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Woman holding microphone
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Winners of the Empress Ball
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"Who is Sir Lady Java?"
Collection: Informational and Event Brochures Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1967 to circa 1970 Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Discrimination, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, LGBTQ+ people of color, Physical characteristics, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transphobia Subject: Archille P. DeVille, Sir Lady Java Description: Pages 2-4 can be accessed with the relation links -
Wayne Dressed Up for Halloween on Castro Street in 1976
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library Creator: Date: 1976 Topics: Drag, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Photography, Public facilities Subject: Castro Café Description: Wayne (last name unknown). Halloween 1976 at the Castro Café, on Castro Street near 18th. -
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." -
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... -
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... -
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." -
Unknown Female Impersonator Staring at the Camera
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Unknown Female Impersonator Posing at San Quentin Prison
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Unknown Female Impersonator at San Quentin Prison
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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." -
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." -
Unknown Dancer in San Quentin Prison
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Two Unknown Female Impersonators Smiling at The Camera
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Two Unknown Female Impersonators Kicking Their Legs
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Two Unknown Female Impersonators Hugging Each Other at San Quentin Prison
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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." -
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 ... -
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... -
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." -
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." -
Two Men Dressed in Drag Costumes Posing on Castro Street
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Two men dressed in drag arrested
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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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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 ... -
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... -
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 ... -
Tamara Rees Photographs
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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... -
Sylvester the Disco Diva in 1976 During Halloween in the Castro
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library Creator: Date: 1976 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Gay men, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), LGBTQ+ people of color, Photography, Public facilities Subject: Sylvester the Disco Diva Description: Sylvester the Disco Diva is on the right. 1976 Halloween in the Castro. Person on the left is unknown. -
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. -
Streisand impersonator protests at Academy Awards
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Leonard, Gary Date: Mar. 21, 1994 Topics: Crossdressing, Demonstrations, Directors Subject: Academy Awards, Barbra Streisand Description: A drag-queen impersonating Barbra Streisand holds up a sign, which reads "Will work for best director Oscar" outside the Shrine Auditorium during the Academy Awards. Photo dated: March 21, 1994. -
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... -
Stage entertainment with musicians and male dancer in female dress, San Quentin Little Olympics Field Meet, 1930
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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... -
Stage entertainment, including a male dancer in female dress, San Quentin Little Olympics Field Meet, 1930
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Stage entertainment, featuring a male dancer in female dress, San Quentin Little Olympics Field Meet, 1930
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Staff from Club Universe in Dolores Park in 1994
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library Creator: Date: 1994 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, LGBTQ+ people of color, Parks, Photography, Transgender people of color Subject: Club Universe -
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
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Sister Phatima La Van Dyke Van Dice and Sister Sistah
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library Creator: Date: Dec. 1995 Topics: Christmas, Drag, Gay men, Photography, Shops Subject: Phatima La Van Dyke Van Dice, Sister Sistah Description: Sister Phatima La Van Dyke Van Dice and Sister Sistah (Donor’s drag daughter) as shop girl hostesses at Under One Roof gift shop for AIDS on Market Street. December 1995. -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Sir Lady Java with Redd Foxx
