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  1. Five men dressed as women nabbed in Altadena cafe raid

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 1, 1954
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Police raids, Police stations
    Subject: Benny Zubiate, J. Noroy Bramblette, John D'Andrea, Robert W. Stewart, Tom Tuites

  2. 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...

  3. "Nun" showing support for Babs at Academy Awards

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1984
    Topics: Demonstrations, Drag, Nuns
    Subject: Academy Awards, Barbra Streisand, Eddie Murphy, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Yentl
    Description: A member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence protests that Barbra Streisand's film "Yentl" was not nominated for major categories for the 56th Academy Awards. The "nun" is holding a collection c...

  4. Performance of "La Cage Aux Folles"

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Ruebsamen, James
    Date: circa 1984
    Topics: Drag, Plays, Theatre
    Subject: La Cage Aux Folles
    Description: A man dressed in drag plays the role of Gypsy in "La Cage Aux Folles" at the Pantages in Hollywood.

  5. Policemen dressed as women for a stakeout

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 15, 1960
    Topics: Crossdressing, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Police officers, Undercover operations
    Subject: Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)
    Description: Members of the Los Angeles Police Department's robbery squad are shown dressed as women as part of an operation to catch a purse snatcher who murdered an elderly woman while she was on her way to c...

  6. Ray Bourbon arrested

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 4, 1955
    Topics: Arrests, Drunk driving, Female impersonators, Law, Night life, Police stations
    Subject: Ray Bourbon
    Description: Ray Bourbon, the veteran female impersonator now appearing at a Hollywood nightclub, was arrested on a drunk driving charge on March 4, 1955. Here he acts coy for the press in the Wilshire Police S...

  7. Ray Bourbon enters court

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1, 1956
    Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon
    Description: Wearing a black and white nylon dress, false eyelashes, heavy perfume and 5 o'clock shadow, Ray (or Rae) Bourbon enters Beverly Hills Municipal Court on August 1, 1956, to deny he (or she) was guil...

  8. Ray Bourbon leaves court

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1, 1956
    Topics: Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon
    Description: Ray Bourbon leaves Beverly Hills Municipal Court after arraignment August 1, 1956, on impersonating a woman.

  9. Streisand impersonator protests at Academy Awards

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Leonard, Gary
    Date: Mar. 21, 1994
    Topics: Crossdressing, Demonstrations, Directors
    Subject: Academy Awards, Barbra Streisand
    Description: A drag-queen impersonating Barbra Streisand holds up a sign, which reads "Will work for best director Oscar" outside the Shrine Auditorium during the Academy Awards. Photo dated: March 21, 1994.