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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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.'"

  5. 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.

  6. 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

  7. 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...

  8. 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 ...

  9. 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.

  10. 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

  11. 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."

  12. 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.”

  13. 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

  14. 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...

  15. Christine Jorgensen with Frank in Naval Attire

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photographs, Trans women, Transsexual people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: The signature reads “To Frank – Thank you for letting me join your Harem. Christine.”

  16. 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

  17. Sex Changeo

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: International News Photos
    Date: Apr. 21, 1954
    Topics: Air pilots, Military, Automobile racing drivers, Ex-prisoners of war, Gender affirming surgery, Motorsports, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Transgender parents, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell

  18. 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.

  19. 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...

  20. 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.

  21. 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.”

  22. 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...

  23. 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 ...

  24. 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...

  25. April Ashley Headshot (1956)

     
    Collection: April Ashley Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Actors, Entertainers, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: April Ashley
    Description: April Ashley is a British model, actress and jet-set socialite who became known as a regal trailblazer for transgender women.