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Illustration by Cecil Aldin, dog walking -- a dog on a lead is more likely to want to fight others if you drag him away from every dog you meet. Date: 1927
The Rocky Twins dressed in drag as the Dolly Sisters, Paris, late 1920s late 1920s
Handley Page HP-80 VictorRAF Handley Page Hp-80 Victor Landing at Radlett with Drag-Chutes Deployed Date: 1956
A Concert behind the Lines by Fortunino MataniaSomewhere in France - a concert behind the lines. A concert troupe or divisional entertainment company often made up of a mix of professional and amateur actors
Sangers Circus cyclist, Haverfordwest, South WalesA lady cyclist (probably a man in drag), one of the performers with Sangers Circus during a visit to Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
Foujita in DragJapanese painter and engraver, Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968), camping it up in drag, smoking with friends at a cabaret club
The Poor Washerwoman - Henri Clark - Music SheetThe Poor Washerwoman - sung with typhoons of applause by Henri Clark - Music Sheet, written by Walter Hadtings and composed by W. T. Webb
The Penmare Boozy-Doos, Hayle Carnival, CornwallThe Penmare Boozy-Doos at the Hayle Carnival, Cornwall -- men in drag, in drum majorette costumes. Date: circa 1980s
Dan Leno as Mrs. Twankey 1897Dan Leno (1860 1904), as Mrs.Twankey in Aladdin at Drury Lane Theatre, London. Leading English music hall comedian and musical theatre actor during the late Victorian era. Date: 1897
Mr Malcolm Scott as SalomeMr Malcolm Scott, Robert Falcon Scotts Brother (!!). Scott was one of the most famous female impersonators. He started his career as a straight actor at the Theatre Royal in Margate in 1886 but soon
Ella Shields, WW1 entertainmentElla Shields (1879-1952) music hall entertainer and male impersonator, most famous as Burlington Bertie from Bow dressed up as both a soldier and a sailor during the First World War. Date: 1917
Firefighters in costume for an entertaining eveningMen and women in costume for an entertaining evening at Stoke Newington Fire Station, 17 March 1920. Date: 1920
Royal Horse Artillery Hounds, Shooters Hill, LondonCaptain Reed-Scot of the Royal Horse Artillery (Woolwich) leading out his draghounds at Shooters Hill, London. The pack consisted of 18 couples of hounds, kept in adjoining kennels to some foxes
Restored by AesculapiusPoseidons sea-monsters so terrify the horses of Hippolytus that they drag him to death; fortunately Asklepios is able to restore him to life
Vought F-8 Crusader. An early F-8 - F8U, at the Naval Air Engineering Laboratory, on Mustin Field, part of the Philadelphia Naval Yard
English Electric Canberra PR. 7 - PR. 9 prototype WH793English Electric Canberra PR.7 (PR.9 prototype) WH793, at the 1955 SBAC Farnborough Air-show. A brand new PR.7 taken from the production line and converted by D. Napier and Sons Ltd
WW2 - A drag show by British PoWs held at Stalag XXI-D, a German World War II PoW Camp based in Poznan (Posnan), Poland - the scene seems to be about a beauty contest in USA as the "
Men and women in St Trinians costume, CornwallMen and women in St Trinians school uniform, Cornwall, possibly university students during rag week. Date: circa 1980s
Impersonator M. R. Bertin in an imitation of Mme Anna ThibaudThe famousFrench female impersonator M.R. Bertin in an imitation of Mme Anna Thibaud Date: Pre-1920s
The famous female impersonator M. R. BertinThe famous female impersonator M.R. Bertin in an imitation of Tan-Ichi Date: Pre-1920s
Impersonator M. R. Bertin in an imitation of Clotilde AlgeriaThe famous French female impersonator M.R. Bertin in an imitation of Clotilde Algeria Date: Pre-1920s
The famous French female impersonator M. R. Bertin as himselfThe famous French female impersonator M.R. Bertin as himself Date: Pre-1920s
The famous Swedish female impersonator Lind (John Lind) Date: Pre-1920s
Gracie Fields (1898-1979) in Shipyard Sally'. Date: 1939
