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  1. Grandfather Brown (William) at a masquerade party

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Critcherson, G.P.
    Date: 1800 to 1899
    Topics: African Americans, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, Femininities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Masquerades
    Description: William Brown, a wealthy Black businessman in Worcester, MA in the 19th century, wearing a dress. Part of the Brown Family Papers Collection, call number Mss. Boxes B.

  2. Portrait of Figure in Dress and Wig

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Yale University Libraries
    Creator: J. A. Bell
    Date: circa 1850 to 1910
    Topics: Gender expression, Gender identity

  3. Portrait of Ella Wesner

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870 to 1908
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Central Music Hall, Ella Wesner, Harrison Collection

  4. Portrait of Ella Wesner

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870 to 1908
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators
    Subject: Ella Wesner

  5. Whiffenpoofs (in tutus)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Yale University Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: May 13, 1912
    Topics: Crossdressing, Musicians, Photographs, Photography, Students' clubs
    Subject: Esmond Paul O'Brien, Louie Linder, Pomery Tucker Francis
    Description: Whiffenpoofs (en tutus) of 1912 with Louie Linder (top hat) surrounded by Mohicans, a Yale social club, in front of Chittenden Library The man with the snare drum is Pomery Tucker Francis, BA 19...

  6. Female impersonator in vaudeville act at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1914

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1914
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Female impersonator in vaudeville act at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1914. From the family album of San Quentin guard, Richard M. Smith, and his wife, the San Quentin matron, Genevieve Smith. T...

  7. Performers, including a female impersonator at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1914

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1914
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Performers, including a female impersonator at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1914. From the family album of San Quentin guard, Richard M. Smith, and his wife, the San Quentin matron, Genevieve Sm...

  8. Prison inmates (one a female impersonator) in vaudeville act at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1914

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1914
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Plays, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Prison inmates (one a female impersonator) in vaudeville act at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1914. From the family album of San Quentin guard, Richard M. Smith, and his wife, the San Quentin mat...

  9. Prisoners (including female impersonator on right) from San Quentin State Prison provided entertainment to the public on Sunday mornings, Marin County, California, 1914

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1914
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Prisoners from the San Quentin State Prison provided concerts and entertainment (including this female impersonator) to the public on Sunday mornings. This image is from 1914. San Quentin State Pri...

  10. Actors (female impersonator on left) at San Quentin State Prison, Marin County, California, circa 1915

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1915
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Actors (a female impersonator on left) pose for a portrait at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1915. San Quentin State Prison opened in 1852, making it California’s oldest prison. Inmate labor built...

  11. Dorothy, John, and Helen Putnam

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1920?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Siblings
    Subject: Dorothy Putnam, Helen Putnam, John Putnam
    Description: Siblings Dot (Dorothy), John, and Helen Putnam playing with crossdressing. Undated.

  12. Dorothy Putnam in Masculine Attire

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1920?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbians
    Description: Dorothy Putnam posing in masculine attire. Undated.

  13. Dorothy Putnam in Masculine Attire (2)

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1920?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbians
    Description: Dorothy Putnam posing in masculine attire. Undated.

  14. Dorothy Putnam in Masculine Attire (3)

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1920?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbians
    Description: Dorothy Putnam posing in masculine attire. Undated.

  15. Edith Crossdressing

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1920?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbians
    Description: Dorothy Putnam's friend Edith in masculine attire. Undated.

  16. Female impersonator at San Quentin State Prison, Marin County, California, circa 1915

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1915
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Kimonos, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Female impersonator in Japanese clothes at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1915. San Quentin State Prison opened in 1852 making it California’s oldest prison. Inmate labor built the prison on 20 a...

  17. Helen Crossdressing

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1920?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbians
    Description: Dorothy Putnam's friend Helen in masculine attire. Undated.

  18. Dorothy Putnam and friend

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1916
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbians
    Description: Dorothy Putnam and friend playing the happy couple. 1916.

  19. Dorothy Putnam in Football Gear

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1916
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbians
    Description: Dorothy Putnam dressed in football gear. 1916.

  20. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (10)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: View of the Julian Eltinge residence, 2337 Fargo Street. Shows Spanish Colonial Revival style two-story house with adobe walls, tile roof, wing and tower loggias, sunken gardens. Davis and Davis, a...

