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A large group of men in drag at Club 82, New York City. Process print, 196-.

Club 82

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Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

Some men are in drag, others are wearing smart evening dress. A publicity card for Club 82, New York City, an allegedly Mafia-owned nightclub which presented drag acts to a predominantly though by no means exclusively heterosexual audience. It operated from ca. 1952 until ca. 1972

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Item Information:

Identifier
6m311p59w
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
1960 to 1969?
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 print : process print ;
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