Billie Manders and members of the Quaintesques. Photographic postcard, 192-.

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<p>A group photograph of Billie Manders and nine other members of his troupe, the Quaintesques, wearing suits; sitting in a group in front of a dark curtain. 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>

Billie Manders and members of the Quaintesques. Photographic postcard, 192-.

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