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Sailors, some in drag, stand on stage performing a scene. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The man in the centre is wearing a checked suit and gestures to a man at the end of the stage; whilst several other characters react -
Sailors with men in drag outside a building. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A group of men wearing predominantly naval uniforms pose with with others in drag -
Scratch #5
Collection: Zines Institution: Queer Zine Archive Project Creator: Project Q - Peer Counselors and Educators Date: 2006 Topics: Bisexual people, Coming out, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Homophobia, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ activism, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Rainbow flags, Stonewall riots, Youth Subject: Ahmed Khalil, Brokeback Mountain, Gender Outlaw, Harvey Milk, Harvey Milk School, Kate Bornstein, Lesbian Avengers, National Day of Silence, Toccara Wilson LGBT Pride Essay Contest Description: A zine titled: "Scratch #5" created by Project Q - Peer Counselors and Educators. Includes a series of essays on a variety of topics. -
Servicemen in Malta performing a play, some in drag. Photographic postcard by R. Ellis, ca. 1918.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1918 Topics: Female impersonators, World War, 1914-1918 Description: Many characters, some in drag, are in a crowded scene within a detailed domestic stage set. This jolly scene shows three men dressed as young girls ( long plaits and short skirts), as well as a hou... -
Servicemen performing a play, in front of the stage. Photographic postcard. 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Three of the performers are in drag, one is in military dress. There is a man on the stage in the background, the Union Jack is to the left and a variant of the Japanese flag to the right. . Some o... -
Seven men on stage set of "The seven acorns". Photographic postcard, 1918-1920.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1918 to 1920? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Six men in evening dress and a man seated on a prop in drag. A concert party on the ill-fated battleship HMS Royal Oak, circa 1918-20 (the ship was sunk after being torpedoed in Scapa Flow in Octob... -
Seven sailors standing together on deck. Photographic postcard, 1918.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1918 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Six of the seven sailors are in drag, with a military man in the centre. A concert party on board ship. Royal Marines (?) as a Pierrette troupe on board H.M.S. St. Vincent. 'The Great Casimir' was ... -
Sir Lady Java Headshot Card
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Flatte of Hollywood Date: Unknown Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, Trans women Subject: Sir Lady Java Description: A headshot picture of Sir Lady Java from chest-up. She styles a teased and curly hairstyle and a chunky necklace. The back of the card reads "Flatte of Hollywood", the name of a Lithuanian photo st... -
Sir Lady Java Promotional Card with Three Photos
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Sir Lady Java Description: Three-photograph card of Sir Lady Java in a two-piece set and dark cape with a tulle headpiece. -
Sir Lady Java Promotional Photo
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Sir Lady Java Description: Promotional card for Sir Lady Java including logo for Bobby Bryant as her personal management. -
"Sisters 'B'" in drag. Photographic postcard, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1940 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: 'Sisters B', European drag double act, 1940s. The two performers pose in matching costumes with huge feather adornments -
Six sailors, one in drag, pose for a group portrait on the deck of H.M.S. St. George. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag. -
Soldiers, one in drag, performing in a concert party as "The Bow Bells"; posing for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Harold Chapman of the Bow Bells and his Pierrot chorus. Several pierrots surround the man in drag, kneeling either side; the man in drag is reading a note and has long pigtails. They were members o... -
Soldiers, one in drag, performing in the concert party for Mesopotamia, posing around a piano. Photographic postcard by Hana Studios, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The men appear dressed as clowns except for the man in drag. They are members of the 'Personality' concert party, 'the official concert party for Mesopotamia', wearing costumes closely based on Pe... -
Soldiers, one in drag, performing in the concert party "The Goods". Photographic postcard, 1918.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1918 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The man in drag in standing to the side of the stage with several other characters sitting in a line. Inscription on verso of print catalogued identifies the company as attached to the 58th (London...
