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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. -
Fifteen Arrested by Police as 'Fairies' Turn 'Em On
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Ray, Ebenezer Date: Mar. 5, 1938 Topics: Arrests, Competitions, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Ethnic relations, Police Subject: Annual Masquerade and Civic Ball of Hamilton Lodge, Hamilton Lodge, The Fairies Ball -
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... -
Gladys Bentley
Collection: Academic Papers and Publications Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Young, Wilbur Date: Sep. 1938 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ musicians, Male impersonators Subject: Gladys Bentley, Ubangi Club Description: This item is an essay about Gladys Bentley written by Wilbur Young as a part of the "Sketches of Colorful Harlem Characters." This item portrays Bentley in a negative light. -
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 -
Jack Starr in the snow with members of the Jewel Box Review
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: 1938 Topics: Friendships, LGBTQ+ people, Strippers Subject: Danny Brown, Doc Brenner, Gita Gilmore, Pepper Cortez, Ralph Cortez Description: Photograph of seven individuals at the peak of a snowy mountain with handwritten ink labeling names and titles for each person. Doc Brenner, Gita Gilmore, Danny Brown, Ralph, and Pepper Cortez are ... -
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... -
Jimmy Slater Presents the Super Follies
Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: 1930s Topics: Female impersonators, Photography, Theatre shows Subject: Jimmy Slater
