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Finocchio's: House of the Fabulous Female Impressonators, undated

44987 A postcard of Finocchio's, that was a nightclub and bar in San Francisco. It shows five female impersonators standing in the back and five sitting in the front. The steps are a black and white checkered pattern and the background appears to be the stage. From left to right, starting in the back, a performer is wearing a bright pink robe with light pink feather lining, a silver patterned dress, silver shoes, and bright pink long earrings. Next the performer is wearing a pink and gold robe with a high collar, a pink dress, and a pink wig. The center performer is wearing a bright pink dress with a black belt. Next the performer is wearing a black and silver waistcoat with bright pink harem pants. At the end of the back row is a performer in a dark purple robe and dress, with peacock feathers and a peacock feather headdress. The five women in the front row are seated, all in similar 1920s flapper dancer outfits in different colors. From left to right, the first two women are turned slightly to the left and are in light purple outfits with pink feather headbands. In the center, facing forward, she is in a yellow dress with a green feather headband. Next, turned slightly to the right, she is in a dark purple dress and a dark purple feathered headband. Lastly, also turned to the right, she is in an orange dress and has an orange feathered headband.

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Performing Arts Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Rock Hudson
2. Rope, 1947-1948
3. Finocchio's: House of the Fabulous Female Impressonators, undated A postcard of Finocchio's, that was a nightclub and bar in San Francisco. It shows five female impersonators standing in the back and five sitting in the front. The steps are a black and white checkered pattern and the background appears to be the stage. From left to right, starting in the back, a performer is wearing a bright pink robe with light pink feather lining, a silver patterned dress, silver shoes, and bright pink long earrings. Next the performer is wearing a pink and gold robe with a high collar, a pink dress, and a pink wig. The center performer is wearing a bright pink dress with a black belt. Next the performer is wearing a black and silver waistcoat with bright pink harem pants. At the end of the back row is a performer in a dark purple robe and dress, with peacock feathers and a peacock feather headdress. The five women in the front row are seated, all in similar 1920s flapper dancer outfits in different colors. From left to right, the first two women are turned slightly to the left and are in light purple outfits with pink feather headbands. In the center, facing forward, she is in a yellow dress with a green feather headband. Next, turned slightly to the right, she is in a dark purple dress and a dark purple feathered headband. Lastly, also turned to the right, she is in an orange dress and has an orange feathered headband.
4. Gay Men's Chorus 25th Anniversary concert poster, 2004
5. Ann Margaret and Charles Pierce at Studio One, circa 1977
6. The Children's Hour, 1961 Photograph of Shirley MacLaine, left, and Audrey Hepburn in a scene from The Children's Hour, and a letter from Arthur B. Krim to Eric Johnston regarding three films with homosexuality as a subject, including The Children's Hour, and requesting that the Code be amended. Photograph: Core Collection. Production files. Letter: Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records.
7. Poster and Call sheet for Making Love, 1981-1982
8. My Beautiful Laundrette, circa 1985
9. The Killing of Sister George
10. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
11. Book Cover: Ballet by Cecil Beaton, 1951
12. Adrian Thompson, undated
13. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
14. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
15. Gregg Araki
16. Thirteen Women, 1932
17. Salome, 1922
18. Turnabout Theater souvenir program, circa 1950
19. Outfest 07 Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 12-23 Film Guide, 2007
20. Pandora's Box, 1929
21. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
Arts Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Rope, 1947-1948
2. Cover for Gravedigger by Joseph Hansen, 1982
3. Tan Suit Ensemble by James Galanos, 1962
4. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
5. The Soul of Lilith, 1892
6. Finocchio's: House of the Fabulous Female Impressonators, undated A postcard of Finocchio's, that was a nightclub and bar in San Francisco. It shows five female impersonators standing in the back and five sitting in the front. The steps are a black and white checkered pattern and the background appears to be the stage. From left to right, starting in the back, a performer is wearing a bright pink robe with light pink feather lining, a silver patterned dress, silver shoes, and bright pink long earrings. Next the performer is wearing a pink and gold robe with a high collar, a pink dress, and a pink wig. The center performer is wearing a bright pink dress with a black belt. Next the performer is wearing a black and silver waistcoat with bright pink harem pants. At the end of the back row is a performer in a dark purple robe and dress, with peacock feathers and a peacock feather headdress. The five women in the front row are seated, all in similar 1920s flapper dancer outfits in different colors. From left to right, the first two women are turned slightly to the left and are in light purple outfits with pink feather headbands. In the center, facing forward, she is in a yellow dress with a green feather headband. Next, turned slightly to the right, she is in a dark purple dress and a dark purple feathered headband. Lastly, also turned to the right, she is in an orange dress and has an orange feathered headband.
