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Dance Contest for Female Impersonators at the Dew Drop Inn

Ralston Crawford shot this image of a Dew Drop Inn dance contest for female impersonators in 1954. On the left is the vocalist Bobby Marchan, who frequently performed in drag. Dew Drop Inn emcee Patsy Vidalia is in the center (wearing hoop earrings), and Joe Jones plays the piano.

Dance Contest at the Dew Drop Inn

Courtesy of Tulane University, William Ransom Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz

Dance Contest for Female Impersonators at the Dew Drop Inn. Crawford, Ralston (Photographer)

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Courtesy of Tulane University, William Ransom Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz
Collection Ralston Crawford Collection
Date 1954
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