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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. Close-Up of Christine Jorgensen Upon Arrival at New York Idlewild Airport

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Feb. 12, 1953
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: A close-up photograph taken of Christine Jorgensen by the AP after her return to the United States at the New York Idlewild Airport (now JFK International Airport) in 1953 and was published by the AP.
  3. Christine Jorgensen Named "Woman of the Year"

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 7, 1953
    Topics: Awards, Photographs, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Scandinavian Society
    Description: The photograph is captioned "Christine named “Woman of the Year” New York……….. Golden-haired Christine Jorgensen, the former GI transformed into a beautiful woman by Copenhagen (Denmark) surgeons a...
  4. Christine Jorgensen Receives Woman of the Year Award

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 31, 1953
    Topics: Awards, Organisations, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Harry Berglind, Scandinavian Society
    Description: Christine Jorgensen accepts a certificate from Harry Berglind, chairman of the Scandinavian Societies of Greater New York, for their Woman of the Year award in 1953.
  5. Christine Jorgensen at Adelphi Theater, New York City

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 8, 1953
    Topics: Photography, Theatre, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen at the Adelphi Theater in New York City wearing a straw hat and an orchid corsage.
  6. Christine Jorgensen in Formal Wear

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Seymour, Maurice
    Date: circa 1954
    Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Myles Bell
    Description: Christine Jorgensen poses with Myles Bell in evening wear for photographer Maurice Seymour in 1954.
  7. Charlotte McLeod Puts Makeup on Barbara Maye

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1955
    Topics: Appearance, Cosmetics, Employees, Photography, Transgender people
    Subject: Barbara Maye, Charlotte McLeod
    Description: Charlotte McLeod works as a beautician at the Great Northern Hotel's salon in New York, using a eyebrow pencil on customer Barbara Maye.
  8. Charlotte McLeod Works as a Receptionist

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 2, 1955
    Topics: Employees, Photography, Transgender people
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod
    Description: Charlotte McLeod is photographed in a black dress, answering a call and writing in a notebook as a receptionist at the Great Northern Hotel in New York.
  9. Christine Jorgensen Examines a Damaged Car

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1959
    Topics: Damages, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen looks at what is presumably her car, which has been smashed on the side following an accident.
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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
  13. A Photograph of Gay Liberation Front Demonstrating at New York City Hall

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Davies, Diana
    Date: 1969 to circa 1972
    Topics: Gay rights, Lesbian rights, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transgender people
    Subject: Gay Liberation Front, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A photograph of the Gay Liberation Front demonstrating at New York City Hall featuring Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.
  14. Come Out! No. 7 page 5

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Bedoz, Ellen
    Date: 1970
    Topics: Activists, Latino/a/x transgender people, Organisations, Transgender people, Transvestites, Youth
    Subject: Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A picture of the Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), with Sylvia Rivera.
  15. Marsha P. Johnson at a Demonstration at St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1970

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wandel, Richard C.
    Date: 1970
    Topics: Activists, Black people, Christianity, Demonstrations, Religions, Transgender people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, St. Patrick's Cathedral
    Description: During a protest at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Marsha P. Johnson holds a sign that says, "Jesus Loved John the Beloved."