7. Florence Yoch, landscape design, “A Hillside Garden for Mr. George Cukor, West Hollywood,” 1936
8. Gown by Gilbert Adrian, 1948
9. Eloise Klein Healy, typescript draft of poem, “There Are No Words for the Sexual Acts of Lesbians,” circa 1984
10. Queerios, 2015
11. Excerpt from Sketchbook 11, Morris Scott Dollens, undated
12. Laura Aguilar, #6, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
13. Christopher Isherwood, typescript second draft of A Single Man, 1963
14. Don Bachardy, portrait of Stephen Spender, June 21, 1976
15. Pandora's Box, 1929
16. William Haines, rendering of living room of the Sidney and Frances Brody residence, Beverly Hills, circa 1952
LGBTQ+ Life in California Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Two cross-dressing women, undated
2. Two cross-dressing women, undated
3. Crowd at Gay Community Services Center, 1971
4. Having A Drink on Catalina Island, undated
5. Finocchio's: House of the Fabulous Female Impressonators, undated A postcard of Finocchio's, that was a nightclub and bar in San Francisco. It shows five female impersonators standing in the back and five sitting in the front. The steps are a black and white checkered pattern and the background appears to be the stage. From left to right, starting in the back, a performer is wearing a bright pink robe with light pink feather lining, a silver patterned dress, silver shoes, and bright pink long earrings. Next the performer is wearing a pink and gold robe with a high collar, a pink dress, and a pink wig. The center performer is wearing a bright pink dress with a black belt. Next the performer is wearing a black and silver waistcoat with bright pink harem pants. At the end of the back row is a performer in a dark purple robe and dress, with peacock feathers and a peacock feather headdress. The five women in the front row are seated, all in similar 1920s flapper dancer outfits in different colors. From left to right, the first two women are turned slightly to the left and are in light purple outfits with pink feather headbands. In the center, facing forward, she is in a yellow dress with a green feather headband. Next, turned slightly to the right, she is in a dark purple dress and a dark purple feathered headband. Lastly, also turned to the right, she is in an orange dress and has an orange feathered headband.
6. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
7. Main Street, Santa Monica, undated
8. Fun Map Palm Springs/San Diego, 1991
9. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
10. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
11. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
12. Gay U.S.A. '76 broadside, 1976
13. Portrait of William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1925
14. The Prodigal, Vol. II, No. 20, May 21, 1971
15. Portrait of Harrison Post, 1920
16. Clark Library vestibule ceiling, 1925
17. Mr. Muscle Beach Contest, 1950
18. March on Irvine for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1990
19. Ginger Rogers Beach, 1941
20. Mother Vol. 1, no. 1, June 1971
21. Bathers on Crystal Beach, 1920
22. Contact: A Directory of Gay, Homosexual, and Lesbian Feminist Organizations and Resources, 1977
23. Men in drag, circa 1900s, image (front) and inscription (back)
Defying Expectations Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Two cross-dressing women, undated
2. Two cross-dressing women, undated
3. River Club bar drag show, August 1982
4. Greta Garbo impersonator, undated
5. Ann Margaret and Charles Pierce at Studio One, circa 1977
6. Having A Drink on Catalina Island, undated
7. Finocchio's: House of the Fabulous Female Impressonators, undated A postcard of Finocchio's, that was a nightclub and bar in San Francisco. It shows five female impersonators standing in the back and five sitting in the front. The steps are a black and white checkered pattern and the background appears to be the stage. From left to right, starting in the back, a performer is wearing a bright pink robe with light pink feather lining, a silver patterned dress, silver shoes, and bright pink long earrings. Next the performer is wearing a pink and gold robe with a high collar, a pink dress, and a pink wig. The center performer is wearing a bright pink dress with a black belt. Next the performer is wearing a black and silver waistcoat with bright pink harem pants. At the end of the back row is a performer in a dark purple robe and dress, with peacock feathers and a peacock feather headdress. The five women in the front row are seated, all in similar 1920s flapper dancer outfits in different colors. From left to right, the first two women are turned slightly to the left and are in light purple outfits with pink feather headbands. In the center, facing forward, she is in a yellow dress with a green feather headband. Next, turned slightly to the right, she is in a dark purple dress and a dark purple feathered headband. Lastly, also turned to the right, she is in an orange dress and has an orange feathered headband.
8. Adrian Thompson, undated
9. Charles Pierce and Virginia Grey
10. Drag March, 2023
11. Men in drag, circa 1900s, image (front) and inscription (back)
12. Dorothy Bigmouth Imperial Crown, undated
13. David Strachan Outwords profile