An image of Garrick Theatre (May 1958, Chicago Tribune) where Vesta Tilley, male impersonator, performed male and female roles in the play "Algy" in October 1903
A layout of Haymarket Theatre, a place where Vesta Tilley, male impersonator, was voted best dressed man in Chicago (1903) but also performed here in March 1898.
In a clip from the documentary Studs on a Soapbox (2000), Studs Terkel talks about Chicago-style television of the 1940s and '50s, and in particular his show Studs' Place, a live sitcom set in a Chicago diner.