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1997 IFGE Queen Mary – April 1997
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Date: Apr. 1997 Topics: Gender identity, Transgender community Subject: Ariadne Kane, IFGE Convention, Jamison Green, Virginia Prince Description: These are a series of photographs taken at the International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) California Unity Conference in 1997. The conference was located at the Queen Mary Hotel, a former... -
A boy dressed as a girl, wearing a bonnet; playing with a toy chariot. Photographic postcard, 1904.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1904 Topics: Female impersonators Description: A private postcard of a little boy playing with a toy by the sash window of a rustic cottage. He is wearing standard knickerbockers and a tweed jacket, but also a fox-fur scarf and a very fancy ber... -
A British prisoner of war in drag, performing 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: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The soldier is one of the stars of the Timbertown Follies, Mr. P.R. ("Mollie") MorganHe is dressed up for one of the many revues staged by some of the 1,500 or so members of the First Royal Naval B... -
A British prisoner of war in drag, wearing a delicate short dress, leans towards the viewer with his hands on his hips. Photographic postcard by E. Ohle, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: He is wearing a decorative head band and is standing on stage with dark background scenery. Prisoner of war 'Vera' in camp drag in World War I. The camp is not identified, but presumably near the R... -
A British prisoner-of-war at Krefeld camp, in drag, poses in character. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1914 to 1918 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Conditions at Krefeld were apparently not too tough for allied POWs if this picture is a guide. Camp entertainment was indeed just that: this very young-looking British serviceman 'Gloria', wears a... -
A Close Up of a Seated Performer
Collection: Military Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945 Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers Subject: Look At Us Now Description: A performer wearing a two-piece dress and matching hat poses sitting for a photograph. This may be a photograph of Private First Class Samuel Cohen. -
A Collage of Six Polaroids of Melissa Posing with Friends
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Mexicans, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Melissa, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting Description: A collage of six polaroids. In each, Melissa poses with a different friend at Randy Wicker's store, Uplift Lighting. The names of the people pictured are visible in black marker on four of the pola... -
A Collage of Two Photographs Featuring Melissa and Friends
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Gay men, Latino/a/x transgender people, Mexicans, QTPOC, Trans women Subject: Melissa, Randy Wicker Description: A collage of two photographs with a short typed description between them. The top photograph shows Melissa with Randy Wicker. The bottom photograph depicts Melissa posing with two close friends. -
A comedy wedding with the bride in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1922.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1922 Topics: Female impersonators Description: A clown, sailor, the groom, bride and another character in drag. The cap tally on the only man in uniform in this group names the Royal Naval Division, which was disbanded in 1919. However, the sup... -
A convalescent soldier (Lance-Corporal R.C. Thomas) poses in drag, wearing a silk dress and sitting with a mourning veil. Photographic postcard, 1916.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1916 Topics: Female impersonators Description: "The man known as Summerdown Kate was Lance-Corporal R. C. Thomas who was at the Summerdown Convalescent Camp and a member of the camp's entertainment group (the Knuts Kamp Komedy Kompany). He was ... -
A couple of sailors, one in drag, pose together on stage. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The man in drag is dressed as a nurse and the other man is dressed in Naval Officer's uniform -
A couple, one in drag, pose together on stage. 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. -
A Dinner Party
Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag, Gatherings, Night life, Social activities clubs Subject: Ty Bennett -
A Diptych Portrait of Marie Høeg
Collection: Berg and Høeg Photographs Institution: Preus Museum Creator: Høeg, Marie, Berg, Bolette Date: circa 1895 to circa 1903 Topics: Clothing, Gender non-conforming people, Photography Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg Description: A diptych of Marie Høeg with contrasting expressions. On the left Marie is scowling and on the right Marie is smiling. -
A Diptych Portrait of Marie Høeg on a Swing
Collection: Berg and Høeg Photographs Institution: Preus Museum Creator: Høeg, Marie, Berg, Bolette Date: circa 1895 to circa 1903 Topics: Clothing, Gender non-conforming people, Pets, Photography Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg, Tuss Description: A diptych portrait of Marie Høeg; on the left Høeg is holding Tuss and softly smiling with a traditionally masculine hat on; on the right Høeg is pensively looking away from the camera.
