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  1. A man in drag, poses wearing delicate attire; curled up on a piece of furniture. 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.

  2. A sailor holds hands with a man in elaborate drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1999?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A naval officer holds hand with a man in an exotic dancer's costume. Location unidentified.

  3. British servicemen in drag acting out a cooking class. Photograph, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910s
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Men in drag behind a long table. with a large fabric backdrop. A British concert party somewhere in the Middle East towards the end of World War I. A crude stage set has been erected on bare earth....

  4. Club Chesterfield Presents: Mr. Roby Landers

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1900s
    Topics: Clubs, Drag, Events, Female impersonators
    Subject: Club Chesterfielf, Roby Landers

  5. Escaped Negro Convict is Captured Here as "Female Impersonator"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 21, 1913
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Clothing, Disguise, Female impersonators, Imprisonment, Police
    Subject: Willie Harris

  6. Harold Chapman and Mark Leslie performing a revue for the Bow Bells. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Harold Chapman appears in drag wearing a dark dress with a white ruffled collar and sleeves, and heeled black lace-up boots. Chapman, who was very popular in drag, stands across from Mark Leslie wh...

  7. Harold Chapman in drag poses with Mark Leslie dressed as a Golliwog, in an act for the Bow Bells. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators, Golliwogs
    Description: Harold Chapman, in drag, stands looking askance at the camera with one hand raised wearing a floral and lace dress, heels, and a pearl necklace. Mark Leslie is sitting on the floor wearing all blac...

  8. I'm on My Way to Mandalay

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Fisher, Fred, Bryan, Al.
    Date: 1913
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: Bert Errol, Peg O My Heart

  9. McMahon and King, two actors made up as blackface minstrels, with King in drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators, Minstrel music
    Description: King looks over his shoulder, whilst McMahon in a top hat holds out his finger, pointing. Blackface minstrels (white actors with faces blackened to represent and mock Black people) were a form of e...

  10. Portrait of Julian Eltinge (1)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1913
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge

  11. The Man Who Was a "Perfect Lady"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Blackmar, K.K.
    Date: Mar. 16, 1913
    Topics: Actors, Arrests, Female impersonators, Opera, Theatre
    Subject: Annie Butcher, Charles Heywood, Frank Butcher, The Great Heywood