Female Impersonators: Chicago night club features make-believe ladies as entertainers.
Item
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Title
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Female Impersonators: Chicago night club features make-believe ladies as entertainers.
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Rights
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Digital Transgender Archive. Boston, Massachusetts. Fair Use.
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Creator
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Ebony Magazine
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Date
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March 1948
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Description
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News article from 1948 advertising a Chicago Nightclub. The article provides images of the drag queens performing, and promotes their show as a new popular entertainment spot. Joe’s DeLuxe Club was an entertainment venue in Chicago that featured female impersonation performances.
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Format
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Newspaper
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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Digital Transgender Archive.
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Contributor
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Bowie Aitken
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Identifier
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Digital Transgender Archive. vt150j45z.
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Subject
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Female impersonators; crossdressing; drag; drag queens; drag performance; Chicago; queer; queer nightlife.
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Source
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Jpg file. Digital Transgender Archive. 10/30/2025. https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/vt150j45z.