Dame Edna Everage and Larry Hagman on a chat showComic personality, Melbourne housewife and superstar (or gigastar) Dame Edna Everage (played by the Australian comedian Barry Humphries, b 1934) with the American actor Larry Hagman (b 1931)
DEMONS SEIZE DEAD SOULThe soul of a recently deceased person is seized by demons who drag him down to Hell. Date: 16th century
When thick snow clogs the streets of Paris, passengers have to get out of their bus and help the horses drag it up a slope. Date: 1872
RESTORED BY AESCULAPIUSPoseidon's sea-monsters so terrify the horses of Hippolytus that they drag him to death ; fortunately Asklepios is able to restore him to life
The Taking of Zutphen, Siege of Zutphen (present day Gelderland, Netherlands), 19-30 May 1591, part of the Eighty Years War (1568-1648) and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604)
Farnborough wind tunnel with Bristol BulldogThe Royal aircraft establishment wind tunnel at Farnborough, with Bristol Type 124 Bulldog TM K3183 mounted on the balance
Cinderella, Adelphi Theatre, London, Christmas pantomime with Phyllis Dare in the title role, Carrie Moore as the Prince, Dan Rolyat as the Baron, John Humphries as the Baroness
Japanese Actor (possibly dressed as a woman?) - traditional play Date: circa 1930s
Six delightful young ladies - actually men dressed up as women. They do look rather fetching though. Date: 1920s
Regency gentleman riding a horse while another falls from the saddle. How to Prevent the Horse Slipping his Girths. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson after an illustration by
Cartoon showing Syd Chaplin, actor, writer, as well as brother and manager of Charlie Chaplin, seen with one of the bathing belles in a scene called The Hydro at the Palladium variety show. Date: 1912
Cartoon, Political Kidnapping (Electoral Reform)Cartoon, Political Kidnapping -- a satirical comment on the transfer of the electoral reform initiative from the Liberals (Lord John Russell) to the Conservatives (Lord Derby)
George Robey, quick-change scene in Zig-Zag, HippodromeGeorge Robey in " Zig-Zag!" the 1917 revue at the London Hippodrome, in a scene where he performed a burlesque of the methods of Fregoli, the quick-change artist, with comic results
The Crazy Gang, Six Broken Blossoms, London PalladiumThe Crazy Gang dressed as flower sellers in Six Broken Blossoms in the shadow of Eros (at Piccadilly Circus) in London Rhapsody musical at The London Palladium. 1937
Music cover, I m Sister to the Cure, Valse Comique by H T Swatton, sung by E Marshall, dedicated to C Morton, drawn by Alfred Concanen
Alfred Lester impersonating Gwen FarrarActor Alfred Lester doing a very decent impression of actress Gwen Farrar, with whom he was starring in the revue, Rats at the Vaudeville Theatre in 1923. Date: 1923
English Female impersonator and singer Bobby De LysA photograph of the English Female impersonator and singer Bobby De Lys, 1920s Date: 1920s
Sheet music - British female impersonator Bert ErrolSheet music featuring the British female impersonator Bert Errol, 1920s Date: 1920s
Sheet music - female impersonator Karyl NormanSheet music representing the female impersonator Karyl Norman, 1920s Date: 1920s
Female impersonator and Male prima donna Bobbie de LysAdvert for the female impersonator and Male prima donna Bobbie De Lys Date: 1921-1925
A meeting at a masquerade ballA meeting at a ball: A masked woman and Normandy girl flirt with a revolutionary man in bicorn and cockade, while a woman in drag as a Turkish man interrupts and a double bass player looks
Mlle Nathalie in drag as the Chevalier d Essone, 1847Zaite-Nathalie Martel or Mlle Nathalie in drag as the Chevalier d Essone by Dupeuty and Anicet Bourgeois, Theatre du Vaudeville, 1847
Sofia Fuoco and Maria Jacob in the ballet Ozai, 1847Italian ballet dancer Sofia Fuoco as a soldier and French dancer Maria Jacob in the ballet Ozai by Jean Carolli, 1847. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor