Preview
Curation Date
2015
Image Source
University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number in UK Libraries Special Collections
Lafayette Studios Photographs, 96pa101
Additional Notes
During the 1930s, there were all African American male shows held at the Woodland Park Auditorium in Lexington, KY. The shows were called the Negro Review. “Drag show” is a fairly recent term. In the 1930s, the shows were a form of minstrel and vaudeville entertainment. It has been said that Sweet Evening Breeze was a performer in the Negro Review where he did the “Dance of the Bongo Bangoes.”
Keywords
drag queen, Negro Review, Woodland Park Auditorium, Lexington, Kentucky
Description
Unnamed drag queens of the 1930s performing in the "Negro Review" at Woodland Park Auditorium in Lexington, KY.