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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.

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Contents of this tag:
1. Rock Hudson
2. Rope, 1947-1948
3. The Killing of Sister George
4. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
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. Gay Men's Chorus 25th Anniversary concert poster, 2004
7. 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.
8. Ann Margaret and Charles Pierce at Studio One, circa 1977
9. Poster and Call sheet for Making Love, 1981-1982
10. My Beautiful Laundrette, circa 1985
11. Outfest 07 Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 12-23 Film Guide, 2007
12. Pandora's Box, 1929
13. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
14. Adrian Thompson, undated
15. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
16. Book Cover: Ballet by Cecil Beaton, 1951
17. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
18. Gregg Araki
19. Thirteen Women, 1932
20. Salome, 1922
21. Turnabout Theater souvenir program, circa 1950
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
Contents of this tag:
1. Two cross-dressing women, undated
2. Crowd at Gay Community Services Center, 1971
3. Two cross-dressing women, undated
4. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
5. Having A Drink on Catalina Island, undated
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. Clark Library vestibule ceiling, 1925
8. March on Irvine for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1990
9. Mr. Muscle Beach Contest, 1950
11. Ginger Rogers Beach, 1941
12. Contact: A Directory of Gay, Homosexual, and Lesbian Feminist Organizations and Resources, 1977
13. Men in drag, circa 1900s, image (front) and inscription (back)
14. Bathers on Crystal Beach, 1920
15. Fun Map Palm Springs/San Diego, 1991
16. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
17. Main Street, Santa Monica, undated
18. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
19. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
20. Gay U.S.A. '76 broadside, 1976
21. Portrait of William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1925
22. The Prodigal, Vol. II, No. 20, May 21, 1971
23. Portrait of Harrison Post, 1920
Contents of this tag:
1. Two cross-dressing women, undated
2. Two cross-dressing women, undated
3. Having A Drink on Catalina Island, undated
4. 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.
5. River Club bar drag show, August 1982
6. Greta Garbo impersonator, undated
7. Ann Margaret and Charles Pierce at Studio One, circa 1977
9. Adrian Thompson, undated
10. Charles Pierce and Virginia Grey
11. Drag March, 2023
12. Men in drag, circa 1900s, image (front) and inscription (back)
13. Dorothy Bigmouth Imperial Crown, undated