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  1. A sailor holds hands with a man in elaborate drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1999?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A naval officer holds hand with a man in an exotic dancer's costume. Location unidentified.
  2. Alison Laing Renaissance Name Tag

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics:  
    Subject: Alison Laing, Renaissance News
    Description: Rectangular pin with a picture of Mona Lisa with the words "Renaissance" and "Alison" and a pin of the Liberty Bell attached with a red ribbon. This may have been a name tag from a Renaissance even...
  3. America's Foremost Female Impersonators

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 15, 1953
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag queens, Night life
    Subject: Lee Leonard, Robin Raye
  4. Ask Me About Renaissance Pin

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Buttons
    Subject: Alison Laing, Renaissance News
    Description: Pin with Alison Laing's name and "Ask Me About Renaissance"
  5. Books

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Block, Martin
    Date: Aug. 1953
    Topics: Crossdressers, Electroshock therapy, Homosexuality, Lesbians
    Subject: Freud, Gordon Westwood, Society and the Homosexual
  6. Brian and Kay Kendall Kiss in a Group Picture

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: Gay & Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA)
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Crossdressing, Kissing, Parties
    Subject: Brian Armino, Kay Kendall, Mrs. Mills
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: ‘The gang in Greenpoint at a party stage with the late Brian kissing Kay Kendall’, De Smidt Street’ : Mrs Mills...
  7. Brian at Fourth Beach (1)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: Gay & Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA)
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics:  
    Subject: Brian Armino
  8. Brian at Fourth Beach (2)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: Gay & Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA)
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Beaches
    Subject: Brian Armino
  9. Brian at Fourth Beach (3)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: Gay & Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA)
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Beaches
    Subject: Brian Armino
  10. Candid Shot of Bobby Barton, Eva Bors, Paris Todd, Robin Rodgers, and Unknown Girl

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to 2000
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Bobby Barton, Eva Bors, Paris Todd, Robin Rogers
  11. Cheerio Club Presents America's Foremost Female Impersonators

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 5, 1953
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag kings, Drag queens
    Subject: Lee Leonard, Robin Raye
  12. Christine Jorgensen and Sonia Henie

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1953
    Topics: Parties, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Sonia Henie
    Description: Christine Jorgensen, left, meets ice skater Sonia Henie (center), surrounded by a group of people in formal wear.
  13. 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).
  14. 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.
  15. Christine Jorgensen Listening to the Radio

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 10, 1953
    Topics: Photographs, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: This picture from Christine Jorgensen's trip to Havana, Cuba shows her sitting beside a dresser, tuning a radio.