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Sailors in drag on S.S. Caronia. Photograph, 195-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1950 to 1959? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
Samantha and Yusuf on Rutgers Street
Collection: Kewpie Photographs Institution: GALA Queer Archive Creator: Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980 Topics: Gender minorities, Public facilities Subject: Samantha, Yusuf Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: Samantha ‘with a floor mat over her as a cape; in front of a car in Rutgers Street, Neighbour’s child, Yusuf (Ay... -
Sex-Changed Bride Awaits Curtain Call
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Jul. 29, 1955 Topics: Lectures, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, MtFs, Photographs, Theatre, Transgender parents, Veterans Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees -
Sex-Changed Dad Wed to Widower
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Jul. 29, 1955 Topics: Actors, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, MtFs, Veterans, Weddings Subject: Tamara Edel Rees -
Shuug Au Sing holding two swords, promotional photograph
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: circa 1946 to 1956 Topics: Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC Subject: Shuug Au Sing Description: Promotional photograph of Shuug Au Sing holding two swords with a bejeweled headpiece and beaded clothing. On the lower right corner, cursive writing can be seen but not fully read. -
Shuug Au Sing posing with a large feathered fan
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: 1946 to 1956 Topics: Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC Subject: Shuug Au Sing Description: Photograph of Shuug Au Sing posing with a large feathered fan and a two piece swim suit in drag. Sing is wearing a large necklace and earrings, and has short wavy hair. -
Silver Necklace
Collection: Finocchio's collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: circa 1950 to circa 1999 Topics: Drag, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ night life Subject: Finocchio's Club Description: Silver necklace worn by Finocchio's performers. -
Six People at a Party
Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection Institution: University of South Florida Creator: Smith, Bobby Date: circa 1950 to circa 1979 Topics: Clothing, Evening gowns, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people Description: Six people pose side-by-side at a party, all wearing dresses and holding glasses. -
Six People Posing on a Couch, Three Sitting, Three Standing
Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection Institution: University of South Florida Creator: Smith, Bobby Date: circa 1950 to circa 1979 Topics: Clothing, Evening gowns, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people Description: Six people pose around a couch, three in dresses sit on the couch, each with their legs crossed. The other three stand behind them. -
Small photographs of Victoria Fernandez and community
Collection: Victoria Fernandez/Vicki Starr Collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: circa 1955 to 1972 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Strippers, Trans women Subject: Vicki Starr, Victoria Fernandez Description: A sheet of small photographs collected by Victoria Fernandez. Based on the styles shown, many of the photos date from Fernandez' youth in the 1950s, although the third from the top at far left is d... -
Sodia and Kewpie at the Marie Antoinette Ball at the Ambassador Club
Collection: Kewpie Photographs Institution: GALA Queer Archive Creator: Date: circa 1950 to circa 1985 Topics: Beauty operators, Costume, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Night life Subject: Ambassador Club, Kewpie -
Stanley Cooke in drag as Charley's aunt. Photographic postcard, 19-- (?).
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1999? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Publicity postcard for Stanley Cook in 'Charley's aunt', the phenomenally successful farce by Brandon Thomas, which broke all theatre records in London when, after its opening in 1893, it ran for 1... -
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. -
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. -
Tamara Is Out On Bail In Check Case
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: United Press Date: Aug. 29, 1955 Topics: Bail, Check fraud, Gender realignment surgery Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees
