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Billie Manders in character. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Mr. Billie Manders.

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Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

Billie Manders in profile to left. He was a popular Rhyl-based female impersonator: he and his troupe 'The Quaintesques' were concert party entertainers from the early 1920's right up to World War II. Billie was a performer from a very early age, a a pioneer of 'glamour drag', presenting a totally convincing female appearance

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Item Information:

Identifier
nc580m959
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
1920 to 1929?
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photo : photoprint ;
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