“Wigs, where necessary, were in evidence,” says The New York Age in March 1927. At tables nearby, women sitting together loosened their ties, drawing their hands and foreheads close.
Men who waited to take the stage adjusted their stockings, touched up their rouge. In the Civic Ballroom of Hamilton Lodge of 1920s Harlem, satin heels beneath delicate gowns and feathers swept across smooth dance floors. (Photo: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University) The drag balls at Webster Hall attracted thousands of cross-dressing men and women.
