with lanterns hanging from the layered stage ceiling. A German amateur theatrical (presumably military) group... -
Ginny Knuth Family Album
Collection: ETVC Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: 1930 to 1998 Topics: Allies, Cisgender women, Gender non-conforming people, Partners of crossdressers, Transgender people, Transvestites Subject: Educational TV Channel (ETVC), Ginny Knuth Description: A family photo album from the papers of Ginny Knuth, a cisgender member of Educational Transvestite Channel (later called TransGender San Francisco). Knuth's partner identified as a crossdresser an... -
Henri Defreyn in drag as a geisha. Process print after G. Dupont, 19--.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1999? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Henri Defreyn performing a parody of Sada Yacco, geisha and actress. The extremely popular Japanese entertainer Sada Yacco had toured the world 1900-1903 and caused a sensation wherever she went. S... -
Hialeah Club: Queens are Wild
Collection: Ephemera Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Fat Jak Date: 1920? to 1940? Topics: Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows Subject: Bobbi James, Buzzi, Fat Jak, Gayle Channing, Hialeah Club, Little Lil, Samantha Jones, Toni Desmond -
Hialeah Club: Queens are Wild (2)
Collection: Ephemera Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Fat Jak Date: 1920? to 1940? Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows Subject: Bobbi James, Fat Jak, Gayle Channing, Hialeah Club, Jan Ett, Little Lil, Samantha Jones, Toni Desmond -
Hialeah Club: Would You Believe...I'm a Boy!
Collection: Ephemera Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: 1920? to 1940? Topics: Dancers, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows Subject: Gayle Channing, Hialeah Club, Toni Desmond -
Hotcha Hinton in a sheer robe
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: 1937 Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Female impersonators, Strippers, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender people Subject: Hotcha Hinton Description: Photograph of burlesque performer Hotcha Hinton performing in a sheer robe with floral patterning and a fur shawl wearing bold makeup. -
Impersonator Found Slain
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: May 28, 1937 Topics: Female impersonators, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Violence Subject: Edward F. Dolan Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
In the Lives of Men
Collection: Alan Hart Collection Institution: Historical Collections & Archives, Oregon Health & Science University Creator: Hart, Alan Date: 1937 Topics: Chinese Americans, Financial crises, Gold mines and mining, Labor unions, Physicians, Spanish-American War, 1898, Trans men Description: In the Lives of Men by Alan Hart is a fictional novel that portrays the life and career of a dedicated physician. The port town of Fairharbor, vividly depicted in the novel, serves as a stand-in fo... -
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...
