item details
NameJohnny Croskery photograph album 1960 - 1980
ProductionJohnny Croskery; compiler; 1960s, 1970s, 1980s; New Zealand
Classificationphotograph albums
Materialspaper, plastic, ink, cardboard, metal, vinyl
Materials SummaryPhotograph album
Techniquesbookbinding
DimensionsClosed: 306mm (width), 330mm (height), 45mm (depth)
Registration NumberAL.000624
Credit lineGift of Peter Kooiman, 2016
Overview
This photograph album was compiled by Johnny Croskery (1941-2012) and includes photographs of him as a drag queen performer and with iconic transsexual Carmen Rupe at balls and parties in the 1960s and 70s.
Croskery was active as a drag queen from the 1960s. He performed at Carmen's International Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street, Wellington, in the late 1960s, and with drag artist Toni Rogét (Frank Lund), in the cabaret act 'Frankie and Johnny' at Carmen's Balcony on Victoria Street in the 1970s.