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Hector Xtravaganza LSS Icon Ball 2019
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Hector Xtravaganza, Manhattan, NY, 2018
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From left, David DePino Xtravaganza, Mother Angie Xtravaganza, Danni Xtravaganza and Jose Disla Xtravaganza in 1988.
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Tina Montana at the Alvis Pendavis Ball, 1990 Judges score the 'femme queen realness' category. Participants walking this category are judged on how convincingly they blend in with females. Tina Montana shows the judges how it's done at the Avis Pendavis ball in 1990
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Young men striking a pose at a New Jersey ball in 1989
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Members of The House of Saint Laurent (clockwise): Temperance, Terence, Octavia and Robbie, Harlem 1989. Many houses took inspiration for their names from fashion labels.
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A showstopping ankh hairstyle being modelled at an Aids benefit in 1990
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Judges at the Tanqueray Ball Aids Benefit, 1990. Generous scoring by the judges at the Tanqueray Ball Aids Benefit, 1990. Those who walk the balls are judged on their outfits, poise, dances and attitude
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Willi Ninja in his studio, 1989. Willi, considered a pioneering godfather of voguing became one of the scene's biggest mainstream successes, featuring in Malcolm McLaren's vogue-inspired hit Deep in Vogue and going on to coach many supermodels in the art of runway walking. Without him it's unlikely Madonna would have touched upon Vogue in 1990. The House of Ninja was founded with the aim of mixing Asian influences with voguing. Willi died in 2006.
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Voguing: Voguing and the House Ballroom Scene of New York City 1989-92
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Participants at The House of Milan Ball, NYC Community Center, 1990
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Participant at the Carmen Xtravaganza Ball A couture inspired headpiece at the Carmen Xtravangza Ball in 1990
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House of Dupree Ball, 1989 Balls are divided into various categories and subcategories. Here a man in fur walks the 'Butch Queen realness' category, where participants are judged on how convincingly they assimilate with heterosexual men
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Xtravaganza War Ball A voguing ball in action at the Xtravaganza War Ball, 1990. This particular move, the 'duck walk', is still alive and well in modern balls
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"The Lodger" Originally a short story published in McClure's magazine in 1911, "The Lodger" became a widely successful novel based on Jack the Ripper.
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"The Picture of Dorian Gray" An early copy of Oscar Wilde's novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray."
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Paris Dupree at a ball Paris Dupree walking a ball in an elaborate space age costume.
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Dorian Corey Dorian Corey strikes a pose
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Mother Dorian Corey Mother Dorian Corey poses in a white dress and feather boa.
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Crystal LaBeija Mother Crystal LaBeija in a fur coat and glasses.
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Crystal LaBeija and Miss Fire Island Crystal LaBeija and Miss Fire Island at a pageant in the documentary The Queen
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Founding Mother Crystal LaBeija A portrait of Crystal LaBeija
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Macnaghten Memorandum The 1894 memorandum written by Sir Melville Macnaghten, Assistant Chief Constable of the London Metropolitan Police, naming Aaron Kosminski and Montague Druitt as two of three preferred suspects in the Jack the Ripper case.
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Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum The mental institution where Jack the Ripper Suspect Aaron Kosminski was an inmate from 1891 to 1894
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Mark Schilling (film critic) A more recent photo of Mark Schilling