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  1. Drag Queen Wearing a Black Shawl

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1970
    Topics: Evening gowns, Female impersonators, Theater
    Description: Female impersonator wearing a formal dress and a black shawl poses in front of a silk curtain.

  2. Duckling into Swan

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Ashley, April, Fallowell, Duncan
    Date: Feb. 5, 1982
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Male impersonators, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: April Ashley, April Ashley's Odyssey, Dustin Hoffman, Julie Andrews, Tootsie, Victor/ Victoria
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)

  3. Dudley Liddell, Female Impersonator, Released

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The Pittsburgh Press
    Date: Aug. 10, 1914
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Clothing, Female impersonators, Gender expression
    Subject: D. Hazlett, Dudley Liddell, Edward Dillon
    Description: A short article in the Pittsburgh Press, published August 10, 1914. The text declares that Dudley Liddell, arrested for wearing "women's apparel," has been released.

  4. Ella Zoyara: Death of the Noted Circus Female Impersonator

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: San Francisco Chronicle
    Date: May 28, 1879
    Topics: Circus, Female impersonators, Theatre, Theatre groups
    Subject: Ella Zoyara, Omar Kingsley

  5. Ensemble of Jewel Box Revue

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography, Theatre shows
    Subject: Billy Daye, Bobby Lake, Clinton, Dale Roberts, Dodie, Dori D'or, Gene Avery, Jewel Box Revue, Lynne Carter, Storme, Teddy Duncan, Vicky Vogue
    Description: Dale Roberts (sitting), Dodie (standing, with umbrella), Teddy Duncan (sitting), Dori D'Or (sitting on ramp), Bobby Lake (sitting, center), Clinton (sitting down at rickshaw, hat); right side: Bil...

  6. Escaped Negro Convict is Captured Here as "Female Impersonator"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 21, 1913
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Clothing, Disguise, Female impersonators, Imprisonment, Police
    Subject: Willie Harris

  7. Etta James Revue featuring Miss Dakota, Jackie Shane (Female Impersonators)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 27, 1964
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: Etta James, Jackie Shane, Long Beach Independent, Miss Dakota, Rusty Rooster
    Description: Clipping from the "Long Beach Independent" advertising "Etta James Revue featuring Miss Dakota, Jackie Shane (Female Impersonators)."

  8. Eve Browne’s Directory of Female Impersonators – Number 2

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Browne, Eve
    Date: 1975
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag community, Female impersonators, Transvestism
    Description: This is Eve Browne's Directory of Female Impersonators, which includes Ariadne Kane.

  9. Excelsior Springs

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1896
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: Elms Hotel, Missouri Pharmacy Traveling Association
    Description: A souvenir of "Missouri Pharmacy Traveling Association" featuring a female impersonator.

  10. Expect the Unexpected with "Mister" Carroll Wallace

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950
    Topics: Comedians, Crossdressers, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Carroll Wallace

  11. Exterior of Club Inferno

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1968
    Topics: Discos, Drag, Female impersonators
    Subject: Bobby Barton, Club Inferno, Criss Moore, Ethel Merman, Kurt Mann
    Description: Advertising banners read: "Here in person, Criss Moore singing Ethel Merman, Songs of the 30s"; "Bobby Barton, Body by Fisher"; "Kurt Mann, She's a Diller"

  12. 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."

  13. 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...

  14. 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.".

  15. Female Impersonator Cartoon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Harris, S.
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Cartoons, Female impersonators, Marriage