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Powder Puff Revue at McVan's Supper Club
Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: 1968 Topics: Drag, Female impersonators Subject: Chi Chi Laverne, Jamie Powers, Karyl Houston, Kurt Mann, McVan's Supper Club, Powder Puff Revue -
Prison inmates (one a 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, Plays, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville Description: Prison inmates (one a 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 mat... -
Prisoners (including female impersonator on right) from San Quentin State Prison provided entertainment to the public on Sunday mornings, Marin County, California, 1914
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library Creator: Date: 1914 Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons Description: Prisoners from the San Quentin State Prison provided concerts and entertainment (including this female impersonator) to the public on Sunday mornings. This image is from 1914. San Quentin State Pri... -
Prisoners of war performing a play at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag. -
Prisoners of war, some in drag, posing on stage during a crowded scene of "Noblesse oblige"; at Sennelager prisoner of war camp in Germany. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators, Prisoners of war, World War, 1914-1918 Description: Several people are standing talking, some are dressed as policemen (?). They are mounting a production of an unidentified farce or comedy entitled 'Noblesse Oblige!'. The salon set is the same one ... -
Prisoners of war, some in drag, posing on stage in 'Miquette et sa mere' at Sennelager prisoner of war camp in Germany. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators, Prisoners of war, World War, 1914-1918 Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag. -
Professional actors, some in drag, dance on a lawn as "Promenade dancers". Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Couples, featuring men in drag, wear all-white as they dance in a line stretching back across the lawn; with rows of residential houses in the background -
Promotional Flyer 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: Bobby Bryant, Sir Lady Java Description: Flyer featuring a posing Sir Lady Java with a net cape, feathered headpiece, and decorated two piece outfit. Bobby Bryant management information in bottom right. -
Promotional Flyer with Four 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, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color Subject: Sir Lady Java Description: Promotional flyer containing four photographs of Sir Lady Java in various costume wear. Booking agency information found in bottom right. -
Protestors March at St. Patrick's Cathedral Demonstration
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Davies, Diana Date: 1971 to 1975 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Sylvia Rivera Description: A black and white photograph of protestors walking down street With Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. One protestor holds sign up saying, "God is gay." The date range that these photographs wer... -
Psychedelic Drag, a Cowgirl, and Luella in a Stole on Halloween, 1970
Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: Date: 1970 Topics: Bars, Gay bars, Nightclubs--California Description: Psychedelic drag, a cowgirl, and Luella in a stole at the Fallen Angel on Halloween. 1970 -
Queen and King of the May Festival
Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: Rocco, Pat Date: 1971 Topics: Drag shows, Gay community Description: The queen and king of the Metropolitan Community Church May Festival at the Factory. 1971. -
Queen of Hearts Ball Contact Sheet
Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: Rocco, Pat Date: circa 1971 Topics: Costume, Drag balls, Drag shows, Gay community Description: Queen of Hearts ball aboard the "HMS Queen Mary" with Martha Raye. Circa 1971. -
"Queenie", a young man in drag. Photograph by Deardens Studios, 1921.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1921 Topics: Female impersonators Description: 'Queenie' looks sweet but a bit tragic in an over-ambitious draped chiffon outfit that was beyond the skills of her dressmaker. Typical of working–class boys dressing up for fun, this costume was p... -
Quintette of Activists in Drag
Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: Rocco, Pat Date: circa 1971 Topics: Drag shows, Gay activists Description: From the back of the photograph: "That infamous 'drag' quintette photo (at a fundrasier)." The people are from left to right: Jim Kepner, Reverend Troy Perry, Morris Kight, Gerald Strickland, and D...
