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  1. The Wonderful Male Prima Donna Mr. Fred Malcom

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1880
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel music, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Fred Malcolm
    Description: This illustration, which is likely the cover of a piece of sheet music, advertises a "Johnson & Slavin's Refined Minstrels" show featuring "The Wonderful Male Prima Donna Mr. Fred Malcom," who is d...
  2. They Were All Out of Step But Jim

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Berlin, Irving
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, World War, 1914-1918
    Subject: Barbelle, Herbert Clifton
    Description: This sheet music is of the song "They Were All Out of Step But Jim" with British female impersonator, Herbert Clifton, on the cover.
  3. To be, or...?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Pittsburgh Courier
    Date: Sep. 22, 1943
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Toni Stuyvesant
  4. Tobi Marsh and Unidentified People Perform in the Frisco Follies

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to 1969
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography, Theatre shows
    Subject: Frisco Follies, Tobi Marsh
  5. Tobi Marsh Onstage

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to 1969
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Tobi Marsh
  6. Top Hat Night Club

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 2, 1954
    Topics: Advertisements, Drag, Female impersonators, Night life
    Subject: Chris Lucky, Dick Barrett, Jay Diamond, Lynn Baker, Tommy Glenn, Ty Bennett
  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. Torchy Lane as Cleopatra

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Caldwell, Jim
    Date: May 1976
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography, Theatre shows
    Subject: Torchy Lane
  9. Transvestism Today

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Podolsky, Edward, Wade, Carlson
    Date: 1960
    Topics: Childhood, Criminal law, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Heterosexuality, History, Homosexuality, Medical sciences, Parents of crossdressers, Partners of transgender people, Psychologists, Psychology, Sexual excitement, Sexual orientation, Transsexual people, Transsexualism, Underwear
    Subject: Alfred Kinsey, Bambi, Bernhard Berliner, Burma, Carlos Eduardo Sosa, Chevalier D'Eon, Christine Jorgensen, Coccinelle, David O. Cauldwell, Edwin W. Hirsch, Francois Timoleon de Choisy, George W. Henry, Harry Benjamin, Hasty Pudding Club, Havelock Ellis, Hugo Beigel, Jack Lemmon, Kabuki Theatre, Kenneth Walker, Kitt Russell, Magnus Hirschfeld, Margaret Mead, Mario Costello, Mary Anne Talbot, Otto Fenichel, Powdered Wig Society, Ray Leen, Tony Curtis, Transvestism Today
    Description: Summary reads: "An individual who derives pleasure from wearing clothes of the opposite sex is called a 'transvestite.' When a man wears female clothing, complete with bloomers, brassiere, slip and...
  10. Two Portrait Pictures of Bobby Lake and Sal Angelica

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Bobby Lake, Jewel Box Revue, Sal Angelica
  11. Two Portraits of Ronnie Morales

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography, Writers
    Subject: A Chorus Line, Blind Aggie, Jewel Box Revue, Nicholas Dante, Ronnie Morales
  12. Ty Bennett

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 18, 1976
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Night life
    Subject: Bill Corday, Don Bruno, Jene Chandler, Martin Mendoza, Phil Knowlen, Ty Bennett
  13. Vive Les Boys

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1969
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Bobbi Johns, Dee Connors, Fat Jack, Jerri Daye, Kismet, Lelo
  14. Vive Les Boys at the Paddock

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1969
    Topics: BIPOC, Black queer people, Comedy, Dancers, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Carol Surnet, Jessie St. John, Jody Lee, Kismet, Lila Storm, Mel De Carr, Stacy Stevens, The Paddock International, Vives Les Boys
    Description: Postcard from 1969 revue "Viva Les Boys" at The Paddock in Atlantic City
  15. Vonda DeLayne

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gay community, HIV/AIDS, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Miss Gay America, Miss Gay USA, Miss Metroplex, Miss Texas USA, Miss Universe de Texas, Vonda DeLayne, Vonda Richards
    Description: An obituary for Vonda DeLayne, who was also known as Vonda Richards. The clipping states: "she never forgot her roots in the gay community, remaining active in AIDS causes, as well as the pageant s...