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  1. Group Photo of Six Drag Performers

     
    Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Trans women
    Subject: Vicki Marlane
    Description: A black and white photograph of six drag performers posed together. Vicki Marlane is pictured on the top row, one over from the right. Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary San Francisco dr...
  2. Group Photos of Female Impersonators, May 1969

     
    Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: May 1969
    Topics: Drag community, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities
    Description: Photographs of female impersonators performing. Vicki Marlane is shown at center in the photo on the right. Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary San Francisco drag queen and transgender woman....
  3. Group Photos of Vicki Marlane and Female Impersonators in Lingerie

     
    Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1969
    Topics: Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Strippers, Striptease
    Subject: Vicki Marlane
    Description: Two photographs showing female impersonators on stage, wearing lingerie. Vicki Marlane is pictured in both photos, on her own (at left) and in the center (at right). Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) wa...
  4. Headshot of Person in 3/4 View on Film

     
    Collection: Alexis Francois Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens
    Description: Headshot of person with pulled-back hairdo shot from a 3/4 view on film.
  5. Headshot of Person with Bow on Film

     
    Collection: Alexis Francois Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ fashion
    Description: Headshot of femme with bow and curled slick updo on film gazing down over her left shoulder
  6. Headshots of Person with Bob on Film

     
    Collection: Alexis Francois Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens
    Description: Headshots of person in a dark bob and bangs shot from the front and side.
  7. Jolly Jack in a Feathered Hat

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1970
    Topics: Costume, Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gay community, Theater
    Subject: Gay Nineties
    Description: A close-up of Jolly Jack in a ruffled dress and wearing a feathered hat. The handwritten inscription on the back of the photograph reads: "Just an old bag of the Gay Ninties [sic]. Your card was ve...
  8. Jolly Jack in Blonde Wig and Headdress

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1970
    Topics: Costume, Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Theater
    Description: An elliptical photograph on a white background of Jolly Jack posing in a large wig with a headpiece and a shiny, ruffled dress.
  9. Jolly Jack in Large Hat and Long Dress

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1970
    Topics: Clothing, Costume, Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Theater
    Description: Jolly Jack, a female impersonator, poses in front of a curtain in a long, ruffled dress and a large hat.
  10. Jolly Jack Wearing a Costume with a Plumed Hat

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1979
    Topics: Clothing, Costume, Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Theater
    Description: Jolly Jack, wearing a plumed hat and and leotard with long sleeves, poses for a photo.
  11. José Sarria at the Opera Club

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1964 to circa 1980
    Topics: Drag queens, Theatre
    Subject: Imperial Court, José Sarria
  12. Larry Buttwinick Drag Party

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Buttwinick, Larry
    Date: circa 1965 to 1975
    Topics: Drag community, Drag in film, Drag performers, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ events
    Subject: Imperial Court of San Francisco, Larry Buttnick, Lavender Seniors of the East Bay, Society for Individual Rights (SIR)
    Description: This object is a silent 8mm film inside a private residence. It begins with 6 drag artists wearing makeup, dresses and false noses. The film continues and shows a man cooking in a kitchen, a drag p...
  13. Lavender lads make woo! woo! Hallowe'en eve

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag balls, Drag queens, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender)
    Description: A newspaper article describing a queer celebration, focusing on the drag performers
  14. Male Facade (1969 memoir)

     
    Collection: Denise D'Anne Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: D'Anne, Denise
    Date: 1969
    Topics: Butches, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Foster parents, Gender-affirming surgery, Heteronormativity, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ adoption, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ suicide, LGBTQ+ television, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Passing (Sexuality), Sex (Act), Social privilege, Transgender autobiographies, Transvestites
    Subject: Denise D'Anne, Virginia Prince
    Description: A scanned copy of Denise D'Anne's 1969 memoir Male Facade, which tells the story of her medical and social transition. The brief overview describes the book as "written to educate as well as to ent...
  15. Performer Holding a Hand Fan

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1970
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Evening gowns, Female impersonators, Theater
    Description: A female impersonator in an embroidered dress poses sitting on what appears to be a stage, holding a hand fan.