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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. -
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. -
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... -
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 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...