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  1. April Ashley Backstage at Le Carrousel (1959)

     
    Collection: April Ashley Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1959
    Topics: Actors, Entertainers, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: April Ashley, Le Carrousel
  2. April Ashley Headshot (1956)

     
    Collection: April Ashley Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Actors, Entertainers, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: April Ashley
    Description: April Ashley is a British model, actress and jet-set socialite who became known as a regal trailblazer for transgender women.
  3. Christine Jorgensen with Frank in Naval Attire

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photographs, Trans women, Transsexual people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: The signature reads “To Frank – Thank you for letting me join your Harem. Christine.”
  4. Coccinelle for Alessandro Blasetti's Europa di notte (1959)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Avers Films
    Date: 1959
    Topics: Actors, French, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Coccinelle, Europa di notte, European Nights
    Description: Coccinelle posing with clapperboard on the set of Europa di notte (European Nights).
  5. Coccinelle in Paris in Front of the Sacre Coeur

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1953? to 1975?
    Topics: Actors, Entertainers, French, Showgirls, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Coccinelle, Le Carrousel
    Description: Coccinelle in front of the Sacre Coeur in Paris. This is near Le Carrousel, a place she performed.
  6. Coccinelle Posing in Studded Bralet

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1952? to 1959?
    Topics: Actors, Entertainers, French, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Coccinelle
    Description: This image could possibly be from the film Europa di notte (1959,) but we are not certain.
  7. Dual Portrait of Tamara Rees (November 22, 1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press International
    Date: Nov. 22, 1954
    Topics: LGBTQ+ newspapers, Military, MtFs, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Robert Egan Rees, Tamara Adel Rees
    Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object, on a separate sheet of paper than the photographs: "NXP53-11/8-NEW YORK:Robert Egan Rees shown at left as a decorated paratrooper during W...
  8. Georgina Turtle at Work

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1948? to 1959?
    Topics: Dental offices, Intersex people, Transsexual people, Work
    Subject: Georgina Carol Turtle
    Description: Georgina Turtle taking an x-ray of a patient in a dental office.
  9. Georgina Turtle Displaying Her Wardrobe

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1950? to 1965?
    Topics: Dresses, Intersex people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Georgina Carol Turtle
  10. Georgina Turtle Playing the Piano

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1950? to 1957?
    Topics: Intersex people, Piano, Transsexual people
    Subject: Georgina Carol Turtle
  11. 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...
  12. 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.
  13. Roberta Cowell and Friend Shopping in French Market (April 22, 1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 22, 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Shopping, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
    Description: Transas City notes that the date attributed to this object is in question.
  14. Roberta Cowell and Lisa Morrell in Cab in Nice (1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Lisa Morrell, Roberta Cowell
    Description: According to the Transas City site: "From the back of the photograph: THE GIRL ALL THE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT RESTS IN THE SUNSHINE AT NICE. On the Promenade des Anglais, Roberta and her comp...
  15. Roberta Cowell and Lisa Morrell in Nice (1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Lisa Morrell, Picture Post, Roberta Cowell
    Description: From the Transas City Website: "Roberta Cowell in Nice, 1954, looking at her cover article on Picture Post. From the back of the photograph: ME ON THE COVER. ' Picture Post, with my story in ...