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Oct. 21, 1967 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Civil rights, Demonstrations, Ethnic groups, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transgender rights Subject: Redd Foxx, Redd Foxx Club, Sir Lady Java Description: This photograph displays Sir Lady Java and Redd Foxx standing in front of other protestors, holding a sign which reads, "Java vs. Right to Work" in front of the Redd Foxx club. -
SF Gay Pride + HAI Party + Misc – June 1997
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Date: 1997 Topics: LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, Parades, Transgender community Subject: Ariadne Kane Description: These are photographs from June 1997, including the SF Gay Pride and HAI party. -
Sex-Changed Bride Awaits Curtain Call
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[Scrapbook #1]
Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Cabaret, Crimes, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gender realignment surgery, Hairdressers, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Hormone therapy, Intersex, Law, LGBTQ+ people of color, Lingerie, Mardi gras, Military, Rape, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transsexual people Subject: Ava-Graph films, Avis, Baby Martell, Bambi, Beryl Kaye, Billy Richards, Brandy Alexander, Bunny Lake, Caprice, Capucine, Carroll Baker, Catherine Millinaire, Chickee Ramos, Chris Moore, Chris Scarlet, Claudio Gora, Claudis Williams, Clifford Cayer, Coccinelle, Coleen Dewhurst, Dale Roberts, Daniel Emilfork, Danny Dan, Danny La Rue, Diana Dors, Dianna Adams, Donna Mae, Edith Le Bec, Edna Barge, Edward Lloyd Jr., Emilio Tellez, Female Mimics (FM), Florence Robinson, Gabriel Jabour, Gary Lynn, Gene Chandler, George Schroeders, Gigi Duval, Ginger Halliday, Harvey Lee, Holli White, Jack Murphy, Jackie King, Jacques Audiberti, Jacques Dufilho, James Butler, James Lapossie, James Louis Law, Jan Britton, Jay Stevenson, Jean Aron, Jinx Austin, Joe Baker, Joe Chandler, John Hooton, Joie Tone, Keni Harlowe, Kiki Moustic, Kitt Rogers, La Poupee, La Rey, Lena Sibya, Leslie Carroll, Leslie Douglas Ashley, Lonnie Carrol, Marilyn Marks, Mark Vickers, Maurice Fitzgerald, Michael Angelo Cournoyer, Michael Gerula, Michel de Re, Micki La Marr, Mischelle, Paul Gilbert, Paul Raymond, Peaches, Ramonita, Richard Kay, Richard Porter, Ricky Renee, Robbi Ross, Robin Roberts, Robin Rogers, Robin Sanchel, RoseMary Sheehan, Sacha Pitoeff, Shannon Elder, Sonné Teal, Suzy Day, Sylvia, Tammy Kaye, Terry Durham, Terry Fontaine, Tina Marsh, Tobi Marsh, Tommie Osborne, Tommy Dee, Toni Del Rey, Toni Lee, Trini Seville, Val Avery, Vicki Monroe, Vinnie Sommers, Windy Starr, Zambella, Zbigniew Cybulski -
Scrap Heap
Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Cabaret, Childhood, Children of transgender people, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Drag balls, Drag queens, Family members, Fatherhood, Femininities, Gender, Gender realignment surgery, Hard drugs, Hormone therapy, Marriage, Masculinities, Methodism, Military, Motherhood, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Police raids, Prisons, Sex education, Transgender people, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Upbringing Subject: Acers O'Reilly, Bambi Pruvot, Barney Conners, Billie Devoe, Billie Herraro, Bobbe Drake, Bobbie Johnson, Bobby Raye, Carmen Navarro, Carol Anne Masters, Charles Becker, Charles McLeod, Charlotte Heidal, Chickie Rouchez, Christine Jorgensen, Chunga Ochoa, Claude Andrea, Coccinelle, Dale Leslie, Dale Roberts, Dave Warner, Del Le Roy, Don Miles, Dori D'or, Fran Novak, Gaby Delane, Gambi, Gene Chandler, George Burns, Georgina Turtle, Giorgio Montana O'Brien, Guilda, Harry Weber, Harvey Lee, Howard Knox, Jack Benny, Jackie Gordon, Jackie Hayes, Jackie Maye, James Courtland, Jan Britton, Jene Korday, Joe Pheasant, John Marsh, Johnny Mangum, Jon Jay, Kara Montez, Katy Jurado, Keith O'Neil, Keni Blair, Keni Renard, Kenneth Lynn, Laurie Knight, Laverne Baker, Le Belle Bambi, Leon Le Verde, Leslie Parker, Lestra La Monte, Leverne Cummings, Libby Reynolds, Lucrece, Lynne Carter, Mae West, Marcella, Mario Costello, Mei Lanfang, Miss Harvey, Mr. Ricky Renee, New York Civil Liberties Union, Nicki Gallucci, Phil Black, Poppy Lane, Poppy Smith, Ramonita Vargas, Ray Bourbon, Rene Saintrapt, Ricki Raymonde, Roberta Elizabeth Cowell, Sandy Rogers, Shalimar, Tamara Reese, Tanya Del Ray, Teddy Tutt, Tod Allen, Tommy Hendrix, Tony Midnite, Vernon Hoff, Vickie Lynn, Wanda Pierys, Zambella, Zuidema -
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 ... -
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." -
Red Cross Nurse Aiding Smiling Patient
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Recipient of Testimony of Spirit Award
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library Creator: Date: 1999 Topics: AIDS activists, Awards, MtFs, Photography, Transgender people Description: Donor at Testimony of Spirit Award 1999 City Hall San Francisco “For the past twelve years, (donor) has been a tireless advocate for the transgendered and HIV/AIDS communities. She has hosted garag... -
Ray Bourbon leaves court
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Aug. 1, 1956 Topics: Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon Description: Ray Bourbon leaves Beverly Hills Municipal Court after arraignment August 1, 1956, on impersonating a woman. -
Ray Bourbon enters court
