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  1. Shalimar Performing in a Club

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1950?
    Topics: Entertainers, Nightclubs, Trans women
    Subject: Shalimar
  2. "Sheila Take a Bow" single cover

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1971
    Topics: Trans women
    Subject: Album Artwork, Candy Darling, The Smiths
    Description: A close-up of a still image of Candy Darling in the Andy Warhol movie, "Women in Revolt" was used as the cover of the 1987 single “Sheila Take a Bow” by The Smiths.
  3. Shock Staggers Mother of Son Who Changed Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Markson, Robert J.
    Date: Nov. 10, 1954
    Topics: Acceptance, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Military, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Social norms
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees
  4. Shona Works on Project at Desk

     
    Collection: "As a Woman" by Barry Kay
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Kay, Barry
    Date: 1974 to 1975
    Topics: MtFs, Trans women, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Shona
  5. Shot Female Impersonator: Negro in Woman's Garb Slashes Policemen and Is Killed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 22, 1908
    Topics: Black people, Clothing, Female impersonators, Mass media, Police, Race relations, Violence
    Subject: George Thompson
  6. 'Silly Kid' Tries to Dupe Sleuths: "Female Impersonator" Objects to Being Arrested by Men Not in Uniform

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 18, 1908
    Topics: Actors, Arrests, Courts, Female impersonators, Harassment, Police, Theatre
    Subject: Jean D'Arville
  7. Simmon's and Slocum's Minstrels

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Evansville Courier & Press
    Date: Feb. 8, 1877
    Topics: Black people, Dance, Dancers, Female impersonators, Minstrel shows, Theatre, Theatre groups
    Subject: W. Henry Rice
  8. Singer Makes Big Switch

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Reuters Agency, Ltd.
    Date: Dec. 11, 1961
    Topics: Courts, Female impersonators, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Legal status, Singers
  9. Sir Lady Java -- The Lady is a Man

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discos, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows, Transgender people
    Subject: Memory Lane Supper Club, Sir Lady Java
  10. Sir Lady Java Promo Card

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Advertisements, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows, Transgender people
    Subject: Sir Lady Java
  11. Sir Lady Java Proudly Presents The Pre Halloween Ball of the Year

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1969
    Topics: Drag balls, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture)
    Subject: Jimmy Thompon, Sam Green, Sir Lady Java, The Tempting Harts
  12. 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.
  13. Sister of Transsexual Bears Baby Boy for Her

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Seattle Daily Times
    Date: Jan. 17, 1981
    Topics: Artificial insemination, Childbirth, Children, Pregnancy, Transsexual people
    Subject: Barry Lew, Bobbie Lea Bennett
  14. Six Years for Harry Mortimer: The Nimble-Fingered Female Impersonator Must Go to Prison

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Inter Ocean
    Date: Oct. 19, 1895
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Body adornment, Courts, Female impersonators, Police, Sentencing
    Subject: Harry Mortimer
  15. Skip Arnold with Esther Newton (1966)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1966
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Writers
    Subject: Esther Newton, Skip Arnold
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.