Digital Transgender Archive

Search Results

Search Constraints

You searched for: Topic Male impersonators Remove constraint Topic: Male impersonators Primary institution ssi New York Public Library Remove constraint Primary institution ssi: New York Public Library

Search Results

  1. Gladys Bentley

     
    Collection: Academic Papers and Publications
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Young, Wilbur
    Date: Sep. 1938
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ musicians, Male impersonators
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Ubangi Club
    Description: This item is an essay about Gladys Bentley written by Wilbur Young as a part of the "Sketches of Colorful Harlem Characters." This item portrays Bentley in a negative light.
  2. Negro Actors Guild gathering, which includes entertainers Luckey Roberts, Tondaleyo, Billy Daniels and Gladys Bentley, ca. 1940s

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1990 to circa 1949
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Guilds, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ people of color, Male impersonators
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Negro Actors Guild
    Description: This item is an image of a gathering of the Negro Actors Guild, featuring Gladys Bentley.