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  1. Gal with Slacks, Clever Ditties, Also 'Real Gone'

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Roy, Rob
    Date: Apr. 24, 1948
    Topics: Drag kings, Drag queens, Male impersonators, Musical theatre, Musicians, Police
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Nellie Lutcher, Ubangi Club

  2. Ginny Knuth Family Album

     
    Collection: ETVC
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1930 to 1998
    Topics: Allies, Cisgender women, Gender non-conforming people, Partners of crossdressers, Transgender people, Transvestites
    Subject: Educational TV Channel (ETVC), Ginny Knuth
    Description: A family photo album from the papers of Ginny Knuth, a cisgender member of Educational Transvestite Channel (later called TransGender San Francisco). Knuth's partner identified as a crossdresser an...

  3. Group Photo at Mona's

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (Pre-1950)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1940 to circa 1949
    Topics: Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Beverly Shaw, Butch Minton, Jan Jansen, Jimmy Reynard, Kay Scott, Mona's Club
    Description: Picture taken at Mona's; standing (L to R) "Butch", Jan Jansen, Kay Scott, Jimmy Reynard; seated (L to R) "Mike", Beverly Shaw, unidentified, "Mickey"

  4. Group Photo of Finocchio's Performers

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (Pre-1950)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1940s
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Finocchio's Club

  5. Hotcha Hinton performing

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1946 to 1956
    Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators, Strippers, Trans women
    Subject: Hotcha Hinton
    Description: Photograph of Hotcha Hinton performing in burlesque fashion, in front of sitting audience members.

  6. Hotcha Hinton posing in veil

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1946 to 1956
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators, Strippers, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Hotcha Hinton
    Description: Photograph of Hotcha Hinton posing in a long semi-sheer dress with a striped top, and a thin robe. She is pulling up one part of her dress to reveal her fishnet covered legs and white heels.

  7. Hotcha Hinton posing with maracas

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1946 to circa 1956
    Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators, Strippers, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Hotcha Hinton
    Description: Photograph of Hotcha Hinton posing against a blank wall in a floral headpiece, scarf, multiple small tops, and a long ruffled skirt. She is holding one maraca in each hand near her hips.

  8. Jackie Maye at Jewel Box Night Club

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1940s
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Jackie Maye, Jewel Box Night Club, Jewel Box Revue, Toots La May

  9. Jean Evol in drag in front of painted background

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1930 to 1960
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens
    Subject: Garden of Allah, Jean Evol
    Description: A photograph of Jean Evol posing in front of a painted wallpaper wearing a plaid maxi dress and a floral hat. There is writing on the photograph: "For Paris, If you were pretty like me you w...

  10. Lee Leonard leaning on a vase, promotional photograph

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator: Seymour, Maurice
    Date: 1948
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender comedians
    Subject: Lee Leonard, Liz Lyons
    Description: Promotional photograph of Lee Leonard, who later performed as Liz Lyons, in a black sleeveless dress and long black gloves leaning on a large vase. Lyons was a trans woman who performed raunchy com...

  11. Lucian Phelps reclining on a bed of feathers

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1943 to 1948
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators
    Subject: Lucian Phelps
    Description: Photograph of Lucian Phelps reclining on a bed of feathers in a long sequined black dress and black fishnets. Handwritten in the upper left side of the photo is an autograph addressed to Jackie Sta...

  12. Michael Phelan and Princess Toulaire in costume for their "Jungle Dance" routine

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1946 to 1956
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Michael Phelan, Princess Toulaire
    Description: Photograph of Michael Phelan and Princess Toulaire in costume for their "jungle dance" routine. Princess Toulaire has one knee on the ground, with her other leg extended in front of her. She leans ...

  13. Michael Phelan as "Miss Thing"

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1946 to 1956
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Michael Phelan
    Description: Photograph of Michael Phelan as his "Miss Thing" character leaning back in a feather hat, a white crop top, and a knee-level patterned skirt. Handwritten in the bottom right corner is Phelan's auto...

  14. Mona's Club Ashtray

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Mona's Club 440
    Date: 1940s
    Topics: Ashtrays, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Smoking
    Subject: Mona's Club, Mona's Club 440

  15. Nick Arthur in male drag with a mustache

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1946 to 1956
    Topics: Butches, Drag, Drag kings, Lesbians, Male impersonators
    Subject: Mickey Baasch, Nick Arthur
    Description: A photograph of Nick Arthur in drag. He is wearing a suit with a bowtie, a ring, and a bracelet, and holding a cigarette. He has a painted-on moustache.