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  1. Wendy Carlos at Piano

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1968?
    Topics: Composers, Electronic music, Transgender people
    Subject: Wendy Carlos
    Description: The following sentence is under the image: " Wendy Carlos studying Tron score at her modular Moog system."

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Three Still Images of Wendy Carlos

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Smith, Vernon L.
    Date: May 1979
    Topics: Composers, Interviews, Transgender people
    Subject: Wendy Carlos

  5. The Performers of Le Carrousel

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to 1964
    Topics: Drag bars, Drag queens, Transgender people
    Subject: April Ashley, Le Carrousel
    Description: An image of performers from Le Carrousel, a club that opened as a cabaret in Paris in 1926, and was known for its drag queen performers. The clubs performers included transgender women such as Apri...

  6. Terri Williams' Identification (1974)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Pengad Inc.
    Date: 1974
    Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Terri Williams
    Description: This is a close up of Terri A. Williams' State ID from Denver, Colorado

  7. Tamara Rees Vacuuming at Home (July 28, 1955)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press International
    Date: Jul. 28, 1955
    Topics: LGBTQ+ newspapers, Marriage, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Robert Egan Rees, Tamara Edel Rees
    Description: Along the side of the photo appears the following text, on a separate sheet of paper: "BCP3-7/28-SACRAMENTO: Tamara Edel Rees Sweeps clean and starts life anew. She claims she was transformed fr...

  8. Tamara Rees Side-By-Side

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1954
    Topics: LGBTQ+ veterans, Post-operative, Trans women
    Subject: Netherlands, Rees, Tamara, World War II
    Description: A comparison between a photo of Tamara Rees following her operation in the Netherlands with her military photo from World War II.

  9. Tamara Rees Posing in Doorway (1955)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1955
    Topics: Autobiography, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees
    Description: This image is the frontispiece to Tamara Rees's autobiography “Reborn.”

  10. Tamara Rees Poses on Burlesque Stage with Husband, J.E. Courtland, III (July 29, 1955)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 29, 1955
    Topics: MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Theater, Transsexual people
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Rees
    Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object: "WILL LECTURE- Tamara Rees, paratrooper turned 'woman' by sex surgery, poses on the stage of a burlesque theater in Los Angeles with her ...

  11. Tamara Rees Backstage at Los Angeles' Club Oasis with Elaine Cayon (November 10, 1955)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Douglas, Bob
    Date: Nov. 10, 1955
    Topics: Dancers, MtFs, Strippers, Transsexual people
    Subject: Club Oasis, Elaine Cayon, Tamara Rees
    Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object: "Leg Check: Embarked on a career as a night club strip teaser after undergoing a sex transformation operation in Denmark, an ex-GI billed...

  12. Still from Women in Revolt

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1971
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, Trans women
    Subject: Candy Darling, Women in Revolt
    Description: A still image of Candy Darling from the Andy Warhol film, "Women In Revolt," directed by Paul Morrissey (1971).

  13. 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.

  14. Sir Lady Java with Redd Foxx

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 21, 1967
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Civil rights, Demonstrations, Ethnic groups, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transgender rights
    Subject: Redd Foxx, Redd Foxx Club, Sir Lady Java
    Description: This photograph displays Sir Lady Java and Redd Foxx standing in front of other protestors, holding a sign which reads, "Java vs. Right to Work" in front of the Redd Foxx club.

  15. "Sheila Take a Bow" single cover

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1971
    Topics: Trans women
    Subject: Album Artwork, Candy Darling, The Smiths
    Description: A close-up of a still image of Candy Darling in the Andy Warhol movie, "Women in Revolt" was used as the cover of the 1987 single “Sheila Take a Bow” by The Smiths.

  16. Sexy al Neon Bis Film Still

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Entertainers, Film, Showgirls, Transgender people
    Subject: Bambi, Marie-Pierre Pruvot

  17. Roberta Cowell with Race Car (May 4, 1972)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: May 4, 1972
    Topics: Motorsports, MtFs, Racing, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
    Description: According to Transas City, the back of the photograph has the following text: "ROBERTA COWELL GETS READY FOR CAR-RACE COMEBACK. May 4, 1972. Silverstone, Northants, Thursday, PA: Roberta Cowell,...

