- RBSC-ARC-1825-01-14
- File
- [1989-1990?]
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
QQ Show Dykes in Space I+D [Cassette]
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Mrs Franklin Delano Roosevelt visits SF Miss Mayris Chaney [Photographs]
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Louis Vernassier protee musical excentrique dans son travesti-dame [Postcard]
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
This collection consists of ephemera that celebrates gender performance and lesbian identities. Materials span a wide time period, capturing both early and late 20th century LGBT culture.
In particular, there is a significant part of the collection dedicated to ephemera and published materials that feature early 20th century gender impersonators. Developed out of the English music hall scene of the 19th century, male impersonators in the early 20th century were primarily vaudeville acts that toured the United States. Their audiences were predominantly male with a focus on comedic delivery, something that represented a shift in the male impersonator tradition from the earlier 19th century.
Well-known male impersonators include Vesta Tilley, who was an active performer from the 1870s until the 1920s, and Hetty King, who performed from the 1890s until her passing in the 1970s. Both are featured in a number of postcards that are part of the collection.
The collection also includes several early 20th century anti-suffrage postcards that depict women in relationships with each other (as opposed to men) and include phrases that suggest they have supplanted a man’s role. Other items include a souvenir photograph and accompanying paper frame from a 1930s entertainment venue, the Howdy Club, and 6 negatives of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt taken in 1939.
The collection also features materials from the 1980s and 1990s that belonged to Snider during that period. Highlights include several off-air recordings of episodes of the Vancouver Co-Op Radio show, ‘The Lesbian Show’ as well as t-shirts from the University of British Columbia and University of Victoria Womyn’s Centres.
Snider, Lisa
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
I've got the time I've got the place but it's hard to find the girl [Sheet music]
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
If I can't dance I don't want to be part of your revolution [T-shirt]
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
I love the ladies [Sheet Music]
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
I hate to see a woman do a mans job [Postcard]
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
I get this way from kissing girls [T-shirt]
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Howdy Club Souvenir [Photograph]
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Freda Danilo, Male Impersonator [Postcard]
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
[Charlotte Cushman as Romeo - Carte De Visite]
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
Part of Lisa Snider Collection
[Abstract Gender Symbol Design - T-Shirt]
Part of Lisa Snider Collection