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Sister Kate Doing the Splits
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: California State Library Creator: Date: 1933 Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville Subject: Sister Kate Description: Shows African American prisoner/performer dressed in ruffled two-piece outfit and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event s... -
Sister Kate Posing for Photograph with Man
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: California State Library Creator: Date: 1933 Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville Subject: Sister Kate Description: Shows African American prisoner/performer dressed in ruffled two-piece outfit and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event s... -
Sister Kate Standing with Judges
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: California State Library Creator: Date: 1933 Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville Subject: Sister Kate Description: Shows African American prisoner/performer dressed in ruffled two-piece outfit and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event s... -
Stanley Cooke in drag as Charley's aunt. Photographic postcard, 19-- (?).
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1999? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Publicity postcard for Stanley Cook in 'Charley's aunt', the phenomenally successful farce by Brandon Thomas, which broke all theatre records in London when, after its opening in 1893, it ran for 1... -
Terry Bartlett in drag. Photograph, 193-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1930 to circa 1940 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actor, in drag, wears a thin black dress and sits looking upwards smiling; with styled blonde hair. He holds his lower leg with one hand as his knee is upright, drawn in towards his torso. The ... -
The Al-Pache-E Dance Troupe
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: California State Library Creator: Date: 1933 Topics: Bands, Clowns, Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville Description: Shows clowns with musical instruments, men dressed as women in prison yard. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored ... -
The Jubilee Duettists (1933)
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: British Pathé Creator: Date: 1933 Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag, Female impersonators, Male impersonators, Songs Description: The Jubilee Duettists perform the old-fashioned song 'Twickenham Ferry'. -
Third Sex Hold Sway at Rockland When Hamilton Lodge Holds 65th Masquerade Ball and Dance; Police Arrest Two
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Mar. 4, 1933 Topics: Arrests, Competitions, Drag, Drag balls, Ethnic relations, Gender minorities, Police Subject: Annual Masquerade and Civic Ball of Hamilton Lodge, Hamilton Lodge, Jessie Parker, Joseph Carroll, Mary Anderson, The Fairies Ball -
Two African American Performers Performing in San Quentin Prison
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: California State Library Creator: Date: 1933 Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmates held a field and track d... -
Two Male Dancers in Unison
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: California State Library Creator: Date: 1933 Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville Description: Shows two dancers on stage. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmat... -
Two Men Dancing Side By Side
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: California State Library Creator: Date: 1933 Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville Description: Shows two dancers on stage. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmat... -
Two performers on Promenade
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: California State Library Creator: Date: circa 1933 Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons Description: Shows African American men, one dressed in long dress, moving around yard. Spectators in background. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." -
Two performers posing
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: California State Library Creator: Date: circa 1933 Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons Description: One clown in hat and long coat, one in tights and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." -
Two Prisoners Dancing
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: California State Library Creator: Date: 1933 Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville Description: Shows two dancers on stage. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inm... -
Two Prisoners Dancing in Front of a Crowd San Quentin
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: California State Library Creator: Date: 1933 Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmates held a field and track ...