  21. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (11)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: View of the Julian Eltinge residence, 2337 Fargo Street. Shows Spanish Colonial Revival style two-story house with adobe walls, tile roof, wing and tower loggias, sunken gardens. Davis and Davis, a...

  22. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (12)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: View of the Julian Eltinge residence, 2337 Fargo Street. Shows Spanish Colonial Revival style two-story house with adobe walls, tile roof, wing and tower loggias, sunken gardens. Davis and Davis, a...

  23. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (4)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: view of the Julian Eltinge residence, 2337 Fargo Street. Shows Spanish Colonial Revival style two-story house with adobe walls, tile roof, wing and tower loggias, sunken gardens. Davis and Davis, a...

  24. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (5)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: view of the Julian Eltinge residence, 2337 Fargo Street. Shows Spanish Colonial Revival style two-story house with adobe walls, tile roof, wing and tower loggias, sunken gardens. Davis and Davis, a...

  25. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (6)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: view of the Julian Eltinge residence, 2337 Fargo Street. Shows Spanish Colonial Revival style two-story house with adobe walls, tile roof, wing and tower loggias, sunken gardens. Davis and Davis, a...

  26. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (7)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: view of the Julian Eltinge residence, 2337 Fargo Street. Shows Spanish Colonial Revival style two-story house with adobe walls, tile roof, wing and tower loggias, sunken gardens. Davis and Davis, a...

  27. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (8)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: view of the Julian Eltinge residence, 2337 Fargo Street. Shows Spanish Colonial Revival style two-story house with adobe walls, tile roof, wing and tower loggias, sunken gardens. Davis and Davis, a...

  28. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (13)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1919
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: View of Julian Eltinge’s Spanish Colonial Revival style residence (2337 Fargo Street), Davis & Davis, architects; shows oblong, stucco, multi-level residence with low pitched tile and flat roofs; s...

  29. Joe Harper party, view 1

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties
    Description: Seven men who are dressed in drag pose together in someone's apartment for an event identified as "Joe Harper's Party."

  30. Joe Harper party, view 2

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties
    Description: A uniformed man (center), who appears to be a police officer, poses with three men who are dressed in drag for an event identified as "Joe Harper's Party." The two men on the far right are covering...

  31. Male Dancer Holding Another Male Dancer in San Quentin Prison

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows two dancers on stage. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inm...

  32. San Quentin Prisoners Performing Onstage

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Subject: Poetry of Motion, Smith and Griffith
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmates held a field and track ...

  33. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (1)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: circa 1923
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge

  34. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (2)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: circa 1923
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge

  35. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (3)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: circa 1923
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge

  36. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (9)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: circa 1923
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: View of the residence of Julian Eltinge, 2337 Fargo Street; shows Spanish Colonial Revival style textured stucco mansion; tower balcony, low-pitched terra cotta tile roof, white understory with sca...

  37. Julian Eltinge's Home, Hollywood, Cal.

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: M. Kashower Co.
    Date: 1920s
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge

  38. Maria with Two Female Friends Dressed as Men

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1925
    Topics: Crossdressing, Photography
    Description: Donor's mother Maria on right with two friends probably Golden Gate Park. 1925. Handwritten notes in Spanish from Donor's mother, Maria, on the photograph.

  39. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard with Her Mother

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1927
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard and her mother, taken when Dorris was 19 years old.

  40. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard sitting outside a house in Colorado.

  41. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard taken when she lived in Colorado. The image is captioned "Sour."

  42. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard and Friend

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard and another person taken in a field in Colorado.

  43. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard and Friend Hugging

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard posing with another person. The image was taken when Dorris lived in Colorado.

  44. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard and Friend in Matching Outfits

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard and another person wearing matching outfits. The image is captioned "Ha Ha- Twins."

  45. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard and Friends

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard and two other people in a field in Colorado. The image is captioned "Hello Girls."

  46. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard and Friends

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph featuring Dorris Bullard and four other people. The image was taken while Dorris lived in Colorado.

  47. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard and Friends Hugging

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard and two other people sitting on a car.

  48. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard and Friends Posing with a Car

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard and three other people sitting on a car. The image is captioned "Sitting on the Inside."

  49. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard and Friends Sitting on a Car

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1928
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard and two other people sitting on a car. The image was taken while Dorris lived in Colorado.

