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BA1493/21: Studio portrait of Effie Fellows dressed in a knickerbocker suit.
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BA1493/2: Mr. Richard Fellows and Mrs. Fellows, in the garden on their golden wedding anniversary, 1937.
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BA1493/2 verso: Mr. Richard Fellows and Mrs. Fellows, in the garden on their golden wedding anniversary, 1937.
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BA1493/3: Group of men and young boy in front of some trees. Richard Fellows (Effie's father) centre.
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BA1493/3 verso: Group of men and young boy in front of some trees. Richard Fellows (Effie's father) centre.
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BA1493/4: Studio portrait of Effie Fellows wearing a short trousered suit.
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BA1493/4 verso: Studio portrait of Effie Fellows wearing a short trousered suit.
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BA1493/5: Studio portrait of Effie Fellows seated on a dumb waiter wearing shorts and a shirt and tie.
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BA1493/6: Studio portrait of Effie Fellows, in costume of top hat and tails portraying Bobbie Folson, 'Australia's Boy/Girl'.
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BA1493/6 verso: Studio portrait of Effie Fellows, in costume of top hat and tails portraying Bobbie Folson, 'Australia's Boy/Girl'.
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BA1493/6 verso original: Studio portrait of Effie Fellows, in costume of top hat and tails portraying Bobbie Folson, 'Australia's Boy/Girl'.
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BA1493/7: Winners and runners-up in a Royal Australian Navy boxing tournament in Sydney, June 1922. Sam Chapman (Effie's second husband), second row from the front, third from the right
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BA1493/8: Bride and groom on their wedding day. The groom, Des, is a cousin of Effie Fellows.
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BA1493/8 verso: Bride and groom on their wedding day. The groom, Des, is a cousin of Effie Fellows.
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BA1493/9: Five men with skipping ropes in a gymnasium, of which Sam Chapman on the far left, is the coach, 1936.
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BA1493/9 verso: Five men with skipping ropes in a gymnasium, of which Sam Chapman on the far left, is the coach, 1936.
Item Detail
Summary
Effie Marion Fellows was born at Subiaco in 1893. She went on to the professional stage at the outbreak of World War I and was to perform throughout the world as a male impersonator. In 1922 she played the London Palladium and in America she appeared with Sophie Tucker and Al Jolson. When vaudeville died out in the 1930s, Fellows returned to Perth and continued to entertain at nursing homes and community centres - still in her male costume- until her death in 1977 at the age of 84. She married twice, once to a London vaudeville gymnast whose stage name was Piquo and then to boxing promoter Sammy Chapman.
Year
1877-1968.
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Title devised by cataloguer.
Subjects
- Male impersonators -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Actresses -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Vaudeville -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
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Call Number
BA1493
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