Valda Gray at Joe's Deluxe
Elder Lucy Smith
Elder Lucy Smith. Photo courtesy Vivian Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature.
Mary Evans. Courtesy of Vivian Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
Clarence Cobbs. Photographed by Wayne F. Miller.
Reverend Clarence Cobbs
Finnie Halloween Ball Advertisement, 1940s
The Goblins, Ernest Burgess Papers, University of Chicago, Chicago IL
Jerry "Scout" Jones, famous organizer of Drag Balls in the 1950s
Various pictures of the Drag Balls published by African American Newspapers
Johnny Ryan, Burgess Papers, Box 98, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Various pictures of the Drag Balls published by African American Newspapers
Gay Disc Jockey Eddie Phlique with two female impersonators during a Drag Ball in 1940
Cabin Inn Advertisement, Chicago Defender, 1936
Club DeLisa [Photograph by Wayne F. MIller]
Club DeLisa [Chicago Historical Society]
Regal Theater [Chicago Historical Society]
The Nightlife in Bronzeville [Chicago Historical Society]
45th Street [Chicago Historical Society]
Leo, 18, “I decided that I could act as I wished among the faggots, but among the straight people I had to act reserve. I have always swished quite a bit, and with Jam people I tried to act more manly but I was conscious of myself with Jam people. I…