  50. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard and Friends Wearing Hats

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard and two other people posing in front of a brick wall. The image is captioned "Three-Jolly-Bums."

  51. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard Holding Tree Branches

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard taken while she lived in Colorado. The image is captioned "Oh Dear."

  52. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard in a Field

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard in a field in Colorado. The image is captioned "Shoulder Arms."

  53. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard in a Field in Colorado

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard and two other people taken in Colorado. The image is captioned "Yoo-Hoo."

  54. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard in a White Shirt

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1928
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A 1928 photograph of Dorris Bullard taken in Colorado.

  55. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard in Heels

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard taken when she lived in Colorado.

  56. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard in the Woods

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard posing in a forrest in Colorado. The image is captioned "Wood Nymph."

  57. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard in Twin Lakes, Colorado

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1928
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard taken in Twin Lakes, Colorado. The image is captioned "Have One There's Lots of It."

  58. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard in Twin Lakes, Colorado

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1928
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard taken in Twin Lakes, Colorado. The image is captioned "Come on Over."

  59. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard in Twin Lakes, Colorado

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1928
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard taken in Twin Lakes, Colorado.

  60. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard on a Horse

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard riding a horse in a field in Colorado. The image is captioned "Midnight + Myself."

  61. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard Sitting on a Car

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard taken when she lived in Colorado. The image is captioned "Blah on You."

  62. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard Sitting on a Rock

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard sitting on a rock in Colorado.

  63. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard Wearing Overalls

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard taken in the years she spent living in Colorado.

  64. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard with a Banjo

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1932
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard taken while she lived in Colorado.

  65. Members of Mae West Show Being Arrested

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1928
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Photography, Police

  66. Reed Erickson at young age

     
    Collection: Reed Erickson Collection
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1928
    Topics: Transgender people
    Subject: Reed Erickson
    Description: Reed Erickson at 10 or 11 years old. Circa 1928.

  67. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1929
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard taken when she lived in Colorado.

  68. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard and Friends Standing on a Hill

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1929
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard and three other people taken in Colorado. The image is captioned "Lil-Nedi-Jerry-Mil."

  69. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard Sitting on the Ground

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1929
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard taken while she was sitting on the ground. The image is captioned "Some Pose."

  70. Male performer in female dress, dancing on stage, San Quentin Little Olympics Field Meet, 1930

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1930
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons

  71. Men Dressed as Women at the "Negro Review"

     
    Collection: Kentucky History
    Institution: Faulkner Morgan Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 193X
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ people of color, Night life, Parties, Photography
    Subject: Negro Review

  72. Musicians and male performer in female dress, San Quentin Little Olympics Field Meet, 1930

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1930
    Topics: Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: This photograph is from the 17th annual field meet held at San Quentin in 1930 when James B. Holohan was the acting warden. Olympic Club member, Frank G. Kane, was Master of Ceremonies. The enterta...

  73. Parade of prisoners, some in female dress, San Quentin Little Olympics Field Meet, 1930

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1930
    Topics: Crossdressing, Parades, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: This photograph is from the 17th annual field meet held at San Quentin in 1930 when James B. Holohan was the acting warden. Olympic Club member, Frank G. Kane, was Master of Ceremonies. It depicts ...

  74. Parade of prisoners, some in female dress, with prison buildings in background, San Quentin Little Olympics Field Meet, 1930

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1930
    Topics: Crossdressing, Parades, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: This photograph is from the 17th annual field meet held at San Quentin in 1930 when James B. Holohan was the acting warden. Olympic Club member, Frank G. Kane, was Master of Ceremonies. It depicts ...

  75. Stage entertainment, featuring a male dancer in female dress, San Quentin Little Olympics Field Meet, 1930

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1930
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons

  76. Stage entertainment, including a male dancer in female dress, San Quentin Little Olympics Field Meet, 1930

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1930
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons

  77. Stage entertainment with four male dancers in female dress, San Quentin Little Olympics Field Meet, 1930

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1930
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: This photograph is from the 17th annual field meet held at San Quentin in 1930 when James B. Holohan was the acting warden. Olympic Club member, Frank G. Kane, was Master of Ceremonies. The enterta...

