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  1. It's Dudish, You Know!

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Reed, Charlie
    Date: 1883
    Topics: LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Carroll Johnson, Chas. D. Blake & Co., Sam Devers
    Description: Sheet music for "It's Dudish, You Know!" by Charlie Reed. Cover art features a man accompanied by the speech bubble "Dear Boys don't cher know Our style's all the go."
  2. Gorgeous!!

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1927
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: Benny Davis, Gorgeous, Harry Akst, Jerome H. Remick, Jerry Fragile
    Description: A cover of the sheet music for "Gorgeous." Arrangement by Benny Davis and Harry Akst, featuring female impersonator Jerry Fragile.
  3. Baby Face

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1926
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: Baby Face, Benny Davis, Harry Akst, Jerome H. Remick, Jerry Fragile
    Description: A cover of the sheet music "Baby Face." Arrangement by Benny Davis and Harry Akst, featuring female impersonator Jerry Fragile.
  4. At the Devils Ball

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Berlin, Irving
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Francis Renault
    Description: Cover of the sheet music for "At the Devils Ball," by Irving Berlin featuring Auriema.
  5. Talking to the Moon

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Little, George, Baskette, Billy
    Date: 1926
    Topics: Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Description: A cover of the sheet music for "Talking to the Moon" by George Little and Billy Baskette. Features a photograph of Mr. Dudley Liddell of Liddell and Gibson.
  6. It’s a Wonderful World After All

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Davis, Benny, Greer, Jesse
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Bishaw Ukulele Arrangement, Clay Circuit, J. Albert & Son, Nellie Kolle
    Description: A cover of the sheet music for "It’s a Wonderful World After All," featuring Nellie Kolle.
  7. One for the Road

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Kolle, Nellie
    Date: 1939
    Topics: Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Description: A cover of the sheet music for "One for the Road," featuring Nellie Kolle.
  8. The Boys of Australia’s Little Navy

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Nugent, John E., Slater, Joe
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Ern. Delavale, Joe Slater, Nellie Kolle
    Description: A cover of the sheet music for "The Boys of Australia's Little Navy," featuring Nellie Kolle.
  9. I’m Sending A Letter to Santa Claus

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1939
    Topics: Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Charles A. Wenman, Gracie Fields, Lanny Rogers, Maurice Guttridge, Nellie Kolle, Sinbad the Sailor, Spencer Willaims
    Description: A cover of the sheet music for "I'm Sending a Letter to Santa Claus," featuring Nellie Kolle.
  10. I Live Up-Town

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Bryan, Alfred, Meyer, Ged. W.
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: Alfred Bryan, Ged. W. Meyer, I Live Up-Town, Sunshine, Tempest
    Description: A cover of sheet music for "I Like Up-Town."
  11. Hula Hula Dream Girl

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Kahn, Gus, Fiorito, Ted, Remick, Jerome H.
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Gus Kahn, Hula Hula Dream Girl, Olin Landick, R.J. Ashley, Ted Fiorito
    Description: The cover of the sheet music for "Hula Hula Dream Girl."
  12. They Were All Out of Step But Jim

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Berlin, Irving
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, World War, 1914-1918
    Subject: Barbelle, Herbert Clifton
    Description: This sheet music is of the song "They Were All Out of Step But Jim" with British female impersonator, Herbert Clifton, on the cover.
  13. The Wonderful Male Prima Donna Mr. Fred Malcom

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1880
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel music, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Fred Malcolm
    Description: This illustration, which is likely the cover of a piece of sheet music, advertises a "Johnson & Slavin's Refined Minstrels" show featuring "The Wonderful Male Prima Donna Mr. Fred Malcom," who is d...
  14. Pretzels

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Yablokoff, Herman
    Date: 1927
    Topics: Female impersonators, Musical theater
    Subject: National Theatre
    Description: Cover of Pretzels sheet music.
  15. After The Matinee

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Music
    Subject: All Star Lambs Gambol