Female impersonators

Date: 1965

From: Baillie, William Jeavons Hall, 1941-:Slides, photographs, and other material

Reference: PA12-0239

Description: Unidentified people, places, houses and items of furniture. Location is New Zealand Quantity: 5 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [ca 1945-1955]

From: Unwin, William Henry, 1909-1992: Papers relating to the life and career of musician Harry Unwin

Reference: fMS-Papers-11909-4

Description: Contains newspaper clippings relating to Harry Unwin's life and career in the music industry, circa 1945 to 1955. A large amount of material relates to the Kiwi Concert Party and their tour of Australia. In addition to newspaper clippings contains a brochure titled 'Frigidaire equipment installed to heat Riddiford Baths' and a J C Williamson Theatre Limited flyer for "The Kiwis" revue show at the Royal Theatre in Adelaide, Australia. Arrangement: Part I of a bundle of newspaper clippings that needed to be split into two parts to fit in Library folders. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (with some Mss annotations)

Date: [ca 1945-1955]

From: Unwin, William Henry, 1909-1992: Papers relating to the life and career of musician Harry Unwin

Reference: fMS-Papers-11909-5

Description: Contains newspaper clippings relating to Harry Unwin's life and career, circa 1945 to 1955. Material chiefly relates to the Kiwi Concert Party, particularly their tours of Australia. Contains reviews and profiles of members including Unwin and female impersonators working with the group. Arrangement: Part II of a bundle of clippings that needed to be split into two parts to fit in Library folders. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: [ca 1945-1955]

From: Unwin, William Henry 1909-1992: Photographs relating to the life and career of musician Harry Unwin

By: Herald sun (Newspaper); Photo News Ltd; Williamson, Hal, active 1950

Reference: PAColl-10379-1

Description: Photographs relating to Harry Unwin and his work with the Kiwi Concert Party, circa 1945 to 1955. Taken by a range of photographers, a number of whom are unidentified. - Contains a number of group portraits, including the reception of the Kiwi Concert Party in Adelaide during an Australian tour, the group at Government House with the Governor General Bernard Freyberg and Lady Barbara Freyberg (September 1950) and with Freyberg at a performance, the group beside a plane [tour to Australia?], at a railway station, with cars sold by Premier Motors during Western Australia leg of 1951 tour, and during a rest in the journey across the Nullabor Desert. Also includes photograph of a performance in action, the exterior of a theatre with "The Famous Kiwis" marquee, the group converged around a sign advertising their 857th performance, and official publicity photos printed by J C Williamson Theatres Ltd. The latter images include sets, performers (including female impersonators), scenes in action, and a group of women drinking and smoking [backstage?] with the women's autographs on the rear of the print. Also band performing in studio setting, as a mariachi band, and a cartoon titled "A H O Camouflage Unit 1942". One image of a female impersonator Phil Jay is autographed "To Happy/Slap-Harry". - A number of images, including all the official publicity photographs, were taken by Hal Williamson (for J C Williamson Publicity, Sydney). Other photographers stamps identify "News & Mail Photographs", "Herald Sun Feature Service", and "Photo News Ltd". Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 28 July 2006

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011

Reference: A-453-257

Description: Shows three images relating to events occurred during the week. The first image of two Israeli soldiers in the Lebanon War. One is reading the Torah and comments that the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm them. The second is of a judge asking lawyer Rob Moodie why he is wearing female clothing. The third relates to Agent Orange. A man tells an official from a chemical company that they will be in line for compensation too as he is missing a vital internal organ. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - 29 CARTOON 25.15 cm x 12.67 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt-tip pen on paper, 230 x 320 mm

Date: 1980

Reference: Eph-B-VARIETY-Australia-1980-01

Description: Tour booklet for an Australian tour Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, 300 x 215 mm.

