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  1. Danny Brown & Doc Benner Present The Jewel Box Revue, 25 Men and A Girl, World's Greatest Femme Mimics

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Brown, Danny, Benner, Doc
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Armando Rodda, Billy Austin, Bob Lake, Bob White, Clinton Williams, Doddi Daniels, Dori D'or, Eva Franklin, Hans Crystal, James Tai, Jan Britton, Jay Johnson, Jim Challander, Jud Stoddard, Kenny Kilpatrick, Lynn Roberts, Lynne Carter, Robbi Ross, Ronnie Morales, Sal Angelica, Stormé DeLarverie, Ted Duncan, Vivi Vogue
    Description: See "Related Links" for other pages of the program.
  2. 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...
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Performer Standing in Front of a Microphone (Full Image)

     
    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, Music--Performance, Singing, Theater
    Description: A performer in a shiny two-piece dress sings on stage into a microphone.
  7. Portrait of Frenchy

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens
    Description: "Crossdresser/drag queen 'Frenchy,' a photo reportedly from Hamburg, Germany in 1960."
  8. Robbie Ross (1960)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1960
    Topics: Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: G.G. Allen, Jewel Box Revue, Robbie Ross
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  9. Hollywood's Favorite Female Impersonator the One and Only...Adrian Ames

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 30, 1960
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Adrian Ames
  10. The Performers of Le Carrousel

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to 1964
    Topics: Drag bars, Drag queens, Transgender people
    Subject: April Ashley, Le Carrousel
    Description: An image of performers from Le Carrousel, a club that opened as a cabaret in Paris in 1926, and was known for its drag queen performers. The clubs performers included transgender women such as Apri...
  11. Female Mimics Premiere Issue

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
    Creator: Selbee Associates, Inc.
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Actors, Appearance, BIPOC, Comedy, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Femininities, History, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Photographic models, Sexuality, Social role, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: 82 Club, Bambi, Burma, Carlson Wade, Christine Jorgensen, Jack Lemmon, Jackie Maye, Jewel Box Revue, Kim August, Kitt Russell, Le Carrousel, Lou Pearson, Marilyn Marks, Merry Madhouse, Ranchito Escondido, Ray Leen, Shalimar, Sone Teal, T.C. Jones, Tanya, The Princeton Triangle, Tony Curtis
  12. Female Mimics Vol. 1 No. 2

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Selbee Associates, Inc.
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Beggar's Ball, Coccinelle, Gene Burke, Gerry Lee, Hans Crystal, Jewel Box Revue
    Description: On item cover: "The world's foremost female impersonators." ; Contents: France's most fabulous she-male/Where men are women -- Daring duet -- French fun house -- Wildest ball of all -- Hans across ...
  13. Female Mimics Vol. 1 No. 3

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Selbee Associates, Inc.
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Art Students League Ball, Chez Moune, Patricia Ann Morgan, Pudgy Roberts, Rex Huntington, Terry Noel, Toby Marsh
    Description: On item cover: "The world's foremost female impersonators." ; Contents: How I changed my sex -- Steins and stags -- Terry the tantalizing -- A stitch in time -- The balls that made N.Y. flip -- Hap...
  14. The Club 82 Revue... Program

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Russell, Kitt, Homse, Sam
    Date: circa 1961 to circa 1965
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Ella Funt, Frank Quinn, Gene Avery, Jackie Maye, Jan Taylor, Joe College, Johnny Marsh, Johnny Wilson, Kim August, Melvin Evans, Pepe Carman, Rene Del Rio, Rubay, Sandy Rogers, Terry Lane, Terry Noel, Tony Midnight, Ty Bennett, Vicki Lynn
  15. Double Portrait of Bobby Lake, in and out of Drag

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to 1969
    Topics: Dancers, Drag queens
    Subject: Bobby Lake