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U.S. soldiers performing in female drag in Irving Berlin's 1942 revue, "This Is The Army." Berlin's Broadway had an all-soldier cast and was produced for the Army Emergency Relief Fund.

This is the second page of a Jewel Box Revue Program from July 1950. The page gives information on the founders of the revue, Doc Benner and Danny Brown. The Jewel Box Revue was America's first travelling show of female impersonators.

Postcard image of an early female impersonator.

Postcard image of early female impersonator.

Wild Side Story is a musical revue originally conceived in Miami Beach in 1973 as a drag parody of West Side Story. This image is one of the “Prologue” slides that would have been displayed before a performance of the show. Eddie Valdez (as José…