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  1. Leon LaVerde Poses in Ballet Attire

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950
    Topics: Ballet, Crossdressing, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Jewel Box Revue, Leon La Verde, Leon LaVerde, Mr. Leon Leverde
    Description: Description on bottom of page: "Mr. Leon Leverde Started in show business at the age of six with his mother and dad and has played every important theatre in the world. Is considered the country's...

  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. Sunday Punch at Camp Polk

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1951
    Topics: Army, Crossdressing, Performance art
    Description: A "Sunday Punch" performance at Service Club #1 at Camp Polk, Louisianna. The event was played to a capacity crowd of "nearly 800 enthusiastic serviemen." Edgar Sandifer is second from the left. 1951.

  4. County Woman Kills Herself

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Manistee News Advocate
    Date: Jan. 29, 1951
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Death and dying, FtMs, LGBTQ+ newspapers, Suicide
    Subject: Axel Pederson, John A. Dehorn, Melbourne Beebe, Myrtle Mapes, Thomas Oliver Mapes
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide. The text reads: "COUNTY WOMAN KILLS HERSELF Muskegon, Mich- (U.P.) - Authorities reported today a 29-ye...

  5. David Hummel as Beatrice Kay

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1953
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: David Hummel

  6. Club My-O-My Postcard (1)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Waters, Pat
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: Clubs, Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Subject: Club My-O-My, Pat Waters
    Description: A postcard advertising Club MY-O-MY with an image of the club members in ballroom gowns.

  7. Club My-O-My Postcard (2)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Waters, Pat
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: Clubs, Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Subject: Club My-O-My, Pat Waters
    Description: A postcard advertising Club MY-O-MY with an image of the club members in ballroom gowns.

  8. Club My-O-My Postcard (3)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Waters, Pat
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: Clubs, Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Subject: Club My-O-My, Pat Waters
    Description: A postcard which reads, "Pat Waters World Famous My-O-My Club" beneath an image of a performance.

  9. Portrait of Lucian

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Lucian

  10. Portrait of Mickey Marlowe

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to 1959?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Mickey Marlowe

  11. Portrait of Robbie Ross (2)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to 1959
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Robbie Ross

  12. 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

  13. Robbie Ross in a Jewel Box Revue Production

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography, Theatre shows
    Subject: Jewel Box Revue, Robbie Ross

  14. Posing in feminine dress

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1957
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression
    Description: This photograph was part of a set that was deemed inappropriate by a photo shop in Philadelphia and never returned to the customer.

  15. Man or Woman?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Mr. Magazine
    Date: Mar. 1957
    Topics: Crossdressing, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture)

  16. Niki Gordon and an Unidentified Person

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1958
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Niki Gordon

  17. Niki Gordon and Three Unidentified Performers on Stage

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1958
    Topics: Crossdressing, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Niki Gordon

  18. Portrait of Niki Gordon (2)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1958
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Niki Gordon

  19. Portrait of Niki Gordon (3)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1958
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Niki Gordon

  20. Portrait of Robbie Ross (4)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1959
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Robbie Ross

  21. 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...

  22. A Photograph of Two People Posing Outside

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1961?
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle Photo Album, The Playgirl Club
    Description: Two people associated with the Playgirl Club posing together outside, standing in front of trees.

  23. Transvestia, vol. 2 no. 8

     
    Collection: Transvestia
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1961
    Topics: Crossdressing, Hair removal, Pantomime, Transfeminine people, Transvestism
    Subject: Achilles, Chevalier D'eon Resort, Susanna Valenti

  24. A Photograph of Felicity Chandelle in a Blue Velvet Dress

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 14, 1961
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle, Felicity Chandelle Photo Album
    Description: A photograph of Felicity Chandelle on stage, wearing a blue velvet dress, a beaded shawl, and gloves.

  25. A Photograph of Felicity Chandelle in a Blue Velvet Dress and Fur

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 14, 1961
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle, Felicity Chandelle Photo Album
    Description: A photograph of Felicity Chandelle on stage, wearing a blue velvet dress. a fur jacket, and gloves.

  26. A Photograph of Karen, Lee, Pamela, and Suzanna with Captain John Miller

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 12, 1961
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle Photo Album, John MacDonald Miller, The Playgirl Club
    Description: A photograph of Karen, John Miller, Lee, and Pamela standing with their arms linked and Suzanna posed on the floor in front of them. Captain John Miller, who also went by Felicity Chandelle, is wea...

  27. A Photograph of Pamela Holding a Cigarette

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 12, 1961
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle Photo Album, The Playgirl Club
    Description: A photograph of Pamela, a visitor from Montreal, standing in a black skirt, white blouse, and red belt, holding a cigarette at the first party of the Playgirl Club.

  28. A Photograph of Pamela, Karen, and Lee

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 12, 1961
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle Photo Album, The Playgirl Club
    Description: A Photograph of Pamela, Karen, and Lee sitting at a dining table. The back someone's head is visible sitting across from them.

  29. A Photograph of Playgirl Club Members at a Dining Table

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 12, 1961
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle Photo Album, The Playgirl Club
    Description: A black and white photograph of Playgirl Club members arranged around a dining table at the first house party. Pictured from left to right: Felicity, Doctor, Karen, Suzanna, Lee, Marie, Ken, Pat.

  30. A Photograph of Playgirl Club Members Seated Together

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 12, 1961
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle Photo Album, The Playgirl Club
    Description: A photograph of Playgirl Club members Felicity, Karen, Vicki, Pamela, Lee, Nick, Pat, Marie, and Suzanna (left to right) seated together at the first house party.