  78. Stage entertainment with musicians and male dancer in female dress, San Quentin Little Olympics Field Meet, 1930

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1930
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons

  79. Stage entertainment with musicians and two male dancers (one in female dress), San Quentin Little Olympics Field Meet, 1930

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1930
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: This photograph is from the 17th annual field meet held at San Quentin in 1930 when James B. Holohan was the acting warden. Olympic Club member, Frank G. Kane, was Master of Ceremonies. The enterta...

  80. Two male entertainers in Spanish costume (one in female dress), San Quentin Little Olympics Field Meet, 1930

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1930
    Topics: Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: This photograph is from the 17th annual field meet held at San Quentin in 1930 when James B. Holohan was the acting warden. Olympic Club member, Frank G. Kane, was Master of Ceremonies. The enterta...

  81. Reed Erickson as teenager

     
    Collection: Reed Erickson Collection
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1931 to 1932
    Topics: Transgender people
    Subject: Reed Erickson
    Description: Reed Erickson at age 14. Circa 1931-1932.

  82. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard with a Dog

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard taken shortly before her death.

  83. Clown Posing with Crossdressers

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Clowns, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmates held a field and track ...

  84. Dance Act

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows two men, one in jacket, hat and cane; the other dressed as woman in shorts and tights. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual...

  85. Group Portrait of Acts and Athletes

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Shows several of the vaudeville acts lined up in yard, athletes behind them. Spectators, and guards in background. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin pris...

  86. Officials Pose with Prisoner Wearing Women's Clothing at the 20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Parades, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." 2012-0123. Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmates held a fie...

  87. Performers on Stage at 20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin Prison

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Musicians, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Shows stage, performers posing. Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Pris...

  88. San Quentin Prisoner dancing in Grass Skirt

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows stage area, gentleman dressed in grass skirt, grandstand and spectators in background. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  89. Sister Kate Dancing in Two Piece in San Quentin Prison

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Subject: Sister Kate
    Description: Shows African American prisoner/performer dressed in ruffled two-piece outfit and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event s...

  90. Sister Kate Dancing in Two Piece on Stage

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Subject: Sister Kate
    Description: Shows African American prisoner/performer dressed in ruffled two-piece outfit and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event s...

  91. Sister Kate Dancing on Stage

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Subject: Sister Kate
    Description: Shows African American prisoner/performer dressed in ruffled two-piece outfit and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event s...

  92. Sister Kate Doing the Splits

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Subject: Sister Kate
    Description: Shows African American prisoner/performer dressed in ruffled two-piece outfit and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event s...

  93. Sister Kate Posing for Photograph with Man

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Subject: Sister Kate
    Description: Shows African American prisoner/performer dressed in ruffled two-piece outfit and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event s...

  94. Sister Kate Standing with Judges

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Subject: Sister Kate
    Description: Shows African American prisoner/performer dressed in ruffled two-piece outfit and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event s...

  95. The Al-Pache-E Dance Troupe

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Bands, Clowns, Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows clowns with musical instruments, men dressed as women in prison yard. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored ...

  96. Two African American Performers Performing in San Quentin Prison

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmates held a field and track d...

  97. Two Male Dancers in Unison

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows two dancers on stage. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmat...

  98. Two Men Dancing Side By Side

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows two dancers on stage. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmat...

  99. Two performers on Promenade

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Shows African American men, one dressed in long dress, moving around yard. Spectators in background. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  100. Two performers posing

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: One clown in hat and long coat, one in tights and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  101. Two Prisoners Dancing

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows two dancers on stage. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inm...

  102. Two Prisoners Dancing in Front of a Crowd San Quentin

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmates held a field and track ...

  103. Two San Quentin Prisoners Posing Together

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Couples, Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows vaudeville act, one man dressed as woman in top and shorts, one man in jacket and hat with cane. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  104. Two Unknown Female Impersonators Hugging Each Other at San Quentin Prison

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  105. Two Unknown Female Impersonators Kicking Their Legs

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  106. Two Unknown Female Impersonators Smiling at The Camera

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  107. Unknown Dancer in San Quentin Prison

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows inmate dressed as belly dancer. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  108. Unknown Dancer in San Quentin Prison (Close-Up)

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Belly dancers, Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Shows inmate dressed as belly dancer. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  109. Unknown Dancer in San Quentin Prison, Posing

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Belly dancers, Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Shows inmate dressed as belly dancer. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  110. Unknown Female Impersonator at San Quentin Prison

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  111. Unknown Female Impersonator Posing at San Quentin Prison

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  112. Unknown Female Impersonator Staring at the Camera

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  113. Vaudeville Act Dancing Together

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Couples, Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows vaudeville act, one man dressed as woman in top and shorts, one man in jacket and hat with cane. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  114. Vaudeville Acts Posing as a Group

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows several of acts posing for group portrait on stage. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Clu...

