Digital Transgender Archive

Search Results

Search Constraints

Search Results

  1. 44 Guys, Arrested As Dolls, Jam Court

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1962
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, Female impersonators
    Description: This is a newspaper clipping from the New York Post that describes an arrest of 44 men for "impersonating women."
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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."
  6. 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.
  7. A Poster of Holly Woodlawn

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1979
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Holly Woodlawn, Trude Heller's
    Description: Poster advertising Holly Woodlawn's appearances at Trude Heller's club in Greenwich Village.
  8. Cops Grab 44 in Dresses - And a Real Girl in Slacks

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1962
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, Female impersonators
    Description: This is a newspaper clipping from the New York Post that describes an arrest of 44 men for "impersonating women."
  9. 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
  10. 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...
  11. 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
  12. I Dreamt I Was Vice Squad Cruising in My Maidenform Bra

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Mcintire, Sal
    Date: Nov. 1, 1962
    Topics: Crossdressers, Employment discrimination, Police, Transphobia
    Subject: New York City Police Department
  13. Letters from Female Impersonators Vo. 12

     
    Collection: Letters from Female Impersonators
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Nutrix Co.
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Communities, Crossdressers, Drag, Femininities, Masculinities, Navy, Night life, Photography, Prejudices
  14. Letters from Female Impersonators Vol. 10

     
    Collection: Letters from Female Impersonators
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Nutrix Co.
    Date: 1962
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressers, Dancers, Drag, Exotic dancers, Femininities, Jewelry, Military, Military service, Night life, Passing (Gender), Photography, Work ethic
    Subject: Coccinelle, Jacques Dufresnay, Jewel Box Revue
  15. Letters from Female Impersonators Vol. 11

     
    Collection: Letters from Female Impersonators
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Nutrix Co.
    Date: 1962
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressers, Femininities, Law, Navy, Passing (Gender), Photography, Plays, Theatre
    Subject: Jene Chandler, Jewel Box Revue, Lissa G., Robin Rogers, Suli Montiel, Wilma D.