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People gathered outside a building wearing various costumes, some in drag. Photographic postcard, 1924.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1924 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag. -
People in a Car During Halloween Riots
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Halloween, Homophobia, Riots, Transphobia Description: Four people sit in a car – three are in the backseat and one leans out the window from the front passenger seat – looking at something during the Halloween anti-trans riot. -
People Like Us
Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: M.D.C. Date: Sep. 1974 Topics: Drag, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ newsletters, Transgender community, Transvestites Description: People Like Us periodical including promotion for the grand opening of 'Free Thinking Nite Club', coverage of The Maggie Awards, and an advertisement for Cover Girl pantyhose. -
People Line the Street Behind Police Officers
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Date: circa 1980 Topics: Halloween, Homophobia, Police, Riots, Transphobia Description: A crowd lines the street as police officers block access to the street, presumably during the annual Halloween riots in Toronto. -
People, one in drag, thrashing around in a river. Photographic postcard, ca. 1920.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1920 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The man in drag has an upset expression while clothed and wearing a bonnet. A man to the left has his face painted black and is wearing a hat, as he focuses on someone in the water. Mixed bathing, ... -
PEOPLE'S—Gowongo Mohawk
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1897 Topics: Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Native American LGBTQ+ people Subject: Gowongo Mohawk, Wep-Ton-No-Mah Description: A short article published in 1897 in the Philadelphia Inquirer detailing Gowongo Mohawk, an Indigenous male impersonator acting as the leading role in the play "Wep-Ton-No-Mah." -
Pepper Cortez, Danny Brown, Jackie Starr, Doc Brenner, Gita Gilmore and the Polish Princess in costume, Jewel Box Revue
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: 1939 Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators, Strippers Subject: Danny Brown, Doc Brenner, Gita Gilmore, Jackie Starr, Jewel Box Revue, Pepper Cortez, Polish Princess Description: A photograph of Pepper Cortez, Danny Brown, Jackie Starr, Doc Brenner, Gita Gilmore and the Polish Princess posing in costume at the Jewel Box Revue. Brown is in a tuxedo, Cortez, Starr, Gilmore, a... -
Perez & Ayres Get Top Posts
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: This Week in Texas (TWT) Date: Aug. 19, 1988 to Aug. 25, 1988 Topics: Elections, LGBTQ+ movement, Politics Subject: Al Edwards, GLBT Political Caucus (GLPC), Leslie Perez, Michael Dukakis, National Democratic Party, National Rainbow Coalition, Inc., Sylvia Ayres -
Perez Haunted by Past Trial
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: This Week in Texas (TWT) Date: Mar. 2, 1990 Topics: AIDS activists, Elections, Gender realignment surgery, Legal process, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Politics Subject: ACT UP, Leslie Douglas Ashley, Leslie Perez -
Performance of "Big Spender" at the Apollo Theatre
Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: 1970 Topics: Dancers, Drag, Female impersonators Subject: Bobby Barton, Brandy Alexander, Kurt Mann, Robin Rogers, Toni Lee -
Performance of "Big Spender" at the Apollo Theatre (2)
Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: 1970 Topics: Drag, Female impersonators Subject: Bobby Barton, Kurt Mann, Robin Rogers -
Performance of "La Cage Aux Folles"
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Ruebsamen, James Date: circa 1984 Topics: Drag, Plays, Theatre Subject: La Cage Aux Folles Description: A man dressed in drag plays the role of Gypsy in "La Cage Aux Folles" at the Pantages in Hollywood. -
Performer Exiting a Stage
Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection Institution: University of South Florida Creator: Smith, Bobby Date: 1950s Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Music--Performance, Theater Description: A black performer poses for a photograph near a stage as she smiles, holding one arm out and holding up the skirt of her dress. -
Performer Holding a Hand Fan
Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection Institution: University of South Florida Creator: Smith, Bobby Date: circa 1950 to circa 1970 Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Evening gowns, Female impersonators, Theater Description: A female impersonator in an embroidered dress poses sitting on what appears to be a stage, holding a hand fan. -
[Performer in costume]
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Date: circa 1900 Topics: Female impersonators