  115. Vaudeville Groups Walking Through Prison Yard

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows acts, spectators, guards. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." 2012-0050. Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Franci...

  116. Vaudeville Performers in front of Red Light Cafe Set

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Clowns, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows shack decorated with graffiti, saloon doors, men dressed as women posed in front. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  117. Robinson Disguised As Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: International News Service
    Date: Oct. 15, 1935
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag queens, Offenders
    Subject: Alice Speed Stoll, Billie Davis, Phil Black, Thomas H. Robinson Jr.

  118. Gladys Bentley and Willie Bryant

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1936
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ people of color, Male impersonators, Musicians, Photography
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Willie Bryant

  119. Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case
    Date: 1942
    Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Transgender people
    Subject: Mildred M.
    Description: Photograph of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic.

  120. Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942) (2)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case
    Date: 1942
    Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Transgender people
    Subject: Mildred M.
    Description: Photograph of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic.

  121. Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942) (3)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case
    Date: circa 1942
    Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Transgender people
    Subject: Mildred M.
    Description: Photograph of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic.

  122. Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942) (4)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case
    Date: circa 1942
    Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Psychiatric institutions, Transgender people
    Subject: Mildred M.
    Description: Photographs of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic.

  123. Portrait of Bobby Jonson (1)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Seymour, Maurice
    Date: circa 1942
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Bobby Jonson, Finocchio's Club

  124. Portrait of Bobby Jonson (2)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Seymour, Maurice
    Date: circa 1942
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Bobby Jonson, Finocchio's Club

  125. Portrait of Nicki Gallucci (1)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Romaine
    Date: 1942
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Finocchio's Club, Nicki Gallucci

  126. A Close Up of a Seated Performer

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan
    Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers
    Subject: Look At Us Now
    Description: A performer wearing a two-piece dress and matching hat poses sitting for a photograph. This may be a photograph of Private First Class Samuel Cohen.

  127. A Performer Sits in a Chair for a Photograph

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan
    Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers
    Subject: Look At Us Now
    Description: A performer in the show, "Look At Us Now", sits in a chair posing in a two-piece dress. This photograph may be of Private First Class Samuel Cohen.

  128. A Seated Performer Poses for a Photograph

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan
    Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers
    Subject: Look At Us Now
    Description: A performer poses seated in a chair wearing a two piece dress and matching hat. This may be a photograph of Private First Class Samuel Cohen.

  129. A Seated Performer Poses for a Photograph

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan
    Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers
    Subject: Look At Us Now
    Description: A seated performer poses in a two-piece dress. This may be a photograph of Private First Class Samuel Cohen.

  130. Five Performers Pose Side by Side

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan
    Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers
    Subject: Look At Us Now
    Description: Five performers pose with arms around each other's waist and right leg raised, wearing uniform shirts, ties, and skirts. This photograph may include Private First Class Samuel Cohen.

  131. Five Performers Posing in a Line

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan
    Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers
    Subject: Look At Us Now
    Description: Five performers of the show, "Look At Us Now", pose in a line with their hands on each other's waist. The performers wear uniform shirt, ties, and skirts. This photograph may include Private First ...

  132. Headshot of a Performer

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan
    Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers
    Description: This photograph is a headshot of one of the performers of the musical, "Look At Us Now". This may be a photograph of Private First Class Samuel Cohen.

  133. Two Performers on Stage Looking at a Photograph

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan
    Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers
    Subject: Look At Us Now
    Description: Two performers sit on stage looking at what appears to be a framed photograph. This photograph may include Private First Class Samuel Cohen.

  134. Two Performers on Stage, One Touching the Other's Face

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan
    Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers
    Subject: Look At Us Now
    Description: Two performers sit on stage, one caressing the other's cheek. This photograph may include Private First Class Samuel Cohen.

