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  1. Unidentified Person Smoking, Early 1900s

     
    Collection: Kentucky History
    Institution: Faulkner Morgan Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1900s
    Topics: Photography, Smoking
  2. Unknown femme and man standing behind sitting femme in black and white dress

     
    Collection: Francis Hill Photograph Albums
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1940 to 1959
    Topics: LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people
    Description: Photograph of unknown femme with white hairpiece and man standing behind sitting femme in black and white polka dot and striped dress. The camera appears to be taking a photo from a low angle.
  3. Unknown femme in costume

     
    Collection: Francis Hill Photograph Albums
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1940 to 1959
    Topics:  
    Description: Photograph of a femme wearing a lacy white costume with floral details holding flowers on stage in a basement.
  4. Unknown femme in evening gown, and feathers in hand

     
    Collection: Francis Hill Photograph Albums
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1940 to 1959
    Topics: LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people
    Description: Photograph of unknown femme in a black velvet open-leg evening gown, and feathers in gloved hands. She is leaning on a table.
  5. Unknown femme looking at hand mirror in living room

     
    Collection: Francis Hill Photograph Albums
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1940 to circa 1959
    Topics: LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people
    Description: Photograph of unknown femme in black half sleeve midi dress holding up a compact mirror to adjust hair in the middle of a living room. The room also features a square TV, large rolling piano, and l...
  6. Victor with puppy, named Lady, sitting on a porch

     
    Collection: Francis Hill Photograph Albums
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1955
    Topics: LGBTQ+ people
    Description: Photograph of Victor sitting on the railing of the front porch of a house holding a dog in his lap named Lady
  7. Victoria Fernandez in buttoned shirt with companion

     
    Collection: Victoria Fernandez/Vicki Starr Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1955
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Strippers, Trans women
    Description: A photobooth strip showing a young Victoria Fernandez with a companion. Victoria Fernandez, who performed as Vicki Starr, was a Puerto Rican trans woman best known for dancing in San Francisco's...
  8. Victoria Fernandez in profile with companion

     
    Collection: Victoria Fernandez/Vicki Starr Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1955
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Strippers, Trans women
    Description: Victoria Fernandez poses in profile with a companion, with a landscape with palm trees in the background. Victoria Fernandez, who performed as Vicki Starr, was a Puerto Rican trans woman best kn...
  9. Victoria Fernandez in striped shirt with companion

     
    Collection: Victoria Fernandez/Vicki Starr Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1955
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Strippers, Trans women
    Description: A photobooth strip showing a young Victoria Fernandez in a striped shirt with a companion. Victoria Fernandez, who performed as Vicki Starr, was a Puerto Rican trans woman best known for dancin...
  10. Victoria Fernandez in suit

     
    Collection: Victoria Fernandez/Vicki Starr Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1955
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Strippers, Trans women
    Description: A young Victoria Fernandez in a suit, tie, and makeup. Victoria Fernandez, who performed as Vicki Starr, was a Puerto Rican trans woman best known for dancing in San Francisco's topless clubs du...
  11. Walter Hart Scrapbook

     
    Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Hart, Walter
    Date: circa 1930 to 1978
    Topics: Comedians, Drag performers, Drag shows, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ musicians, Mothers of LGBTQ+ people, Revues, World War, 1939-1945
    Subject: Club 365, Finocchio's Club, Frank Doran, Freddy Renault, Gay Nineties, Ida Re'Velle, Jackie Maye, La Fiesta, Mae West, Music Box Theatre, Nicki Gallucci, Ray Bourbon, Sophie Tucker, Walter Hart
    Description: This scrapbook documents the career and social life of Walter Hart, a female impersonator who headlined at Finocchio's nightclub in San Francisco between the 1930s and 1950s. Scrapbook pages includ...
  12. We're Not a Danger to Your Family. We Are Your Family!

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1900s
    Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Families, LGBTI community, Pink triangles
    Description: Blue circular button with upside-down rainbow triangle. Text: "We're not a danger to your family. WE ARE YOUR FAMILY!" Ruler also pictured for scale.
  13. What Is the International Alliance for Male Feminism?

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1951 to 1978
    Topics: Crossdressers, Eonist people, Femininities, Partners of crossdressers, Transgender people, Transvestites
    Subject: International Alliance for Male Feminism (IAMF), Journal of Male Feminism
    Description: A document that outlines the mission of and membership requirements for The International Alliance for Male Feminism.
  14. Whoops my dear!

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950? to 1980?
    Topics: Homophobia, Persecution of gay men, Sexual offenses laws
  15. Wilhelmina (Willy) at the Trafalgar Baths

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Gender minorities, Public facilities
    Subject: Wilhelmina
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: At the Trafalgar Baths. ‘Willy’ (Wilhelmina) ‘She was a strooi meisie …you know working on the road’.