  31. A Photograph of Vicki

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 12, 1961
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle Photo Album, The Playgirl Club
    Description: A photograph of Vicki standing by a fireplace in a black cocktail dress.

  32. A Photograph of Vicki Seated

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 12, 1961
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle Photo Album, The Playgirl Club
    Description: A photograph of Vicki posed sitting on the floor with her skirt fanned out around her.

  33. Photographs of Playgirl Club Members at a Dining Table

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 12, 1961
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle Photo Album, The Playgirl Club
    Description: Photographs of Playgirl Club members arranged around a dining table at the first house party.

  34. Photographs of Vicki and Suzanna

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 12, 1961
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle Photo Album, The Playgirl Club
    Description: Photographs of Vicki and Suzanna standing by a staircase. Vicki is wearing a maid's outfit.

  35. Group Photo at the 82 Club (1)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1962?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: 82 Club, Alice Miller, Bill Hughes, Bobbi Day, Chris Ames, Frankie Quinn, George Roth, Hans Crystal, Jackie Maye, Jan Taylor, Jo Vaughan, Kim August, Lynn Roberts, Phillip Cross, Rene Del Rio, Sandy Rogers, Terry Noel, The Great Rubay, Toby Marsh, Vickie Lynn

  36. Group Photo at the State Bar

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1962
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Jackie Daye, Jerri Daye, Jerry Daye, Melva Earhart
    Description: From left to right: Jerry Daye, Melva Earhart (owner of State Bar in Flint, Michigan), unknown, Jackie Daye.

  37. A Photograph of Felicity Chandelle in a Pink Dress

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 6, 1962
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle, Felicity Chandelle Photo Album
    Description: A photograph of Felicity Chandelle posing in front of I. Miller Shoe Store on 5th Avenue.

  38. A Photograph of Felicity Chandelle in a Fur Coat

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 9, 1962
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle, Felicity Chandelle Photo Album
    Description: A photograph of Felicity Chandelle modeling a fur coat in front of the Biltmore Theater. It is noted on the back of the photo that it was 85 degrees outside when the photo was taken.

  39. A Photograph of Felicity Chandelle in a Fur Neckpiece

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 9, 1962
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle, Felicity Chandelle Photo Album
    Description: A photograph of Felicity Chandelle modeling a Stone Marten fur neckpiece in front of the Biltmore Theater.

  40. A Photograph of Felicity Chandelle in front of a Store Window

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 9, 1962
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle, Felicity Chandelle Photo Album
    Description: A photograph of Felicity Chandelle in front of a store window. A tile on the wall behind her reads "Tailored Women."

  41. A Photograph of Felicity Chandelle in front of Best & Co.

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 9, 1962
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle, Felicity Chandelle Photo Album
    Description: A photograph of Felicity Chandelle standing in front of a Best & Co. store window holding a parcel.

  42. Female Mimics Premiere Issue

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
    Creator: Selbee Associates, Inc.
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Actors, Appearance, BIPOC, Comedy, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Femininities, History, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Photographic models, Sexuality, Social role, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: 82 Club, Bambi, Burma, Carlson Wade, Christine Jorgensen, Jack Lemmon, Jackie Maye, Jewel Box Revue, Kim August, Kitt Russell, Le Carrousel, Lou Pearson, Marilyn Marks, Merry Madhouse, Ranchito Escondido, Ray Leen, Shalimar, Sone Teal, T.C. Jones, Tanya, The Princeton Triangle, Tony Curtis

  43. Female Mimics Vol. 1 No. 3

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Selbee Associates, Inc.
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Art Students League Ball, Chez Moune, Patricia Ann Morgan, Pudgy Roberts, Rex Huntington, Terry Noel, Toby Marsh
    Description: On item cover: "The world's foremost female impersonators." ; Contents: How I changed my sex -- Steins and stags -- Terry the tantalizing -- A stitch in time -- The balls that made N.Y. flip -- Hap...

  44. Letters from Female Impersonators Vol. 13

     
    Collection: Letters from Female Impersonators
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Nutrix Co.
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Passing (Gender), Photography
    Subject: Christina DuBois, Coccinelle, European Nights, Jewel Box Revue, Leila Lorin

  45. Letters from Female Impersonators Vol. 15

     
    Collection: Letters from Female Impersonators
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Nutrix Co.
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender realignment surgery, Jewelry, Passing (Gender), Photographic models, Photography, Public facilities
    Subject: Kim August

  46. Of Many Things, of Cabbages and Queens (8/1/1963)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1, 1963
    Topics: Crossdressing, Gay men, Gender realignment surgery, Homosexuality, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners
    Subject: EROS, Jaqueline Dufresnoy, John Browning, Samuel Barber, Sweedish National Radio

  47. From the Land of Poi

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: McIntire, W.E.G.
    Date: Sep. 1963
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag, Homosexuality, Law
    Subject: Neil Abercrombie

  48. South of the Border

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: McIntire, W.E.G.
    Date: Sep. 1, 1963
    Topics: Arrests, Crimes, Criminal law, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gay men, Hormones, Immigration, Media, Police

  49. Homosexuality in the News

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: McIntire, W.E.G.
    Date: Dec. 1, 1963
    Topics: Courts, Crossdressing, Police
    Subject: People vs. Martin
    Description: See right column for a relevant section from the Washington Daily News.

  50. Transvestia vol. 3 no. 24

     
    Collection: Transvestia
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1963
    Topics: Crossdressing, Sexology, Transfeminine people, Transsexualism
    Subject: City of Night, Elizabeth Kimberly Belvedere Hughes, John Rechy, Sexology