  135. Group Photo at Mona's

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1940 to circa 1949
    Topics: Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Beverly Shaw, Butch Minton, Jan Jansen, Jimmy Reynard, Kay Scott, Mona's Club
    Description: Picture taken at Mona's; standing (L to R) "Butch", Jan Jansen, Kay Scott, Jimmy Reynard; seated (L to R) "Mike", Beverly Shaw, unidentified, "Mickey"

  136. Group Photo of Finocchio's Performers

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1940s
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Finocchio's Club

  137. Posed as a girl

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Ballwe, Howard
    Date: Nov. 7, 1944
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Police stations
    Subject: C.L. Knapp, James Barlow, Jeri Ryan
    Description: James Barlow, left, also known as Jeri Ryan, being fingerprinted by C. L. Knapp at city hall police station after he was caught making love to a man in a parked car at 12th Street and Central Avenu...

  138. Posed as girls

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Ballew, Howard
    Date: Nov. 7, 1944
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Police stations
    Subject: August Coy, Irene Paston, James Barlow, Jeri Ryan
    Description: James Barlow, left, also known as Jeri Ryan, and August Coy, also known as Irene Paston, at the city hall police station after they were caught making love to two men in a parked car at 12th Street...

  139. Posed as girls

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Ballew, Howard
    Date: Nov. 7, 1944
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Police stations
    Subject: August Coy, Irene Paston, James Barlow, Jeri Ryan
    Description: Photograph caption dated November 27, 1944 reads, "Nab 2 men dressed in women's clothes. James Barlow, left, and August Coy. Their feminine attire failed to fool the police." Officers found Barlow ...

  140. Drag contest, Club Alabam

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Woods, Clyde
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Clubs, Drag, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, Night life
    Subject: Club Alabam
    Description: Contestants fill the dance floor during a drag contest at Club Alabam, located at 42nd and Central Avenue in Los Angeles, hosted by Bill Hefflin.

  141. Mexican American boy dressed as Carmen Miranda

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: BIPOC, Children, Crossdressing, Halloween, Mexican American children
    Subject: Carmen Miranda, Hispanic People, Jesse Gonzalez
    Description: Jesse Gonzalez dressed as Carmen Miranda for Halloween costume, circa 1945.

  142. Mexican American boy dressed as girl

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1945
    Topics: Children, Crossdressing, Halloween, Mexican American children
    Subject: Gilberto Perez, Hispanic People
    Description: Gilberto Perez dressed in Halloween costume, circa 1945.

  143. Sylvia Sidney in a White Dress

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The History Project
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: Drag bars, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ night life
    Subject: Sylvia Sidney
    Description: Photograph of the legendary Boston drag performer, Sylvia Sidney, in a white fluffy dress.

  144. Two men dressed in drag arrested

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: May 14, 1946
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Imprisonment, Police stations
    Subject: Francis J. Socwell, Franke Goode
    Description: A couple of 'girls' who landed behind bars.

  145. Jolly Jack in Headdress

     
    Collection: Rex Maniscalco Collection of Bobby Smith Photographs
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1949
    Topics: Costume, Female impersonators, Theater
    Subject: Jolly Jack
    Description: Jolly Jack, a female impersonator, poses in front of a backdrop wearing a large headdress and a ruffled, sleeveless dress with black gloves. Inscription reads: "To Bobby & Mary, Two Grand People, H...

  146. Two Unidentified Women, Early 1900s

     
    Collection: Kentucky History
    Institution: Faulkner Morgan Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1900s
    Topics: Photography
    Description: Two women dressed in male clothing pose for a photo on a rug next to a wall.

  147. Unidentified Person Smoking, Early 1900s

     
    Collection: Kentucky History
    Institution: Faulkner Morgan Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1900s
    Topics: Photography, Smoking

  148. Men dressed in drag

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 1, 1949
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Description: Men festively dressed as women are shown during an unidentified event taking place at 3rd Street and Main in downtown Los Angeles. Photograph dated November 1, 1949.

  149. Leon LaVerde Poses in Ballet Attire

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950
    Topics: Ballet, Crossdressing, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Jewel Box Revue, Leon La Verde, Leon LaVerde, Mr. Leon Leverde
    Description: Description on bottom of page: "Mr. Leon Leverde Started in show business at the age of six with his mother and dad and has played every important theatre in the world. Is considered the country's...

  150. Saratoga Club Franklin & Fortune, 1950

     
    Collection: Rex Maniscalco Collection of Bobby Smith Photographs
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1950
    Topics: Clothing, Costume, Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Music--Performance, Singing, Theater
    Description: A performer wearing a ruffled, two-piece dress and headdress sings into a microphone on stage at the Saratoga Club.