Date: 2009

Reference: Eph-C-VARIETY-2009

Description: Includes: Armageddon Exo. Gaming, fantasy, sci-fi, collectibles, anime, celebrities & more! TSB Bak Arena Wellington, 4-5 April 2009 (2 copies) Comedy.co.nz Productions presents Danny Bhoy on tour 2009. NZ International Comedy Festival 2009. Wellington Opera House, 22-23 May [2009] "Bogan bingo"; it's bingo with balls; join the fun at one of the venues below: Hutt Sports Cafe 23 September; Downtown Local Wellington CBD 24 September; The Office Newtown 25 September [2009] (2 copies) Comedy.co.nz Productions presents Ireland's master of standup returns, Ed Byrne. "Different class"; new show. NZ International Comedy Festival 2009. Wellington Opera House, 15-16 May [2009] (2 copies) The Fringe Co. nz. The Chit Chat Lounge. With Derek Flores and Vinyl Burns. The Fringe Bar, cnr Cuba & Vivian Streets, Tues-Sat 6-28 Feb [2009] Coming 1st April. Comedy Central, Channel 010 Sky. ComedyCentral.co.nz Deaf Aotearoa NZ & NZ Relay proudly present Deafy Wood, John Maucere. Auckland Town Hall, 4 May [2009] Mario Maiolo presents "Divine Divas"; an un-boy-lievable tribute to the stars ... from the world's greatest female impersonators. Opera House, 1 November [2009] Funhouse Cabaret. Come and experience Wellington's maddest theatre & dining experience. Garden Club, 13 Dixon Street Wellington. Confirmed dates for 2009 - get in quick! [10 October - 19 December, once or twice weekly] The Improvisors. "Jackson Street;"; the short and incomplete story of a very long street. A comedy walking tour down Petone's Jackson Street. Sundays 8, 15, 22 February and 1 March [2009] Jane Keller in cabaret. "So many disappointed men". St James Theatre 1st floor Gallery, 27 November [2009] The Kiwi Pub, 26 Allen St, Wellington. It's Comedy Night! Comedy from some of Wellington's finest: T J McDonald; Jim Stanton, Mark Scott. Laugh until it hurts! 20 September [2009] Subversive Arts presents "Lies & other stories before bed". Southern Cross, 9-13 February [2009] The Society of Paper Dogs presents "Lost shades"; a show about losing things. Happy, 15-17 February [2009] Glenn London Events presents Miss Wellington 2009. Wellington Town Hall, 9 October 2009; special guest appearance Ainslie Allen Jarrod Baker and T J McDonald present "Monkey vs robot". NZ International Comedy Festival 2009. Wellington Happy Bar 12-16 May; Auckland Limelight Laugh Lounge, 21-23 May [2009] Top Class Events presents NZ's favourite international hypnotist is back! Andrew Newton. [Tour itinerary 31 May - 12 June 2009] UKTV presents Parky, the one-man show. Spend an evening with Michael Parkinson. Michael Fowler Centre, 6 November [2009] (2 copies) "The Phat Grrrl Revolution"; spoken word by Def Jam poet Nikki Patin. Auckland venues 7-13 March; Wellington Happy 21 March; Dunedin Fortune Studio 26-29 March [2009] Notorious Entertainment proudly presents Te Radar's "Eating the dog"; misfits, failures and those who died young trying; Te Radar's New Zealand heroes. BATS Theatre, 12-16 May [2009] Energy Theatre presents "Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens", lyrics by Charlotte Mann and Michael Fidler; music Jonathan Croose and Robin Forrest. The Big Kumara, 19 August - 5 September [2009] Lady comedian Diane Spencer "Tampon Pom". NZ International Comedy Festival 2009. Happy Bar 20-23 May 2009 Fuse Circus and Venus Burlesque present burlesque circus club night "Xxxmas". Garden Club, 10-12 December [2009] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying around 420 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donated from various sources, including Marlborough District Libraries (2001), Wadestown Public Library (2002) and BATS Theatre (2008)

Date: 10 October 1957

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: 1/4-128745-F

Description: Related index card reads: Entertainers. Wellington October, 1957. Interior Barretts Hotel Public Bar, Lambton Quay. Mayor of Thorndon Campaign - funds for blind children. Clown with female impersonator Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 60mm single frame film negative

Date: 2001

From: Harbour, Kyle, 1968- :Photographs of the New Zealand Army in East Timor

Reference: 35MM-43541-17-F

Description: Soldiers dessed as nurses perform at a smoke concert, Suai Camp, East Timor Finding Aids: Photocopy of this image is on shelves at PAColl-7641, album 2, image 23.

