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  1. A sailor holds hands with a man in elaborate drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Collection
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1999?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A naval officer holds hand with a man in an exotic dancer's costume. Location unidentified.

  2. Actors in pantomime in Brighton: S. West playing King Robert of Remlaf and H. Taylor in drag as Queen Aggie of Remlaf. Photographic postcard.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Collection
    Creator:
    Date: 1900 to 1999
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Amateur theatricals in Brighton. The Queen was a popular Dame figure in pantomime. Identities of cast members from pencil inscription on verso of print catalogued. Remlaf is a palindrome of Falmer,...

  3. All Hail Vicki Marlane, Queen of the Night

     
    Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1990 to circa 2000
    Topics: Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Trans women
    Subject: Vicki Marlane
    Description: A collage, possibly composed of advertisements, dedicated to Vicki Marlane. Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary San Francisco drag queen and transgender woman. Marlane had a long career; star...

  4. Candid Shot of Bobby Barton, Eva Bors, Paris Todd, Robin Rodgers, and Unknown Girl

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to 2000
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Bobby Barton, Eva Bors, Paris Todd, Robin Rogers

  5. Dorian Corey Is Dead

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 31, 1993
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag, Female impersonators, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ death notices, Trans women
    Subject: Dorian Corey, Paris Is Burning, Sally's Hideaway, Sally's II
    Description: A clipping from the New York Times about the death of Dorian Corey, a Black trans woman.

  6. Finocchio's Coupon

     
    Collection: Finocchio's collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Finocchio's Club
    Date: 1990 to 1999
    Topics: Drag bars, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ night life
    Subject: Finocchio's Club
    Description: Coupon for Finocchio's, featuring photo of performers and information about show times.

  7. Finocchio's Run of Show [1]

     
    Collection: Finocchio's collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Finocchio's Club
    Date: 1990 to 1999
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ night life
    Subject: Finocchio's Club
    Description: A run of show listing the schedule of performers and their acts at Finocchio's nightclub.

  8. Flyer for LGBT Community Center Fundraiser

     
    Collection: Felicia Elizondo/Felicia Flames Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1990 to circa 2000
    Topics: Chicano/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Drag performers, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ events, Queer community centers, Trans women
    Description: Flyer for LGBT Community Center fundraiser, hosted by Felicia Flames. This item comes from the Felicia “Flames” Elizondo papers (#2021-06) at the GLBT Historical Society. Felicia Elizondo, who pe...

  9. Group Photo of Queens and Audience Members

     
    Collection: Felicia Elizondo/Felicia Flames Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1990 to circa 2000
    Topics: Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators
    Description: A group photograph of drag performers and audience members at a show. This item comes from the Felicia “Flames” Elizondo papers (#2021-06) at the GLBT Historical Society. Felicia Elizondo, who p...

  10. Group Photograph of Finocchio's Performers

     
    Collection: Finocchio's collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1999
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ night life
    Subject: Finocchio's Club
    Description: Photograph of nine of Finocchio's performers dressed in show attire. One clownish doll is also featured.

  11. Henri Defreyn in drag as a geisha. Process print after G. Dupont, 19--.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Collection
    Creator:
    Date: 1900 to 1999?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Henri Defreyn performing a parody of Sada Yacco, geisha and actress. The extremely popular Japanese entertainer Sada Yacco had toured the world 1900-1903 and caused a sensation wherever she went. S...

  12. How RuPaul Ups the Ante For Drag

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Keeps, David A.
    Date: Jul. 11, 1993
    Topics: Androgyny, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Women's music
    Subject: Andy Bell of Erasure, Cher, Disney World, Holly Woodlawn, Jackie Curtis, Jimmy Sommerville, Madonna, Paul Morrissey, RuPaul, Sylvester, Sylvester the Disco Diva
    Description: A newspaper clipping detailing RuPaul's contributions to pop culture.

  13. I Never Asked to Be Born: The Carol Durrell Story

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Durrell, Carol
    Date: circa 1990 to circa 2000
    Topics: Black transgender people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ musicians, Police entrapment of LGBTQ+ people, Police violence toward LGBTQ+ people , Trans women
    Subject: Carol Durrell
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to child abuse and sexual assault. The autobiography of Carol Durrell (1945-2012), later known as Carolyn D. Rothschild, a ...

  14. John Lindstrom in drag. Photographic postcard, 19--.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Collection
    Creator:
    Date: 1900 to 1999
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  15. Miss Corpus Christi America pageant

     
    Collection: Victor Lopez and Rudy Cardona Photograph Collection
    Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
    Creator: Lopez, Victor
    Date: 1990s
    Topics: Female impersonators, Pageants
    Description: The pageant was produced by Texas Crown Productions and was part of the Miss Gay Texas America pageant, the largest and oldest pageant system for female impersonators in the state of Texas.