  18. 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...

  19. Roberta Cowell Outside Night Club in Nice (1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Nightclubs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell

  20. Roberta Cowell in Villefranche (1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: Gardens--France, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
    Description: According to Transas City the following is found on the back of the photograph: “The March sun was warm, and the roses were already in bloom, and no one knew me.”

  21. 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.'"

  22. Roberta Cowell in Pisa, Italy (April 22, 1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: Cameras, Leaning Tower (Pisa, Italy), MtFs, Photography, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
    Description: According to Transas City, the following appears on the back of the photograph: "Risking recognition, Roberta interrupts her escape to take pictures at Pisa."

  23. Roberta Cowell in French Streetcar (1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1954
    Topics: Cable cars (Streetcars), MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell

  24. Roberta Cowell in France (March 1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: Loneliness, MtFs, Restaurants, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
    Description: According to Transas City the following is found on the back of the photograph: “…sometimes I felt lonely…” Dated Wednesday, 17 March, 1954.

  25. Roberta Cowell Driving Car (April 1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 1954
    Topics: Automobile driving, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell

  26. Roberta Cowell at the Louvre in Paris, Viewing the Venus de Milo (1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell, Venus de Milo
    Description: The following description was taken from the Getty Images website: "Transsexual Roberta Cowell, formerly Robert Cowell admires the Venus de Milo in the Louvre during a visit to Paris. Roberta was...

  27. Roberta Cowell and Lisa Morrell in Nice (1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Lisa Morrell, Picture Post, Roberta Cowell
    Description: From the Transas City Website: "Roberta Cowell in Nice, 1954, looking at her cover article on Picture Post. From the back of the photograph: ME ON THE COVER. ' Picture Post, with my story in ...

  28. Roberta Cowell and Lisa Morrell in Cab in Nice (1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Lisa Morrell, Roberta Cowell
    Description: According to the Transas City site: "From the back of the photograph: THE GIRL ALL THE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT RESTS IN THE SUNSHINE AT NICE. On the Promenade des Anglais, Roberta and her comp...

  29. Roberta Cowell and Friend Shopping in French Market (April 22, 1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 22, 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Shopping, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
    Description: Transas City notes that the date attributed to this object is in question.

  30. 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.

  31. Renée Richards on the Court (July 1977)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Gaffney, Liaison
    Date: Jul. 1977
    Topics: MtFs, Sports, Sportspersons, Tennis, Transsexual people
    Subject: Renée Richards

  32. Renée Richards Interview at the South Orange Country Club, New Jersey (August 21, 1976)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 21, 1976
    Topics: MtFs, Sports, Sportspersons, Tennis, Transsexual people
    Subject: Renée Richards

  33. Posing with a Security Guard

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1973
    Topics: Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people
    Subject: Gender Confusion Dance, John Langworthy, Julian Desailly, Terry Sykes
    Description: (L to R): Terry Sykes, John Langworthy, Julian Desailly and a security guard, standing outside The Block Arcade. They were attending the Gay Liberation 'Gender confusion dance' which was held at Me...

  34. Portrait of Frenchy

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens
    Description: "Crossdresser/drag queen 'Frenchy,' a photo reportedly from Hamburg, Germany in 1960."

  35. Portrait of Candy Darling

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Blakey, Roy
    Date: 1972
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, Trans women
    Subject: Candy Darling
    Description: A photograph of Candy Darling taken by Roy Blakey, 1972.

  36. Paula Grossman

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1972
    Topics: Teachers, Transgender activism, Transgender people
    Subject: Paula Grossman
    Description: Image of Paula Grossman, a trans rights activist and teacher suspended from her job after transitioning.

  37. Newspaper Clipping of Dawn Langley Hall and John Paul Simmons' Wedding

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 23, 1969
    Topics: Cross-cultural relationships, Interracial marriage, Marriage, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Weddings, Women biographers, Writers
    Subject: Dawn Langley Hall, John Paul Simmons
    Description: The follow text appears below the photograph: '(CF1)CHARLESTON,S.C.,Jan.23--BRIDE--Dawn Langley Hall, whose sex was changed from male to female by surgery, places a ring on the hand of her husba...

