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  1. Lucian Phelps Putting on Makeup

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 1973
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography, Singers
    Subject: Lucian Phelps
  2. 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...
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Miss Babe Bean

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 21, 1898
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressing
    Subject: Babe Bean
    Description: The Argus (Holbrook, Arizona)
  9. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Griffin-Gracy, Major, Lewis, AJ
    Date: Dec. 16, 2017
    Topics: Care, Clothing, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Law, Legal aid, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Organisations, Police, Prisons, Stigmatisation, Transgender people, Transgender prostitution, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Angels for Care, Christine Jorgensen, Griffin Gracy Historical Retreat and Resource Center, Harry Benjamin, Major Griffin-Gracy, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major, Sylvia Rivera, Tenderloin AIDs Resource Project, Trans Gender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project
    Description: In this interview, Miss Major talks about the culture of transwomen sex workers in New York City and Chicago during the 1960's through 1980's as well as her care-work and advocacy during the rise o...
  10. Mob Pursues Man in Woman's Dress

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 28, 1910
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Physical violence
    Subject: E. C. Heffner, H. F. Pederson, Joe Swanson, L. B. Delano, Tom Ferrell, Walter Waller
  11. Mona's Club Ashtray

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Mona's Club 440
    Date: 1940s
    Topics: Ashtrays, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Smoking
    Subject: Mona's Club, Mona's Club 440
  12. Mountain Charley

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Charley, Mountain
    Date: 1861
    Topics: Crossdressing, Frontier and pioneer life, Gender expression, Stealth
    Description: The autobiography of E. J. Guerin, AKA Mountain Charley, charting their thirteen years of life living as a man. The memoir follows Guerin's life as a young mother and wife, which is ruptured by the...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...