Thursday 15 May 2014

FABULOUS VINTAGE QUEENS


Some fabulous drag queens, female impersonators (an older term for drag queens) and cross dressers from past years.

Harry S. Franklyn, the 1920's.

Tony Midnite, 1956

Drag queen, acrobat and Vaudeville performer Barbette (Vander Clyde) in the 1920's. You can see a lot of photos of Barbette in this Pinterest board for example.

Fanny and Stella, London 1870's.

Parisian drag queen Florin in the early 1900's.

This lady came up on many searches but I don't know who it is.
Edit: I got a tip from a reader that this artist would be Jackie Maye!

Edwardian superstar Julian  Eltinge .

Holli White, 1964 (source)

More from the 1920's and more from Paris; Francis Renault.

And of course one bearded lady at the end.


Images via Pinterest searches, original source may vary.


6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oma suosikkini on jo edesmennyt Andy Warholin sisäpiiriin kuulunut hengästyttävän kaunis Candy Darling. Kuoli ironisesti syöpään, lääkkeestä jota hän käytti saadakseen naisellisempia muotoja.

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Obat Herbal Darah Tinggi said...

Nice Post, and i still wait the update

emmi said...

Interesting post! I love me some drag queens... *totally obsessed with RuPaul's Drag Race*

Anonymous said...

The one who is described as "This lady came up on many searches but I don't know who it is." is Jackie Maye

The Freelancer's FashionBlog said...

Anonymous: thank you!

The Freelancer's FashionBlog said...

Anonymous: thank you!