Billie Manders, in drag. Process print, 192-.

Date:
[between 1923 and 1929?]
Reference:
2044960i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Credit

Billie Manders, in drag. Process print, 192-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

Manders was a popular Rhyl-based female impersonator: he and his troupe 'The Quaintesques' were concert party entertainers from the early 1920's right up to World War II. Billie was a performer from a very early age and a a pioneer of 'glamour drag', presenting a less exaggerated female appearance.

Publication/Creation

Liverpool (132 Bold Street) : Dobson Ltd., [between 1923 and 1929?]

Physical description

1 print : process print ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm

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Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "No slouch where costume was concerned, the photograph shows Billie in a spectacular jewelled and bullion-embroidered headdress of the variety known as a 'headache band ', high fashion circa 1923-1925."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2044960i

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Where to find it

  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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