Date: 1940

From: Creator unknown: Photographs of North African scenes during World War II

Reference: PA1-o-1565

Description: Photographs of military troopships and naval vessels (including Ramilees, Strathaird), soldiers recreation and entertainment, Mersa Matruh in Easter 1940, soldiers playing tenniquoits, military vehicles in the desert, Egyptian antiquities, races at Heliopolis in 1940, Tood? Sporting Club in Helipolis. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: 230 x 310 mm

Date: 1965

From: Baillie, William Jeavons Hall, 1941-:Slides, photographs, and other material

Reference: PA12-0238

Description: Unidentified people, places, houses and items of furniture. Location is New Zealand Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1941-1945

By: Cowie, Gordon Rae, 1896-1984

Reference: PAColl-0325

Description: Photographs of plays and musical festivals put on at Oflag VII B prison of war camp in Germany with men playing male and female roles. The plays were: Post Mortem in 1943 (names given: Woodley, Jumbo Burrows, Malcolm Fry, Bob Armstrong, Quartermaine, N Jardine-Paterson); Case of the Frightened Lady in 1943; Dossing Dulcie, a medieval Christmas pantomime in 1943 (additional names: A Barradale-Smith, Don Olliver, Lutner, Stan Nolan (NZ), J Long, G Powell; Gaslight in 1943; French without Tears in 1944; I Killed the Count in 1944; and Hamlet (Michael Goodliffe as Hamlet who went on to act with the BBC). There was also a musical festival in 1944 in which the men took part in a full choir and orchestra and in 1945 in which New Zealand troops dressed as Maori (names given: Ready, Herewinie and Bennet). Also included are a photograph of a Christmas 1944 greetings card drawn by a cartoonist calling himself Blow (possibly as a pun on Low) in which a soldier is knitting and the wool is forming the words "this year next year sometime; a Christmas 1941 greetings card by A A West from Oflag VII C showing life in the camp; soldiers at Aldershot in 1941 the names given being Duff, Freyburg, Williams, Hill, Lowndes, Colonel Fraser and Captain Thornton; and a boxing match, one of the participants being Milner, the son of a Waitaki headmaster. A number of the photographs had been sent as postcards to Cowie's wife in Lower Hutt though with no message other than sender. The photographs are all stamped Oflag VII B gepruft (examined). Quantity: 96 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Probably part of collection donated to Manuscripts and Archives MS-Papers-2285..

Date: [ca 1840-1990]

By: James Smith's (Firm)

Reference: PA-Group-00039

Description: Contains material relating to James Smith Department Store dating from the 1840s until the early 1990s. Comprises: 1. Shop buildings. The various buildings occupied by James Smith from the 1840s until the 1990s. Also the construction of a new store in the Hutt Valley in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Shops in other parts of New Zealand, and in Australia and America from the late 1970s to the late 1980s-early 1990s. 2. Shop window displays. These date from ca 1936 until the late 1980s. From the late 1970s many of the views of shop window displays depict places in other parts of New Zealand, and in Australia and America. 3. Shop interiors. These date from the late 1960s and most are from the late 1970s. They include many views of shop interiors in other parts of New Zealand, and in Australia and America. 4. James Smith Christmas and other parades from 1959 until the early 1990s. There are also colour photos of parades in Hawaii taken about ca 1984. 5. James Smith staff sports teams from the period ca 1929-1954 6. General material including some staff social occasions, presentations, and portraits. 7. Photographs relating to the sinking of the Wahine, 1968. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/4-067405 Quantity: 966 b&w original photographic print(s). 835 colour original photographic print(s). 1158 b&w original negative(s). 20 colour original transparency/ies. 1 album(s). 2 item(s) of photographic ephemera. 14 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - 93-215 : James Smith Ltd : Records. See also plans and cup in Drawings & Prints..

