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  1. Three actors in drag, posing in a variety of costumes; in front of a basket on the floor. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1918 to 1920?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
  2. Three actors perform on stage. Photographic postcard, 1928.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1928
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
  3. Three soldiers, two in drag, pose in costume. Photographic postcard, ca. 1920.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1920
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A soldier in drag dressed as a lady is seated in the centre, with (left) a man in white tuxedo and (right) a man in drag dressed as a maid. There are glimpses of others in the background. Army Camp...
  4. Tiki Carpenter in drag as "The dancing Australian". Photographic postcard, ca. 1927.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1900 to circa 1927?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
  5. Tom Delaware in character. Photographic postcard by Fielding, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
  6. Tom Delaware in drag. Photographic postcard by Fielding, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Tom Delaware in Spanish dancer style character drag. He wears a large black hat and has styled blonde hair; gazing upwards beyond the viewer. A typical touring act that might have appeared in any o...
  7. Torch Club Last 4 Days: Danny Brown's Female Impersonators In Glorifying the American Boy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 2, 1939
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Night life
    Subject: Danny Brown, Jackie Starr, Torch Club
  8. Two actors pose on stage: a man wearing top hat and tails gazes down at a man in drag. Photographic postcard, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The man in drag is seated wearing white, and the man in the top hat wears a monocle and tilts the seated man's head upwards. Amateur theatricals in South London (judging from an inscription on the ...
  9. Two members of the Quaintesques pose in front of a poster advertising Billie Manders. Photograph, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
  10. Two men in elaborate drag. Photographic postcard. 192--.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Two men in elaborate drag dressed for an occasion. Head and shoulders portrait of two men in elaborate period costume (although quite which period is a mystery). Lots of wig and make-up, and the wa...
  11. 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."
  12. 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."
  13. Two Unknown Female Impersonators Hugging Each Other at San Quentin Prison

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."
  14. Two Unknown Female Impersonators Kicking Their Legs

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."
  15. Two Unknown Female Impersonators Smiling at The Camera

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."