Billie Manders in drag. Photographic postcard, 192-.

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<p>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.</p>
<p>Billie Manders wearing a metallic lace dress and holding a fan. A more mature photograph from the late 1920s. He carries a huge fan of extended ostrich feathers. Fans of this very large size were often used by burlesque 'striptease' dancers.</p>

Billie Manders in drag. Photographic postcard, 192-.

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