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  1. Four Drag Queens Outside The Colony (1959)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1959
    Topics: Dance, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Evening gowns
    Subject: The Colony
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  2. Two Drag Queens Kneeling on the Dance Floor (December 1964)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1964
    Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Parties
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  3. Unknown Drag Queen at Drag Ball (1958)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1958
    Topics: Dance, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Evening gowns, Parties
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  4. Skip Arnold with Esther Newton (1966)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1966
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Writers
    Subject: Esther Newton, Skip Arnold
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  5. David Schneider at a Halloween Ball (1964)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1964
    Topics: Costume, Drag, Entertainers, Hairdressers, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture)
    Subject: David Schneider
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  6. Robbie Ross (1960)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1960
    Topics: Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: G.G. Allen, Jewel Box Revue, Robbie Ross
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  7. Holly Woodlawn Headshot

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Actors, Cabaret, MtFs, Obituaries, Transgender people
    Subject: Holly Woodlawn
  8. Criss Noel

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1966 to 1969
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Entertainers, Strippers
    Subject: Criss Noel, Jewel Box Revue
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  9. Roberta Cowell Standing in Crowd

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
    Description: Description of the photo on the Getty Images site: "Transsexual Roberta Cowell, formerly Robert Cowell visits Paris with a friend. Roberta was once a Spitfire pilot, prisoner-of-war, racing mot...
  10. Lenette Lee and Lauraine Lee (1970)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: MtFs, Siblings, Transgender people
    Subject: Lauraine Lee, Lenette Lee
  11. Roberta Cowell in the Kitchen

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1945 to 1957
    Topics: Cooking, Kitchens, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Women biographers
    Subject: Picture Post, Roberta Cowell
    Description: Below the photo the following quote appears: "'Cooking was unexpectedly exciting.'"
  12. Lenette Lee and Lauraine Lee at Orpheum Theatre (1970)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1970
    Topics: Cinemas, MtFs, Siblings, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Lauraine Lee, Lenette Lee, Orpheum Theater
    Description: The "Lee Sisters" posing under the marquee of the Orpheum Theater in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Of special note is the movie which was featured, "The Christine Jorgensen Story."
  13. Eve Golden in an Off Broadway Play (1981)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1981
    Topics: Actors, Jews, Journalists, MtFs, Plays, Transsexual people, Writers
    Subject: Eve Golden
  14. Eve Golden in Fried-Egg Hat, New York CIty (1980)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1980 to 1990
    Topics: Actors, Jews, Journalists, MtFs, Transsexual people, Writers
    Subject: Eve Golden
    Description: Eve Golden posing in fried-egg hat designed by friend Keith Greene.
  15. Eve Golden with Grandmother and Sister (1963)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Actors, Family members, Jews, MtFs, Siblings, Transsexual people, Writers
    Subject: Eve Golden