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Flyer Advertising Sir Lady Java Performance
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color Subject: Sir Lady Java Description: Flyer advertising Sir Lady Java's three-day performance at The Baby Grand West in Harlem, New York. Jazz musician Gerald Wilson is also mentioned. -
Flyer for First Annual Female Impersonators Ball
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color Subject: Club Bayou, Gertrude Gipson, Sir Lady Java Description: Flyer promoting the first Annual Female Impersonators Ball, hosted on Halloween at Club Bayou. Three headliners are pictured, though not named, alongside commentator Gertrude Gipson. -
Four Promotional Photographs of Sir Lady Java
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color Subject: Sir Lady Java Description: Four photographs of Sir Lady Java in various poses and outfits with P.O. box and city information in bottom right. -
Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Musicians Subject: Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon Description: A photograph of Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon looking wide-eyed at the camera. They are wearing a suit. -
Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon Playing Music with Others
Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Musicians Subject: Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon Description: Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon performs music with others, each playing a different instrument. -
Gender Identity Project Staff, 1998
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: 1998 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transmasculine people Subject: Andre Stevens, Arlene Hoffman, Carrie Davis, Lynn E. Walker, Melissa Sklarz, Rosalyne Blumenstein, Tracy Carrawante Description: Staff photo of The Center's Gender Identity Project from 1998. -
Gladys Bentley and Willie Bryant
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Gladys Bentley, Prentiss Taylor, and Norah Holt
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Grandfather Brown (William) at a masquerade party
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Critcherson, G.P. Date: 1800 to 1899 Topics: African Americans, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, Femininities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Masquerades Description: William Brown, a wealthy Black businessman in Worcester, MA in the 19th century, wearing a dress. Part of the Brown Family Papers Collection, call number Mss. Boxes B. -
Group Picture of Four Unidentified People
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Informational Flyer for Sir Lady Java Shows
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color Subject: Sir Lady Java Description: Promotional flyer for Sir Lady Java's shows at the Mermaid Room with three photographs of her in different two-piece sets. Text on the poster includes her body measurements and a list of physical t... -
Jack Brown, Dressed in Drag, Holds a Dance Pose with Partner Charles Gregory
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1902 to 1903 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown Description: In the first image, Jack Brown and Charles Gregory stand facing away from each other, each with one hand reaching toward the camera, smiling. In the second, details within the photo have been color... -
Jack Brown, in Drag, Smiles Down at Bowing Dance Partner Charles Gregory
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1902 to 1903 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown Description: Jack Brown holds his skirt out to the side while Gregory bows dramatically in front of him. Brown and Gregory performed the Cake-Walk, a very popular dance, as part of “Les Joyeux Nègres" at the No... -
Jack Brown Poses in Drag alongside Dance Partner Charles Gregory with Arm Outstretched
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1902 to 1903 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown Description: Jack Brown leans toward partner with face upturned and right arm extended holding a fan. Gregory leans back toward Brown with his cane and top hat held high. Brown and Gregory performed the Cake-Wa... -
Jack Brown Poses in Drag Holding Skirt and Fan, with Dance Partner Charles Gregory
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1902 to 1903 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown Description: Charles Gregory leans across Jack Brown in a wide stance, while Brown appears to step toward Gregory almost as if the two are in motion. Brown and Gregory performed the Cake-Walk, a very popular da...