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  1. Christine Jorgensen Arrives at New York Idlewild Airport

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1953
    Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people, Travel
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen returns to the United States in 1953 after undergoing gender realignment surgery in Denmark, pictured here at the New York Idlewild Airport (now JFK International Airport).
  2. Christine Jorgensen Reads "American Weekly"

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1953
    Topics: News magazines, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: American Weekly, Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen sits at a desk reading an issue of "American Weekly," potentially the 1953 story the magazine published about her life.
  3. Christine Jorgensen Takes Driving Exam

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1953
    Topics: Licenses, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen poses behind the wheel of a car as she takes the test to get her driver's license in 1953 as someone photographs her in the background
  4. Christine Jorgensen Visits the Kinsey Institute

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1953
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Meetings, Organizations for sexual research and sexual reform, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Alfred Kinsey, Christine Jorgensen, The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research
    Description: Christine Jorgensen walks down the hallway of the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research in 1953, where she went to meet with Dr. Alfred Kinsey.
  5. Christine Jorgensen Visits the Kinsey Institute (2)

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1953
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Meetings, Organizations for sexual research and sexual reform, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Alfred Kinsey, Christine Jorgensen, The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research
    Description: Christine Jorgensen poses on a desk at the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research in 1953, where she went to meet with Dr. Alfred Kinsey.
  6. Christine Jorgensen with a Tea Cup

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1953
    Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen sitting in a chair with a tea cup
  7. Christine Jorgensen with Milton Berle

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1953
    Topics: Gatherings, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Milton Berle
    Description: Christine Jorgensen hobnobbing with Milton Berle, host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater at the time.
  8. Christine Jorgensen at a Press Conference

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Dec. 11, 1952
    Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen posing for a photograph at a press conference after having received gender realignment surgery in Denmark.
  9. Christine Jorgensen in Copenhagen

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: International News Photos
    Date: Dec. 1, 1952
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Hospitals, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen sitting in Copenhagen. Reverse has a description of Jorgensen's life potentially for publication. Handwritten markings.
  10. Christine Jorgensen in Car

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1952
    Topics: LGBTQ+ press, Photography, Privacy, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen (second from right) huddles in a car with three other unidentified people
  11. Christine Jorgensen Walks with a Friend in Denmark

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1952
    Topics: Friendships, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen walks in Denmark with a companion
  12. 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.'"
  13. Roberta Cowell in World War II (1947)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1947
    Topics: Air pilots, Military, Military uniforms, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people, World War, 1939-1945
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
  14. Roberta Cowell in World War II (1947) (2)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1947
    Topics: Air pilots, Military, Military uniforms, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people, World War, 1939-1945
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
  15. Roberta Cowell with Her Father

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Ernest Marshall Cowell, Roberta Cowell