Drag Artists & Female Impersonators (original) (raw)
Sirlebrity Capades, 1966Sirlebrities '69 Beaux Arts Halloween Ball, 1968 Coronation Ball 1971 (San Francisco) Coronation Ball 1973 (SF) Coronation Ball 1975 (SF) Coronation Ball '78 (Los Angeles)
82 Club Program, 1969
82 Club Program, 1965
82 Club Program, circa '61-'65
Casino de Paris, 1983
The Great Female Mimics, 1973
LaCage Michelle Show, Ready or Not, It's Me, 1967
Michelle Show, It's Me Again, 1969
Michelle International, 1962
Baby Doll: Female Impersonators of England, 1972
The Little Parrot, Puerto Rico, 60s
Lee Brewster's Mardi Gras Ball 1972 (NYC)
Carroll Revue, 1956
Club Flamingo, L.A., 1957Boylesque--Kenny Kerr, 1982
Cherchez La Femme, Montreal ******
Sheet Music Featuring Female & Male Impersonators Click Here
Scrapbooks of Danny Brown, of Jewel Box Revue
Matchbooks
Kurt Mann Scrapbook
Kurt Mann was a headliner in the Jewel Box Revue during its last golden years, from 1967 through 1970. He got rave revues for his impressions of Phyllis Diller. I am honored that he shared his story and scrapbook. Click Here
Ted Larson Scrapbook
Ted Larson's career ranges from the early 60's, as a male dancer at the 82 Club, to putting together revues in the 70's and performing himself in the 80's, as Maxine Faye Baker, or Maxie, the Clowntessa of Comedy. Click Here
David Hummel Scrapbook
David Hummel was part of the comic drag duo, the Fono Fools, and other acts, and starred at Detroit's main drag venues from the late 1950's to late 1960's. His scrapbook captures the Detroit scene in those years. Click Here
Magazines
Books
Minette Recollections of a Part-Time Lady 1979, 66 pages
Men in Skirts an extensive article by Carlson Wade, author of "She-Male," and co-author of "Transvestism Today," from the magazine Female Mimics, Volume 1 #4, 1964
And, Miscellaneous...
Links
Other excellent sources of Drag information:
and also the following:
a couple pics...
Jewel Box Revue, guess which one's the RG
equal time? hardly, but here are some drag "kings" from Paris, circa 1963
And Click Here for more Paris "Drag Kings"
Cigar Tin. Click for more on Neil Burgess
Sepia Gloria Swanson & Sepia Mae West
QMH Shows
You may also enjoy these QMH shows relating to this theme:
October 2002 - Gender Benders, Part 1 November 2002 - Gender Benders, Part 2 March 2006 - Those Singing Drag Queens, Part 1 April 2006 - Those Singing Drag Queens, Part 2 July 2013 - Songs ABOUT Drag Queens
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Below, I know in the 60's in San Francisco you could be arrested for appearing like you intended to be take for a female, so to prevent arrests, patrons of the Black Cat carried a "I'm a Boy" sign. Perhaps it was similar in Hawaii. A friend in Hawaii tells me his "Glade Expert" says these are from 1967/68.
Check the article to the right. It's from the San Francisco paper Citizen's News, from March 1965, which seems to be talking about the subject, though the above is not a brooch, it's a bit more advanced. More below...(from Uncensored, Feb 1965)
Below, from Honolulu's Female Impersonation Bar, The Glade, open from mid-60's until 1982. Anyone know the year of this button?
