Digital Transgender Archive

Search Results

Search Constraints

You searched for: Topic Female impersonators Remove constraint Topic: Female impersonators Genre Photographs Remove constraint Genre: Photographs Location California Remove constraint Location: California

Search Results

  1. Actors (female impersonator on left) at San Quentin State Prison, Marin County, California, circa 1915

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1915
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Actors (a female impersonator on left) pose for a portrait at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1915. San Quentin State Prison opened in 1852, making it California’s oldest prison. Inmate labor built...
  2. Bette Midler with Drag Queens at Studio One

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Rocco, Pat
    Date: 1978
    Topics: Celebrities, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators, Gay discotheques
    Description: Bette Midler with drag queens at Studio One. 1978.
  3. Female Impersonator and Other Patrons Inside the 527 Club

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1973
    Topics: Bars, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Night life, Photography
    Subject: 527 Club, Miracle Mile
    Description: Written on back: "527 Club, Folsom/3rd St. Female impersonator on 'Miracle Mile,' 10 blocks of gay bars."
  4. Female impersonator at San Quentin State Prison, Marin County, California, circa 1915

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1915
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Kimonos, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Female impersonator in Japanese clothes at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1915. San Quentin State Prison opened in 1852 making it California’s oldest prison. Inmate labor built the prison on 20 a...
  5. Female Impersonator at the 527 Club

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1973
    Topics: Bars, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Night life, Photography
    Subject: 527 Club, Miracle Mile
    Description: Written on back: "Female impersonator - 527 Club, Folsom/3rd Sts., beginning of 'the Miracle Mile,' 13 gay bars in 10 blocks.".
  6. Female impersonator in vaudeville act at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1914

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1914
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Female impersonator in vaudeville act at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1914. From the family album of San Quentin guard, Richard M. Smith, and his wife, the San Quentin matron, Genevieve Smith. T...
  7. 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.
  8. Group Photo of Finocchio's Performers

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1940s
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Finocchio's Club
  9. Group Portrait of Acts and Athletes

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Shows several of the vaudeville acts lined up in yard, athletes behind them. Spectators, and guards in background. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin pris...
  10. Julian Eltinge's Home, Hollywood, Cal.

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: M. Kashower Co.
    Date: 1920s
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
  11. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (1)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: circa 1923
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
  12. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (10)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: View of the Julian Eltinge residence, 2337 Fargo Street. Shows Spanish Colonial Revival style two-story house with adobe walls, tile roof, wing and tower loggias, sunken gardens. Davis and Davis, a...
  13. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (11)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: View of the Julian Eltinge residence, 2337 Fargo Street. Shows Spanish Colonial Revival style two-story house with adobe walls, tile roof, wing and tower loggias, sunken gardens. Davis and Davis, a...
  14. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (12)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: View of the Julian Eltinge residence, 2337 Fargo Street. Shows Spanish Colonial Revival style two-story house with adobe walls, tile roof, wing and tower loggias, sunken gardens. Davis and Davis, a...
  15. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (13)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1919
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: View of Julian Eltinge’s Spanish Colonial Revival style residence (2337 Fargo Street), Davis & Davis, architects; shows oblong, stucco, multi-level residence with low pitched tile and flat roofs; s...