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  1. McMahon and King, two actors made up as blackface minstrels, with King in drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators, Minstrel music
    Description: King looks over his shoulder, whilst McMahon in a top hat holds out his finger, pointing. Blackface minstrels (white actors with faces blackened to represent and mock Black people) were a form of e...
  2. 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...