Billie Manders in drag; vignette portrait. Photographic postcard, 1929.

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<p>A close-up portrait of Billie Manders, late 1920s. The hair and make-up show Hollywood influence, with heavily plucked brows, false eye-lashes and precisely outlined lips. Manders was a popular Rhyl-based female impersonator: he and his troupe 'The Quaintesques' were concert party entertainers from the early 1920's right up to World War II. Billie was a performer from a very early age and a a pioneer of 'glamour drag', presenting a less exaggerated female appearance.</p>

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Billie Manders in drag; vignette portrait. Photographic postcard, 1929.

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