  38. National Variety Artists Exotic Carnival and Ball Police Raid (2)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 26, 1962
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Police raids, Transgender people
    Description: An image capturing an event where 44 cross-dressed people, some of whom were transgender, were arrested for "indecent exposure" and "masquerading" as a result of a police raid at the National Varie...

  39. National Variety Artists Exotic Carnival and Ball Police Raid (1)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 26, 1962
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Police raids, Transgender people
    Subject: Manhattan Center
    Description: An image capturing an event where 44 cross-dressed people, some of whom were transgender, were arrested for "indecent exposure" and "masquerading" as a result of a police raid at the National Varie...

  40. Les Girls

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 3, 1978
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ events
    Description: Members of Les Girls performing in the streets of Sydney, Australia - 1978.

  41. 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."

  42. 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

  43. Leg Check

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Douglas, Bob
    Date: circa 1955
    Topics: Post-operative, Striptease, Trans women
    Subject: Cayon, Elaine, Club Oasis, Denmark, Rees, Tamara
    Description: Photo from Jet Magazine depicting Tamara Rees comparing her legs with those of Elaine Cayon. They are backstage at Los Angeles night club Club Oasis.

  44. LaVerne Cummings Reclining in Dress

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1982
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: LaVerne Cummings

  45. LaVerne Cummings Posing Lying Down in Pink Dress

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1982
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: LaVerne Cummings

  46. LaVerne Cummings in Black Gown

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1982
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: LaVerne Cummings

  47. LaVerne Cummings Headshot in Formal Attire

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1982
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: LaVerne Cummings

  48. Joanna Clark in Uniform

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1976?
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Navy, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transsexual people
    Subject: Joanna Clark, Sister Mary Elizabeth
    Description: Joanna Clark (also known as Sister Mary Elizabeth) is photographed in a close up, wearing her navy uniform.

  49. Joanna Clark in Her Kitchen

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Zanger, Alan
    Date: Aug. 19, 1980
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Navy, Transsexual people
    Subject: Joanna Clark, Sister Mary Elizabeth
    Description: Joanna Michelle Clark (also known as Sister Mary Elizabeth), 42, is photographed standing in the kitchen of her San Juan Capistrano home.

  50. Joanna Clark at Her AEGIS System

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Internet, NGOs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), Joanna Clark, Sister Mary Elizabeth
    Description: Joanna Clark (also known as Sister Mary Elizabeth) is photographed at her AEGIS computer system.

  51. Jan Morris on the Dick Cavett Show (May 16, 1974)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Dick Cavett Show
    Date: Apr. 30, 1974
    Topics: British, Journalists, MtFs, Talk shows, Transsexual people, Writers
    Subject: Dick Cavett, Dick Cavett Show, Jan Morris

  52. Jan Morris in London (April 26, 1974)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 26, 1974
    Topics: British, Journalists, MtFs, Transsexual people, Writers
    Subject: Jan Morris
    Description: Jan Morris during her publicity tours for her autobiography Conundrum in London, April 26, 1974.

  53. 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

  54. G.G. Allen Posing at Kansas City Jewel Box Revue with Others (1959)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1959
    Topics: Drag queens, Drag shows
    Subject: G.G. Allen, Jewel Box Revue

  55. G.G. Allen at Loews State Theatre (1958)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1958
    Topics: Drag, Drag shows, Entertainers, Theatre
    Subject: G.G. Allen, Loews State Theatre
    Description: "LM45285" appears written in the bottom left corner of photograph.

  56. Georgina Turtle Walking with Christopher Somerset

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1962? to 1970?
    Topics: Intersex people, Marriage, Transsexual people
    Subject: Christopher Somerset, Georgina Carol Turtle

  57. Georgina Turtle Playing the Piano

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1950? to 1957?
    Topics: Intersex people, Piano, Transsexual people
    Subject: Georgina Carol Turtle

  58. Georgina Turtle Displaying Her Wardrobe

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1950? to 1965?
    Topics: Dresses, Intersex people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Georgina Carol Turtle

  59. Georgina Turtle at Work

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1948? to 1959?
    Topics: Dental offices, Intersex people, Transsexual people, Work
    Subject: Georgina Carol Turtle
    Description: Georgina Turtle taking an x-ray of a patient in a dental office.

