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Billy DeVoe with a bartender at the Garden of Allah
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: 1951 Topics: Drag, Drag bars, Drag community, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ night life Subject: Billy DeVoe, Garden of Allah, Joe Dusin Description: Photograph of Billy DeVoe in a midi dress with diagonally striped patches posing with a bartender in the Garden of Allah. They are standing on a patterned carpet. The photograph has writing on it: ... -
Joe Dusin, aka Billy DeVoe, headshot
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Van Dam Studio Date: circa 1955 Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people Subject: Billy DeVoe, Garden of Allah, Joe Dusin Description: Photograph of Joe Dusin, aka Billy DeVoe, in a cable knit sweater with a 3/4 angle view of Dusin's face. Dusin was a female impersonator known as the "blonde Lana Turner" who frequently emceed and ... -
Promotional photograph of Billy DeVoe with autograph
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Romaine Date: 1950 Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people Subject: Billy DeVoe, Jackie Starr, Joe Dusin Description: Promotional photograph of Billy DeVoe leaning with a long-sleeve black mermaid dress and a thick necklace. Handwritten in the top left corner is "To Jackie, a terrific person and entertainer -- you...
