Browse Items (25 total)
Sort by:
Drag Wedding (1974)
A couple celebrates a drag wedding.
Chorus Girls in "This is the Army" (1942)
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.
Hetty King Sheet Music Cover (1907)
A cover for sheet music entitled "I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark," sung by Hetty King. King was an English performer and male impersonator.
Drag Queen Float, Chicago Pride (2007)
Drag float advertising the Diva Royale Drag Queen Show in Chicago Pride Parade.
Conchita Wurst, Eurovision Song Contest Winner (2014)
Conchita Wurst at the winners press conference, right after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Copenhagen. She is the first Drag Queen to win the Eurovision singing competition.
Venus Xtravaganza, Paris is Burning (1990)
This image is a still shot from the 1990 film Paris is Burning. It posthumously portrays Venus Xtravaganza, a transgender performer living in New York City until her murder in 1988. Venus is one of the main character arcs in the film that exposed…
Jewel Box Revue Program, Page 2
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.
Sweet Sixteen and Never Been Kissed
Postcard image of an early female impersonator.
Paul Storsberg-Sopransanger
Postcard image of early female impersonator.
Drag Queen Story Time
A drag queen performs story time for children at the San Francisco LGBT Center. Drag queen story time became popular in 2015. This program promotes reading and inclusivity to children.