  60. Georgina Turtle at the Beach

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: Bathing suits, Beaches, Intersex people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Georgina Carol Turtle
    Description: Georgina Turtle appears to be posing for photograph with a hat in one of her hands.

  61. Georgina Turtle and Christopher Somerset Wedding Photograph

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 13, 1962
    Topics: Intersex people, Marriage, Transsexual people, Weddings
    Subject: Christopher Somerset, Georgina Carol Turtle

  62. Georgina Turtle and Christopher Somerset

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1962? to 1970?
    Topics: Intersex people, Marriage, Transsexual people
    Subject: Christopher Somerset, Georgina Carol Turtle

  63. 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.

  64. 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

  65. 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.

  66. 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

  67. Dual Portrait of Tamara Rees (November 22, 1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press International
    Date: Nov. 22, 1954
    Topics: LGBTQ+ newspapers, Military, MtFs, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Robert Egan Rees, Tamara Adel Rees
    Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object, on a separate sheet of paper than the photographs: "NXP53-11/8-NEW YORK:Robert Egan Rees shown at left as a decorated paratrooper during W...

  68. Dual Portrait of Georgina Turtle

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: Bathing suits, Beaches, Intersex people, Military uniforms, Transsexual people
    Subject: Georgina Carol Turtle
    Description: On the left Georgina Turtle pictured wearing military uniform and on the right wearing a bathing suit at the beach.

  69. Drag Queen at The Colony (November 1968)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 1968
    Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Evening gowns, Parties
    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.

  70. Drag Queen and Man Sitting at a Table (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.

  71. Double Portrait of Bobby Lake, in and out of Drag

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to 1969
    Topics: Dancers, Drag queens
    Subject: Bobby Lake

  72. Dawn Pepita Hall in New York Hotel Room (November 24, 1968)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 24, 1968
    Topics: Transgender people, Transsexual people, Women biographers, Writers
    Subject: Dawn Pepita Hall

  73. Dawn Pepita Hall at Her Dressing Table (November 22, 1968)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 22, 1968
    Topics: Transgender people, Transsexual people, Women biographers, Writers
    Subject: Dawn Pepita Hall

  74. Dawn Pepita Hall and John Paul Simmons' Second Wedding

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1969
    Topics: Cross-cultural relationships, Interracial marriage, Marriage, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Weddings, Women biographers, Writers
    Subject: Dawn Pepita Hall, John Paul Simmons

  75. 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.

  76. 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.

  77. Coccinelle Posing in Studded Bralet

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1952? to 1959?
    Topics: Actors, Entertainers, French, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Coccinelle
    Description: This image could possibly be from the film Europa di notte (1959,) but we are not certain.

  78. Coccinelle in Paris in Front of the Sacre Coeur

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1953? to 1975?
    Topics: Actors, Entertainers, French, Showgirls, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Coccinelle, Le Carrousel
    Description: Coccinelle in front of the Sacre Coeur in Paris. This is near Le Carrousel, a place she performed.

  79. Coccinelle, France's Most Fabulous She-Male

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Actors, Entertainers, French, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Coccinelle
    Description: This image is from "Female Mimics" magazine, Vol. 1 No. 2 (1963)

  80. Coccinelle

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Actors, Entertainers, French, Showgirls, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Coccinelle

  81. Christopher Morley Walking Runway in Dress

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators
    Subject: Christopher Morley
    Description: Dual photograph featuring two poses of Christopher Morley.

  82. Christopher Morley Portrays Cross-Dressing Assassin (1973) (2)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Warner Bros.
    Date: 1973
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators in motion pictures
    Subject: Christopher Morley, Freebie And The Bean
    Description: Still image taken from the 1974 movie "Freebie and the Bean." Text appears at the bottom that reads "WARNER BROS. A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY Presents 'FREEBIE AND THE BEAN' PANAVISION, TECHN...

