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An ensemble cast of British soldiers, some in drag, pose on stage. Photographic postcard, 1919.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1919 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The characters are in a long line across the stage, some are seated, others standing, in a variety of costumes including 'realistic' and comic drag. Lanterns hang from the stage set. An unidentifie... -
An Evening in Copenhagen with Rae Bourbon (UTC 1)
Collection: Ephemera Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art Description: Two page program with writing " 'A bit of old San Francisco' best wishes" on the left, a photo of a person in a dress, with words underneath: "José, Nightingale Montgomery Street." -
An Evening of Pure "Charles Pierce" Craziness
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Madellani, Leonardo Date: Apr. 22, 1977 to Apr. 28, 1977 Topics: Clubs, Female impersonators, Humour Subject: Bette Davis, Charles Pierce, Gloria Swanson, Joan Crawford, Mae West -
an intimate view of grand opera as seen by Ray Bourbon: ONE ON THE AISLE (UTC 6)
Collection: Ephemera Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon Description: Album vinyl cover (front and back) of Ray Bourbon's album "One On The Aisle" Includes several images of Rae in different costumes -
An man dressed as a parlour-maid. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1910 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
An man in drag as "Gertie" wearing a checked coat. Photographic postcard, 1916.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1916 Topics: Female impersonators Description: A man in drag with dark hair poses for a portrait, which is cropped and smudged. A portrait of 'Gertie', an otherwise unidentified concert party drag performer, dated 1916 -
An man in drag is wearing a revealing dress and holding a staff, posing with his other hand on his hip. Photographic postcard, 1909.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1909 Topics: Female impersonators Description: An unidentified man wears a large hat and appears to be standing on a rug with plants either side. He wears elaborate theatrical drag, in which the draped frock is daringly (for the time) slashed ... -
An man in drag posing side-on. Photograph, 1862.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1862 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album. -
An man in drag, wearing a large hat and veil, posing in a garden. Colour process print, 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: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
An sailor poses in drag, wearing heavy fabric and a headband. Photographic postcard, ca. 1915-1916.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: He stands, head tilted, in front of a white screen. A Royal Navy seaman attached to HMS Colossus, in a costume heavily influenced by the revue star Gaby Deslys, and entitled 'Gaby'. Mlle. Deslys wa... -
An soldier in a concert party poses in drag, wearing white and holding a chair, standing in front of a train. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A young man in lacy tiered summer dress with a wide crowned hat. He has his face partly in shadow, with one foot on the chair, almost on top of the railway lines. Unlocated, but from the wooden hut... -
An soldier in drag, dressed in a bonnet and holding an umbrella. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Unidentified subject and location. A heavily made-up man in drag outdoor dress leans on an umbrella. He wags a finger at a stuffed toy dog seated on a bentwood chair. This is obviously an army camp... -
An soldier in drag modelling for "The Timbertown Follies" at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1914 to 1918? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A man in drag stands in front of a striped backdrop for "Nash's magazine" at H.M.S Timbertown. The performance is 'The girl on the magazine cover', which refers to one of the George Edwardes produc... -
Anchor Nite Club Presents "A Cruise Around The World"
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Nov. 14, 1937 Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Musical theatre, Night life Subject: Flo Arden, George Hayes, Gypsy Rose Lee, Jackie Starr, Kate Smith, Marjorie Jayne, Paul Russell -
Anchor Nite Club Presents Jackie Starr
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Nov. 17, 1937 Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Night life Subject: Gypsy Rose Lee, Jackie Starr
