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  1. Kewpie Prepares to go to a Party

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: Gay & Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA)
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1955 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Crossdressing, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie

  2. Kewpie with 5 Friends on Christmas

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: Gay & Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA)
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Christmas, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Public facilities
    Subject: Kewpie, Leslie Caron
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: 'Neighbour, Carmen, Cora, Olivia (Mrs Vi), Kewpie and Bardot (front) in Rutgers Street on Christmas Day.'

  3. Kewpie with Brian's nephew

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: Gay & Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA)
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Beauty operators, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Public facilities
    Subject: Kewpie

  4. Kiwanis Vanities of 1955

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Rockwell, Norman
    Date: 1955?
    Topics: Female impersonators, Theater
    Subject: Kiwanis Vanities, Norman Rockwell
    Description: Poster for what appears to be a drag show illustrated by Norman Rockwell.

  5. LA Police Seek Tamara, ExGI Turned Woman, For Checks

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press
    Date: Aug. 19, 1955
    Topics: Check fraud, Gender realignment surgery, Police, Theatre
    Subject: Hollywood Burlesque Theater, J.E. Courtland, Tamara Adele Rees Courtland

  6. LA Promoter Sues Tamara, Charges Contract Breach

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Aug. 4, 1955
    Topics: Army, Gender realignment surgery, Law, Marriage, Theatre
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, R. Russell Moore, Tamara Rees Courtland

  7. Ladies-- His Gowns Will Simply Slay You

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Finocchio's Club
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Finocchio's Club, Tex Hendrix

  8. Lavender lads make woo! woo! Hallowe'en eve

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag balls, Drag queens, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender)
    Description: A newspaper article describing a queer celebration, focusing on the drag performers

  9. Laverne Cummings (7)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1969
    Topics: Crossdressing, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Laverne Cummings

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. Man-Turned-Girl Held in Forgery

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Aug. 28, 1955
    Topics: Bail, Forgery, Gender realignment surgery, Jails, Theatre
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees

  13. Mary VanderWall Being Kissed on the Cheek

     
    Collection: Rex Maniscalco Collection of Bobby Smith Photographs
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1979
    Topics: Clothing, Evening gowns, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people
    Subject: Mary VanderWall
    Description: Mary VanderWall, wearing a maid outfit, being kissed on the cheek by another person wearing a long dress and dark-colored hat.

  14. Men in drag at Club My-O-My, New Orleans. Colour process print, 195-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to 1959?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A publicity card for Club My-O-My in the French Quarter of New Orleans, which was in operation from ca. 1930 until it was destroyed by fire in 1972. The club presented cross-dressed 'glamor drag' a...

  15. Men in drag at Club My-O-My, New Orleans. Colour process print, 195-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to 1959?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A publicity card for Club My-O-My in the French Quarter of New Orleans, which was in operation from ca. 1930 until it was destroyed by fire in 1972. The club presented cross-dressed 'glamor drag' a...