  151. Nabbed in 'maid' masquerade

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 27, 1950
    Topics: Arrests, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Household work, Imprisonment, LGBTQ+ people of color, Police stations
    Subject: Frank Porter, Mary Lee Porter, Queque Malpress, Rita Porter, Tisha Porter, Willie Moore
    Description: Masculine jail clothing was substituted for feminine attire worn by these three youths after they were nabbed early today. They said they had been employed as female domestic servants in fashionabl...

  152. Person Posing on a Chair in a White Skirt and Black Top

     
    Collection: Rex Maniscalco Collection of Bobby Smith Photographs
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: Jul. 26, 1950
    Topics: Clothing, Evening gowns, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people
    Description: A person sits in a chair wearing a long white skirt, long-sleeve black top, pearl bracelet, and diamond necklace. On the back of the photograph, the date stamped in purple ink reads: JUL 26 1950.

  153. Knotty Pine Bar Winner Halloween, 1951

     
    Collection: Rex Maniscalco Collection of Bobby Smith Photographs
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator:
    Date: 1951
    Topics: Clothing, Gay bars, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), LGBTQ+ events
    Subject: The Knotty Pine
    Description: Winner posing with a bottle at the Knotty Pine bar in Tampa, FL, 1951. Original title "Knotty Pines"

  154. Sunday Punch at Camp Polk

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1951
    Topics: Army, Crossdressing, Performance art
    Description: A "Sunday Punch" performance at Service Club #1 at Camp Polk, Louisianna. The event was played to a capacity crowd of "nearly 800 enthusiastic serviemen." Edgar Sandifer is second from the left. 1951.

  155. Lena Posing on a Couch

     
    Collection: Rex Maniscalco Collection of Bobby Smith Photographs
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1952
    Topics: Clothing, Evening gowns, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people, Smoking
    Subject: Lena
    Description: A person in a blond wig and black dress and holding a cigarette, presumably named Lena, lounges on a couch.

  156. Lena Without Jacket Before Going to Carroll's

     
    Collection: Rex Maniscalco Collection of Bobby Smith Photographs
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1952
    Topics: Clothing, Evening gowns, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people, Smoking
    Subject: Lena
    Description: A person, presumably Lena, wearing a black evening gown and smoking before going out.

  157. Miss Skippy in My Apartment

     
    Collection: Rex Maniscalco Collection of Bobby Smith Photographs
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1952
    Topics: Clothing, Evening gowns, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people, Smoking
    Subject: Miss Skippy
    Description: A person, presumably Miss Skippy, wearing a formal dress, jewelry, and smoking a cigarette

  158. Lena in My Apartment

     
    Collection: Rex Maniscalco Collection of Bobby Smith Photographs
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: Oct. 31, 1952
    Topics: Clothing, Evening gowns, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people, Smoking
    Subject: Lena
    Description: A person in a blonde wig holding a cigarette, presumably named Lena, poses in an apartment while wearing a black dress.

  159. 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).

  160. 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.

  161. 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.

  162. David Hummel as Beatrice Kay

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1953
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: David Hummel

  163. 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.

  164. 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...

  165. 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.

  166. 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.

  167. 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.

  168. Exterior of Club My-O-My (1)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to circa 1959
    Topics: Discos, Photography
    Subject: Club My-O-My

  169. Group Photo at Andy's

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to 1959?
    Topics: Female impersonators, Photography, Theatre shows

  170. Harris at Age 3

     
    Collection: Lynn Edward Harris Photographs
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1954
    Topics: Intersex people, Transgender people
    Subject: Lynn Edward Harris
    Description: Lynn Edward Harris at age 3 years, 4 months. January 1954.

  171. Male Impersonator

     
    Collection: Rex Maniscalco Collection of Bobby Smith Photographs
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: Drag, Drag kings, Male impersonators, Singing, Suits (Clothing), Theater
    Description: A male impersonator wearing a suit performs on stage, singing into a microphone.

  172. Performer Exiting a Stage

     
    Collection: Rex Maniscalco Collection of Bobby Smith Photographs
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Music--Performance, Theater
    Description: A black performer poses for a photograph near a stage as she smiles, holding one arm out and holding up the skirt of her dress.

