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Johnny Croskery photograph album 1980s - 1990s

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item details

NameJohnny Croskery photograph album 1980s - 1990s
ProductionJohnny Croskery; compiler; 1980s - 1990s; New Zealand
Classificationphotograph albums
Materialspaper, plastic, ink, cardboard, vinyl
Materials SummaryPhotograph album
Techniquesphotography
DimensionsOverall: 280mm (width), 306mm (height), 52mm (depth)
Registration NumberAL.000623
Credit lineGift of Peter Kooiman, 2016

Overview

This photograph album was compiled by Johnny Croskery (1941-2012) and includes photographs of him in drag costume, and performing at Devotion parades and dance parties in Wellington in the 1990s.

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 at Carmen's Balcony Strip Club on Victoria Street in the 1970s.