Wanda Gág

Wanda Gág and others

Wanda Gág, another woman, and a dog, ca. 1930.

Wanda Gág and other art students

Wanda Gág and other art students

Wanda Gág (farthest at right, sitting) and other students at the St. Paul Institute of Art, ca. 1913–1914.

Drag revue

Drag revue

Drag performers in a style revue at First Congregational Church in Minneapolis (500 SE 8th Avenue), ca. 1935.

Flame Supper Club

Flame Supper Club

Flame Supper Club (1523 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis), undated.

Stormé DeLarverie with other drag performers

Stormé DeLarverie with other drag performers

Stormé DeLarverie (center), a Black drag performer, and three other drag performers at Roberts Show Club, Chicago, 1958.

Drag performers in Virginia, Minnesota

Drag performers in Virginia, Minnesota

Drag performers in Virginia, Minnesota, 1930–1945.

“Womanless Wedding” in Renville

“Womanless Wedding” in Renville, Minnesota

The cast of a “womanless wedding” assembles at the Renville Opera House in Renville, Minnesota, ca. 1920s.

Karyl Norman

Karyl Norman

Painting of vaudeville performer and drag artist Karyl Norman (“The Creole Fashion Plate”), who performed in Minnesota in the 1920s. Photograph by James Hargis Connelly. Reproduced from National Vaudeville Souvenir Artists. (New York: Vaudeville Managers Protective Association, 1923). Public domain.

Carleton College Circus

Carleton College Circus

Drag performers in a “Carleton Circus” act at Carleton College. Photo by Harvey E. Stork, 1921.

Wedding revue in Lanesboro

Wedding revue in Lanesboro

Wedding revue featuring drag performers at the Odd Fellows Hall in Lanesboro, December 12, 1916.

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