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  1. Jasper Lounging in a Room

     
    Collection: "As a Woman" by Barry Kay
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Kay, Barry
    Date: 1974 to 1975
    Topics: Entertainers, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Trans women, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Jasper
  2. Mel Lounging by a Fireplace

     
    Collection: "As a Woman" by Barry Kay
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Kay, Barry
    Date: 1974 to 1975
    Topics: Entertainers, MtFs, Theater, Trans women, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Mel
    Description: This photo also appears on the cover of the book "As a Woman."
  3. Mel on Cover of "As a Woman"

     
    Collection: "As a Woman" by Barry Kay
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Kay, Barry
    Date: 1974 to 1975
    Topics: Entertainers, MtFs, Theater, Trans women, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Mel
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. April Ashley Receives a Congratulatory Kiss (March 3, 1970)

     
    Collection: April Ashley Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press International
    Date: Mar. 3, 1970
    Topics: Actors, Entertainers, Law reports, digests, etc., Marital status, Marriage law, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: April Ashley
    Description: At the top of photograph appears the following text: "NXP/CLN030212-3/3/70-LONDON: April Ashley (L) receives a congratulatory kiss from a patron of the restaurant she opened in London's Chelsea d...
  9. Coccinelle

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Actors, Entertainers, French, Showgirls, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Coccinelle
  10. "Who is Sir Lady Java?"

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1967 to circa 1970
    Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Discrimination, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, LGBTQ+ people of color, Physical characteristics, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transphobia
    Subject: Archille P. DeVille, Sir Lady Java
    Description: Pages 2-4 can be accessed with the relation links
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Bambi Backstage in Le Carrousel Dressing Room

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1955? to 1975?
    Topics: Entertainers, Showgirls, Transgender people
    Subject: Bambi, Le Carrousel, Marie-Pierre Pruvot
  14. Bambi Headshot in White Feather Cap

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1955? to 1975?
    Topics: Entertainers, Showgirls, Transgender people
    Subject: Bambi, Marie-Pierre Pruvot
    Description: Used as poster image for Sébastien Lifshitz's 2013 documentary, "Bambi."
  15. Bambi in Black Dress

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1955? to 1975?
    Topics: Entertainers, Showgirls, Transgender people
    Subject: Bambi, Marie-Pierre Pruvot