10 Drag Queens images with a lot of history
We started in the month of May the series of LGTBI vintage photographs with the publication of the article "Vintage Lesbians", a careful selection of old photos of lesbian couples that surprised by the brazenness with which they showed their love to the camera, for its freshness and spontaneity. Last June, we expanded the proposal with the publication of "Vintage Gais", with anonymous photographs but also of characters as well known as Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle or the legendary image of Oscar Wild with his lover Sir Alfred Douglas.
Today we want to close the circle with another series of 10 images that have surprised us even more if possible, since it is about what we would call today Drag Queens, transvestites and transvestites who were normally part of the world of entertainment and posed for eternity dressed in women's clothing in unparalleled images that in some cases are more than a century and a half old.
As in previous compilations, the authorship of most of the images is anonymous or their rights have expired and we can find them in the Vikipedia Commons funds or in collections that are mentioned in all cases.
The first image is the Julian Eltinge, American actor of cinema and theater that appeared in a series of musical comedies written expressly for him. The first that catapulted him to fame was "The fascinating widow" of 1910. He was known by the nickname of Mr. Lillian Russell. Photo from Wikipedia Commons.
This photograph belongs to John Lind in his role of "La Gavotte Ancienne". He was a Swedish female impersonator, singer and dancer who reached international fame at the beginning of the 20th century. Photo from Vikipedia Common.
The third photo belongs to Francisco León and it is believed to be dated at 1919 approximately. She was an actor and vaudeville female impersonator and her graphic background is preserved in the "Harvard Theater Collection of Harvard University" where this image comes from.
Another image from the "Harvard Theater Collection of Harvard University". This time it is Neil Burgess, actor, comedy performer and female impersonator characterized for his role in "Vim".
Stella, nicknamed Ernest Boulton was recognized worldwide for being an excellent female impersonator and for her wonderful soprano voice. The image is dated in 1868 and comes from the collection of Oliver Sarony / Laurence Senelick via Viki Commons.
Apparently Stella maintained relations with Fanny, nickname with which Frederick Park was known that in the image of the collection of Frederick Spalding via Viki Commons appears in a dress of silk and the elegant touch of a delicate fan.
Stella and Fanny appear as a couple in this image taken in 1869, barely a year before they were arrested by the Metropolitan Police under the accusation of "conspiring and inciting people to commit crime against nature." The photo comes from "Essex Record Office".
In this curious image we can see a group of Marines preparing for a Christmas concert. The absence of women on board in the Royal Navy during World War II meant that sometimes it was the sailors who played the female roles. The image belongs to the Official Collection of the Admiralty of the "Imperial War Museums".
And again an actor, it is Bothwell Browne in his role as the widow Gibson. Of Danish origin, Browne was a film actor, comedian and a great female impersonator who triumph in the United States at the beginning of 1900. Image from Vikipedia Commons.
And we end up with someone who reached the status of myth by his imposing falsetto. We are talking about Brigham Young, known as Mrs. Pattirini. Son of a humble settler family whose father led the Latter-day Saint movement, his voice confused many of his followers who doubted that Brigham was really a man. The image belongs to the Vikipedia Commons background.
I hope these collections serve to rescue from oblivion those who preceded us in the task of claiming a space to be who they were.
Source: pride.com
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