Two members of the Quaintesques pose in front of a poster advertising Billie Manders. Photograph, 192-.

Date:
[between 1920 and 1929?]
Reference:
2044992i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Two members of the Quaintesques pose in front of a poster advertising Billie Manders. Photograph, 192-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A snapshot of (right) the baritone Gwilym Williams of the Quaintesques with another (unidentified) member of the Quaintesques (left) standing before a poster advertising Billie Manders. Unidentuified location, 1920s. 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

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1920 and 1929?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.3 x 6.1 cm

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This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2044992i

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  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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