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  1. 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...

  2. Performer Exiting a Stage

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Music--Performance, Theater
    Description: A black performer poses for a photograph near a stage as she smiles, holding one arm out and holding up the skirt of her dress.

  3. Performer in Front of a Band

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag queens, Evening gowns, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Music--Performance, Singing, Theater
    Description: A black person wearing a silk dress and gloves performs on stage with a band.

  4. Person Wearing an Apron

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1979
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people of color
    Description: A black person stands in a bedroom, wearing an apron and drinking.

  5. Portrait of a Person with a White Necklace and Earrings

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1979
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people of color
    Description: A close-up photograph of a black person who is wearing a dark-colored top, as well as a white necklace and earrings.

  6. Sweet Evening Breeze, Early 1950s

     
    Collection: Kentucky History
    Institution: Faulkner Morgan Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Photography, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Sweet Evening Breeze
    Description: Sweet Evening Breeze in a wedding gown poses while laying down on a couch.

  7. Sweets in Her Prall Street Home, Mid-1950s

     
    Collection: Kentucky History
    Institution: Faulkner Morgan Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Sweet Evening Breeze
    Description: Sweet Evening Breeze poses in a wedding gown in her Prall Street home in Lexington, Kentucky.

  8. Two People in a Bedroom, One Sitting, One Standing

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1970
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Clothing, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people of color
    Description: Two black people pose for a photograph in a bedroom; one, wearing a long white skirt, stands looking at the camera, while the second lounges on a bed and gazes at the other.

  9. Two People Pose in a Bedroom, One Sitting, One Standing

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1970
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Clothing, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people of color
    Description: Two people pose in a bedroom wearing dresses. One appears to be white, the other, a person of color.