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Aug. 1, 1956 Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon Description: Wearing a black and white nylon dress, false eyelashes, heavy perfume and 5 o'clock shadow, Ray (or Rae) Bourbon enters Beverly Hills Municipal Court on August 1, 1956, to deny he (or she) was guil... -
Ray Bourbon arrested
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Mar. 4, 1955 Topics: Arrests, Drunk driving, Female impersonators, Law, Night life, Police stations Subject: Ray Bourbon Description: Ray Bourbon, the veteran female impersonator now appearing at a Hollywood nightclub, was arrested on a drunk driving charge on March 4, 1955. Here he acts coy for the press in the Wilshire Police S... -
Quintette of Activists in Drag
Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: Rocco, Pat Date: circa 1971 Topics: Drag shows, Gay activists Description: From the back of the photograph: "That infamous 'drag' quintette photo (at a fundrasier)." The people are from left to right: Jim Kepner, Reverend Troy Perry, Morris Kight, Gerald Strickland, and D... -
Queen and King of the May Festival
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Psychedelic Drag, a Cowgirl, and Luella in a Stole on Halloween, 1970
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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... -
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... -
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... -
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 ... -
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... -
Portrait of Robbie Ross (4)
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Portrait of Nicki Gallucci (1)
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Portrait of Lucian
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Portrait of Harvey Lee (13)
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Portrait of Bobby Jonson (2)
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Portrait of Bobby Jonson (1)
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Policemen dressed as women for a stakeout
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Oct. 15, 1960 Topics: Crossdressing, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Police officers, Undercover operations Subject: Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Description: Members of the Los Angeles Police Department's robbery squad are shown dressed as women as part of an operation to catch a purse snatcher who murdered an elderly woman while she was on her way to c... -
Photographs of People in Colorful Outfits at a Pride Event in Los Angeles
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1978 to 1979 Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Gay pride, LGBTQ+ events, QTPOC Description: Two photographs of people attending Los Angeles Pride. The people depicted are wearing colorful outfits and appear to be dancing. -
Photograph of Tamara Edel Rees
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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... -
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... -
Performance of "La Cage Aux Folles"
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People Dressed up for Gay Pride Parade
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library Creator: Date: circa 1988 to 1992 Topics: Celebrations, Drag queens, Gay pride, Photography, Public facilities Description: Late 1980s, early 1990s, San Francisco pre-gay pride parade, staging area at the south of Market. -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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... -
"Nun" showing support for Babs at Academy Awards
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: 1984 Topics: Demonstrations, Drag, Nuns Subject: Academy Awards, Barbra Streisand, Eddie Murphy, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Yentl Description: A member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence protests that Barbra Streisand's film "Yentl" was not nominated for major categories for the 56th Academy Awards. The "nun" is holding a collection c... -
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... -
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... -
Morris Kight, Jim Kepner, and Troy Perry
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Mexican American boy dressed as girl
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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. -
Men in Costume, Vertigo Nightclub
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Men Dressed Up for a Halloween Party at the Hideaway Bar
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library Creator: Date: circa 1960 to 1961 Topics: Bars, Drag, Gay men, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Halloween costumes, Night life, Parties, Photography Description: Hideaway Halloween Party, 1960 or 1961. People in photo are: unidentified; Jack - “Tallulah;” Billy; unidentified; Jack; sitting down is donor, Hank. -
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. -
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. -
Male performer in female dress, dancing on stage, San Quentin Little Olympics Field Meet, 1930
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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... -
Lucian Phelps Putting on Makeup
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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.