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A prisoner of war in drag, wearing a dress and white cloak, poses mid-movement with arms outstretched. Photographic postcard by Albert Melzer, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The man in drag is wearing small heels and a decorative head garment on stage. Unidentified prisoner of war camp drag. The costume is rather amateurishly produced using expensive materials: silk, m... -
A Promotional Photograph of Aaron Bateley and Holly Woodlawn for "The Ritz"
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Swope, Martha Date: circa Apr. 1983 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ plays, LGBTQ+ theater, Puerto Ricans Subject: Holly Woodlawn, The Ritz Description: A promotional photograph of Aaron Bateley and Holly Woodlawn for the Off-Broadway production of the play "The Ritz." -
A Promotional Photograph of Cal Culver and Holly Woodlawn for "The Ritz"
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Swope, Martha Date: circa Apr. 1983 Topics: BIPOC, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ plays, LGBTQ+ theater, Puerto Ricans, QTPOC, Transgender people of color Subject: Holly Woodlawn, The Ritz Description: A promotional photograph of Cal Culver and Holly Woodlawn for the Off-Broadway production of the play "The Ritz." -
A Promotional Photograph of Holly Woodlawn for "The Ritz"
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Swope, Martha Date: circa Apr. 1983 Topics: BIPOC, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ plays, LGBTQ+ theater, Puerto Ricans, QTPOC, Transgender people of color Subject: Holly Woodlawn, The Ritz Description: A promotional photograph of Sal Vituggio and Holly Woodlawn for the Off-Broadway production of the play "The Ritz." -
A Promotional Photograph of Holly Woodlawn for "The Ritz"
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Swope, Martha Date: Apr. 1983 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ plays, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC Subject: Holly Woodlawn, The Ritz Description: A promotional photograph for "The Ritz" featuring Holly Woodlawn in costume. -
A Promotional Photograph of Jeff Werner and Holly Woodlawn for "The Ritz"
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Swope, Martha Date: Apr. 1983 Topics: BIPOC, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ plays, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC, Transgender people of color Subject: Holly Woodlawn, The Ritz Description: A promotional photograph for "The Ritz" of Holly Woodlawn in costume standing next to actor Jeff Werner who is also in costume. -
A Promotional Photograph of Sal Vituggio, Aaron Bateley and Holly Woodlawn for "The Ritz"
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Swope, Martha Date: circa Apr. 1983 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ plays, LGBTQ+ theater, Puerto Ricans, QTPOC, Transgender people of color Subject: Holly Woodlawn, The Ritz Description: A promotional photograph of Sal Vituggio, Aaron Bateley and Holly Woodlawnfor the Off-Broadway production of the play "The Ritz." -
A quick-change performer known as "Lanzetta"; inset in many small portraits. Photographic postcard by F. Célis, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A montage of French (?) female impersonator 'Lanzetta', presumably a quick-change artist from the large number (twenty) of female characters making up the composite -
A re-enactment of Queen Elizabeth I at Tilbury. Postcard, ca. 1929.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1925 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The Queen, in drag, is on horseback in a procession of men. A re-enactment of her speech to the English land forces assembled at Tilbury in preparation for repelling the expected invasion by the Sp... -
A sailor called William Mills in drag and in naval uniform. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Unusual World War I period photograph showing Able Seaman William Mills in and out of costume as Lady Poppam. The image of William Mills ain drag appears to have been cutout and placed on a pencil-... -
A sailor holds hands with a man in elaborate drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.
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A sailor in drag leans on a high stool, in front of patterned scenery. Photographic postcard, 191-.
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A sailor in drag on S.S. Caronia. Photograph, 195-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1950 to 1959? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Very convincing amateur drag, mid 1950s.An unidentified merchant seamen on board S.S. Caronia. The Merchant Navy to some degree provided a bolt-hole for many 'obvious' homosexuals in the 1950s, whe... -
A sailor in drag sits on the deck of a ship in bright sunlight. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A good-looking and distinctly masculine young sailor sits on a deckchair on the deck of a ship wearing fashionable ladies' clothes of the 1900s. The outfit includes a wide silk skirt, well-made hat... -
A sailor in drag, wearing a long coat and hat, sits reading in a garden. Photographic postcard, ca. 1920.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1920 Topics: Female impersonators Description: 'Gaby', one of many imitators of the French revue star Gaby Deslys, engrossed in reading Jules Vernes' Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, comfortably seated in a deck chair in the garden in ful...