  83. Christopher Morley Portrays Cross-Dressing Assassin (1973) (1)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Warner Bros.
    Date: 1973
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Female impersonators in motion pictures, Film
    Subject: Christopher Morley, Freebie And The Bean
    Description: Still image taken from the 1974 movie "Freebie and the Bean."

  84. Christopher Morley Portraying Policewoman in Magnum P.I.

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Universal Television
    Date: Jan. 7, 1982
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Female impersonators in motion pictures
    Subject: Christopher Morley, Magnum P.I.
    Description: Christopher Morley portraying a policewoman in the Magnum P.I. episode “The Jororo Kill,” (January 7, 1982). In the episode, Morley also appeared as a nun, and as a man.

  85. Christopher Morley Portrait

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1980 to 1990
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photographic models
    Subject: Christopher Morley

  86. Christopher Morley in Playboy Photoshoot

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1975
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photographic models
    Subject: Christopher Morley, Playboy
    Description: In the first photo, Christopher Morley portrays a man, and in the second he portrays the woman.

  87. Christopher Morley as Marilyn Monroe (2)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1980 to 1990
    Topics: Actors, Celebrity impersonators, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photographic models
    Subject: Christopher Morley, Marilyn Monroe

  88. Christopher Morley as Marilyn Monroe

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1980 to 1990
    Topics: Actors, Celebrity impersonators, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photographic models
    Subject: Christopher Morley, Marilyn Monroe
    Description: Full length photo of Christopher Morley as Marilyn Monroe, in a white dress.

  89. Caroline Cossey in Smirnoff Vodka Advertisement (1980)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Smirnoff Company
    Date: 1980
    Topics: Intersex people, Photographic models
    Subject: Caroline Cossey, Tula

  90. Caroline Cossey in Playboy Shoot (June 1981)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 1981
    Topics: Intersex people, Photographic models
    Subject: Caroline Cossey, Tula
    Description: According to Transas City: "Featured on page 124, the only text regarding her states in full, 'Tula Cossey was born in Rome[sic] but now resides in London, where she works as a model, takes care o...

  91. Candy Darling seated at party

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1973
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, Trans women
    Subject: Candy Darling
    Description: A photograph of Candy Darling at a party, around 1973.

  92. Candy Darling posing with mother

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Baykal, Sheyla
    Date: 1973
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, Mothers of transgender people, Trans women
    Subject: Candy Darling
    Description: Candy Darling and her Mother photographed by Sheyla Baykal.

  93. Candy Darling posing in headpiece (3)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Hughes, Fred
    Date: 1970
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, Trans women
    Subject: Candy Darling
    Description: A photograph of Candy Darling taken by Fred Hughes.

  94. Candy Darling posing in headpiece (2)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Hughes, Fred
    Date: 1970
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, Trans women
    Subject: Candy Darling
    Description: A photograph of Candy Darling taken by Fred Hughes.

  95. Candy Darling posing in headpiece (1)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Hughes, Fred
    Date: 1970
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, Trans women
    Subject: Candy Darling
    Description: A photograph of Candy Darling taken by Fred Hughes.

  96. Candy Darling posing in gown and fur (4)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Beaton, Cecil
    Date: 1971
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, Trans women
    Subject: Candy Darling
    Description: A photograph of Candy Darling taken by Cecil Beaton.

  97. Candy Darling posing in gown and fur (3)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Beaton, Cecil
    Date: 1971
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, Trans women
    Subject: Candy Darling
    Description: A photograph of Candy Darling taken by Cecil Beaton.

  98. Candy Darling posing in gown and fur (2)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Beaton, Cecil
    Date: 1971
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, Trans women
    Subject: Candy Darling
    Description: A photograph of Candy Darling taken by Cecil Beaton.

  99. Candy Darling posing in gown and fur (1)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Beaton, Cecil
    Date: 1971
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, Trans women
    Subject: Candy Darling
    Description: A photograph of Candy Darling taken by Cecil Beaton.

  100. Candy Darling posing in fur

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Perich, Anton
    Date: 1973
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, Trans women
    Subject: Candy Darling
    Description: A photograph of Candy Darling Taken by Anton Perich.