  173. Performer in Front of a Band

     
    Collection: Rex Maniscalco Collection of Bobby Smith Photographs
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag queens, Evening gowns, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Music--Performance, Singing, Theater
    Description: A black person wearing a silk dress and gloves performs on stage with a band.

  174. Portrait of Lucian

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Lucian

  175. Portrait of Mickey Marlowe

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to 1959?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Mickey Marlowe

  176. Portrait of Robbie Ross (2)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to 1959
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Robbie Ross

  177. Reed Erickson with leopard

     
    Collection: Reed Erickson Collection
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1959
    Topics: Animals, Transgender people
    Subject: Reed Erickson
    Description: Reed Erickson with his pet leopard Henry. Circa 1950s.

  178. Sweet Evening Breeze, Early 1950s

     
    Collection: Kentucky History
    Institution: Faulkner Morgan Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Photography, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Sweet Evening Breeze
    Description: Sweet Evening Breeze in a wedding gown poses while laying down on a couch.

  179. Sweets in Her Prall Street Home, Mid-1950s

     
    Collection: Kentucky History
    Institution: Faulkner Morgan Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Sweet Evening Breeze
    Description: Sweet Evening Breeze poses in a wedding gown in her Prall Street home in Lexington, Kentucky.

  180. 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.

  181. Charlotte McLeod Comes Home as a Woman

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 25, 1954
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Photography
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod
    Description: Charlotte McLeod, still in Copenhagen, poses in a black dress coat and a white hat as she prepares to return to the United States.

  182. Christine Jorgensen and "Frank" Sit on a Boat

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen, smiling, and a person identified as "Frank" pose on a boat, with water in the background.

  183. Christine Jorgensen, "Frank," and Another Person

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen poses standing up with an individual identified as "Frank" and one other person by the water.

  184. Christine Jorgensen, "Frank," and Three Others on a Boat

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen, smiling, poses for a photo on the bow of a boat with a person identified as "Frank" alongside three other individuals with water in the background.

  185. Christine Jorgensen Poses on a Boat with Eight Others

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen stands and waves on a docked boat with eight others.

  186. Christine Jorgensen Poses on a Dock with "Frank" and Two Others

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen poses on a dock with "Frank" and two others in front of a sign that says "Bay Harbor" and "Roger II" with fish hanging from it.

  187. Christine Jorgensen Poses on the Bow of a Boat While Eight Others Gather on Top

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen stands leisurely on the bow of a docked boat while eight others gather haphazardly on the top of the boat.

  188. Christine Jorgensen Poses with Ted Karras

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Ted Karras
    Description: Christine Jorgensen stands with Ted Karras on a dock underneath a sign that reads "M. B. FLA."

  189. Christine Jorgensen Sits with Ted Karras

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Ted Karras
    Description: Christine Jorgensen and Ted Karras pose for a photograph together, smiling, on a boat with two other people in the background.

  190. Christine Jorgensen Sitting on a Boat

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen poses for a photo while sitting at the bow of a boat. She is dressed in nautical attire.

  191. Christine Jorgensen Striking a Pose on the Dock

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen sits on a pier under a sign that says "Bay Harbor" and "Roger II," posing for a photograph, while holding her sailor hat.

  192. Christine Jorgensen Surrounded by Eight People On Top of a Boat

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen, along with eight other people, are on top of a docked boat. There is a parking lot in the background.

  193. 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.”

  194. Christine Jorgensen with Six Other People on a Boat

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen sits on a boat with six other individuals, many in hats and other nautical wear, smiling and posing for a photograph.

  195. Christine Jorgensen with Three Other People

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen sits on a bench on a dock with three other people, posing and smiling.

  196. She's A He

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 5, 1954
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, BIPOC, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Photographs
    Subject: Manhattan Guardsmen, Phil Black

  197. Five men dressed as women nabbed in Altadena cafe raid

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 1, 1954
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Police raids, Police stations
    Subject: Benny Zubiate, J. Noroy Bramblette, John D'Andrea, Robert W. Stewart, Tom Tuites

  198. 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.

  199. Christine Jorgensen Performs on Stage at the Silver Slipper

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1955
    Topics: Performing arts, Photography, Singers, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Silver Slipper
    Description: Christine Jorgensen, wearing a gown, sings into a microphone on stage at the Silver Slipper club in Las Vegas in 1955.

  200. 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.