Billie Manders in character. Photographic postcard by J.A. Harding, 193-.

Date:
[between 1930 and 1939?]
Reference:
2060750i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Credit

Billie Manders in character. Photographic postcard by J.A. Harding, 193-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

Billie Manders wearing a black dress and raising the sides of his skirt. He 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, a a pioneer of 'glamour drag', presenting an unexaggerated female appearance.

Publication/Creation

Leeds : Repro Fielding, [between 1930 and 1939?]

Physical description

1 photograph : print ; 14 x 8.9 cm

Lettering

Billie Manders. J.A. Harding, Rhyl Bears number: 1381 Lettering printed and written in black on bottom recto

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2060750i

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Where to find it

  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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