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  1. To be, or...?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Pittsburgh Courier
    Date: Sep. 22, 1943
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Toni Stuyvesant
  2. Two femmes posing with a man at a party

     
    Collection: Francis Hill Photograph Albums
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1940 to 1959
    Topics: LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people
    Description: Photograph of two femmes in evening gowns, one dark and floral and one light and silk, posing with a man in a suit and light floral vest. One of the femmes is holding a box of treats.
  3. Two Performers on Stage Looking at a Photograph

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan
    Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers
    Subject: Look At Us Now
    Description: Two performers sit on stage looking at what appears to be a framed photograph. This photograph may include Private First Class Samuel Cohen.
  4. Two Performers on Stage, One Touching the Other's Face

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan
    Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers
    Subject: Look At Us Now
    Description: Two performers sit on stage, one caressing the other's cheek. This photograph may include Private First Class Samuel Cohen.
  5. Two Unidentified Crossdressers, Early 1900s

     
    Collection: Kentucky History
    Institution: Faulkner Morgan Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1900s
    Topics: Crossdressers, FtMs, Photography, Transsexual people
    Description: Two crossdressers pose for a photo on a rug next to a wall.
  6. Two unknown femmes smiling and holding glasses

     
    Collection: Francis Hill Photograph Albums
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1940 to 1959
    Topics: LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people
    Description: Photograph of two unknown femmes smiling and holding glasses, leaning on a surface in front of a window with long, closed curtains.
  7. Unidentified Person Smoking, Early 1900s

     
    Collection: Kentucky History
    Institution: Faulkner Morgan Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1900s
    Topics: Photography, Smoking
  8. Unknown femme and man standing behind sitting femme in black and white dress

     
    Collection: Francis Hill Photograph Albums
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1940 to 1959
    Topics: LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people
    Description: Photograph of unknown femme with white hairpiece and man standing behind sitting femme in black and white polka dot and striped dress. The camera appears to be taking a photo from a low angle.
  9. Unknown femme in costume

     
    Collection: Francis Hill Photograph Albums
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1940 to 1959
    Topics:  
    Description: Photograph of a femme wearing a lacy white costume with floral details holding flowers on stage in a basement.
  10. Unknown femme in evening gown, and feathers in hand

     
    Collection: Francis Hill Photograph Albums
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1940 to 1959
    Topics: LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people
    Description: Photograph of unknown femme in a black velvet open-leg evening gown, and feathers in gloved hands. She is leaning on a table.
  11. Unknown femme looking at hand mirror in living room

     
    Collection: Francis Hill Photograph Albums
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1940 to circa 1959
    Topics: LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people
    Description: Photograph of unknown femme in black half sleeve midi dress holding up a compact mirror to adjust hair in the middle of a living room. The room also features a square TV, large rolling piano, and l...
  12. Walter Hart Scrapbook

     
    Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Hart, Walter
    Date: circa 1930 to 1978
    Topics: Comedians, Drag performers, Drag shows, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ musicians, Mothers of LGBTQ+ people, Revues, World War, 1939-1945
    Subject: Club 365, Finocchio's Club, Frank Doran, Freddy Renault, Gay Nineties, Ida Re'Velle, Jackie Maye, La Fiesta, Mae West, Music Box Theatre, Nicki Gallucci, Ray Bourbon, Sophie Tucker, Walter Hart
    Description: This scrapbook documents the career and social life of Walter Hart, a female impersonator who headlined at Finocchio's nightclub in San Francisco between the 1930s and 1950s. Scrapbook pages includ...
  13. We're Not a Danger to Your Family. We Are Your Family!

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1900s
    Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Families, LGBTI community, Pink triangles
    Description: Blue circular button with upside-down rainbow triangle. Text: "We're not a danger to your family. WE ARE YOUR FAMILY!" Ruler also pictured for scale.
  14. Wilfred Watson in drag. Photographic postcard.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1940 to 1949?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
  15. World War II drag show on board US transport ship

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Sherman Grinberg Film Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 1, 1943
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag, Gender expression
    Subject: United States Navy, World War II
    Description: Short video of a military drag show on a U.S. transport ship during World War II.