item details
NamePortraits of Frank Lund
ProductionUnknown; photographer; 1960s; New Zealand
Classificationgelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives
Materialsphotographic gelatin, silver, black-and-white film, cut film
Materials SummaryBlack and white negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberF.012538
Credit lineGift of Peter Kooiman, 2016
Overview
These negatives feature Johnny Croskery (1941-2012) in drag costume.
Croskery began his working life in the late 1950s as a window-dresser for the DIC department store. He was active as a drag queen performer 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 Strip Club on Victoria Street in the 1970s.
Croskery became an icon of the Wellington gay community, from performing at Devotion dance parties in the 1990s to caring for those dying from AIDS.