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  1. Ralph Mellor in drag and another actor perform a scene in Trilby. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Ralph Mellor in drag looking at another man wearing a false beard; who holds his hand above the head of the man in drag. They are apparently performing a skit on the 1895 novel and play 'Trilby' by...
  2. Ralph Mellor in drag. Coloured photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
  3. Ralph Mellor in drag. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 19--.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1900 to 1999
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
  4. Ralph Mellor in drag. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The Scottish comic actor Ralph Meller (or Mellor) in an unidentified pantomime role. He is in drag standing next to a young girl, holding her hand; both wear matching white costumes
  5. Ralph Mellor in drag. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
  6. Raquel Welch Chosen for 'Myra'

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Jul. 18, 1969
    Topics: Film, Gender realignment surgery, Theatre
    Subject: Myra Breckinridge, Raquel Welch
  7. Raw Vulva #2

     
    Collection: Zines
    Institution: Queer Zine Archive Project
    Creator:
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Butches, Femmes, Horoscopes, Lesbians, Letters, Soft butches, Transgender people
    Subject: Critical Mass, Red Dora's Bearded Lady
  8. Ray Bourbon arrested

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 4, 1955
    Topics: Arrests, Drunk driving, Female impersonators, Law, Night life, Police stations
    Subject: Ray Bourbon
    Description: Ray Bourbon, the veteran female impersonator now appearing at a Hollywood nightclub, was arrested on a drunk driving charge on March 4, 1955. Here he acts coy for the press in the Wilshire Police S...
  9. Ray Bourbon enters court

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1, 1956
    Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon
    Description: Wearing a black and white nylon dress, false eyelashes, heavy perfume and 5 o'clock shadow, Ray (or Rae) Bourbon enters Beverly Hills Municipal Court on August 1, 1956, to deny he (or she) was guil...
  10. Ray Bourbon leaves court

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1, 1956
    Topics: Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon
    Description: Ray Bourbon leaves Beverly Hills Municipal Court after arraignment August 1, 1956, on impersonating a woman.
  11. Ray Now a Buxom Rae: Female Impersonator Needn't Fake Again--Says Surgery Made Him a Her

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Carpozi, George
    Date: May 28, 1956
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Gender realignment surgery, Mental health, Transgender people
    Subject: Ray Bourbon
  12. Reader Surprised

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Portland Oregonian
    Date: Apr. 11, 1968
    Topics: Fiction, Film, Gender realignment surgery, Transsexual people, Writers
    Subject: Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge
  13. Ready for the Mummer's Parade

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 31, 1915
    Topics: Costumes, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Parades
    Subject: Frank Carter
    Description: An article in the Evening Ledger featuring Frank Carter, a female impersonator who will be marching in a New Year's parade.
  14. Real Truth About Those Sex-Change Operations

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Cordoza, Manuel
    Date: Jul. 25, 1964
    Topics: Divorce, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: April Ashley, Arthur Corbett, Arthur Corbett Rowallan, Britain's Boy Scouts, Carl Hammons, Christine Jorgensen, Christopher Somerset, Coccinelle, Elizabeth Forbes-Semhill, Francois Bonnet, Georgina Turtle, Hedy Jo Star, Howard J. Knox, Isobel Mitchell, Jacques Dufresnoy, John Cabell Breckinridge, Zdenka Koubkova
  15. Reared as 'Girl' — Becomes Father

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press International
    Date: Jan. 6, 1964
    Topics: Acceptance, Childhood, Fatherhood, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Intersex, Physicians, Upbringing
    Subject: James Barrett Brown