Date: [ca 1942-1943]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-205

Description: Several captioned photographs of the Kiwi Concert Party: Sgt W Prictor and P Jay (female impersonators) in a review staged on the eve of the 8th Army offensive, Dec 1942; three singers (M Double, I Hanna & J Reed); Kiwi Revue in Italy; Awatea Maori Choir at the British Forces Station, Bari (named on back); scene during the New Zealanders Desert Christmas celebrations, 1942; four members of the staff of the British Forces Station, Bari; Maori concert party; group of women performers in evening gowns, and several unidentified photos. Quantity: 14 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1947-ca 1952

By: Hunter, John, 1924?-; Millar, Nola Leigh, 1913-1974

Reference: PAColl-7921

Description: Photographs of John Hunter, female impersonator, and members of the Kiwis Revue Company. The Kiwis Revue Company was formed in 1946 from members of the Kiwi Concert Party, established during the Second World War to entertain New Zealand troops in the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe. Some members of the Kiwi Concert Party, including John Hunter, had returned to New Zealand in 1944 and set up a home version for civilian entertainment. This group was approached by J C Williamson Theatres Ltd with the offer of a three months tour of Queensland, Australia. At this point they invited Terry Vaughan to head them. By this time the Kiwi Concert Party on active service had returned to New Zealand and from the two groups Vaughan selected the best performers, and formed the Kiwis Review Company, better known as "The Kiwis". The company sailed for Brisbane in early April, 1946, for a tour that was to last for about four years (info from "Wistle as You Go", Terry Vaughan, Random House New Zealand Ltd, Auckland, 1995, pp 68-69; also an article published on John Hunter in "People", 29 August 1951, p 34). Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s) one hand coloured. Provenance: These photographs were given to Nola Millar by John Hunter, for a history of theatre in New Zealand which she planned to write. They came to the Turnbull Library with her papers after her death in 1974. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - 77-244-6/16.

Date: [ca1946-ca1952]

From: Creator unknown :Photographs relating to the Kiwi Concert Party

Reference: PAColl-8823-2

Description: One war time image of two comic soldiers shouldering guns. The rest are publicity photographs taken during the post war tours of New Zealand and Australia. These include a dance band, a scene from "Hunting Song," and Bill Bain as Carmen Miranda in a group of "Mexicans." Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1998

From: Farr, Gareth, 1968- :Photographs

By: Maiden, Grant, 1969-

Reference: PAColl-7771

Description: Portrait of Lilith Lacroix, Gareth Farr's alter ego, taken in 1998 by Grant Maiden for Metro. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Lilith Credit for this photograph is given to Grant Maiden for Metro on the website www.drumdrag.com; Metro published an article on Gareth Farr and Lilith in May 1998. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Colour digital print 29.8 x 21 cm

Date: Between 1930 and 1950

From: Truman, Gay :Photographs of Sarah Isabella McElligott, 1883-1986

Reference: 1/2-197522-F

Description: Sarah Isabella McElligott (left), in male costume and Arthur Burrows (right), in female costume, photographed in the 1930s or 1940s by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negative 12.5 x 10 cm

Date: 1940s-1950s

From: New Theatre : Records

Reference: 77-244-6/16

Description: Material sent to Nola Millar by John Hunter, female impersonator with the Kiwis Revue Company. Includes photographs, theatre programmes and clippings and accompanying letter Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1939-1945

By: Dyer, Ralph, active 1947-1991

Reference: PA1-f-162

Description: Also pasted into album are newspaper clippings and souvenir programmes: "Over to you", "The road show", "Take it easy, soldier" and "Pacific roundabout" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).