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  1. Kewpie on Stage (1)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Striptease
    Subject: Kewpie
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: Competition (strip show) at the Kismet organised by the Stellenbosch winery. ‘It is Kewpie on stage, stripping.’
  2. Kewpie on Stage (2)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Gender minorities, Lingerie, Striptease
    Subject: Kewpie
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: Competition (strip show) at the Kismet organised by the Stellenbosch winery. ‘It is Kewpie on stage, stripping.’
  3. Kewpie Prepares to go to a Party

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1955 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Crossdressing, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie
  4. Kewpie with 5 Friends on Christmas

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Christmas, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Public facilities
    Subject: Kewpie, Leslie Caron
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: 'Neighbour, Carmen, Cora, Olivia (Mrs Vi), Kewpie and Bardot (front) in Rutgers Street on Christmas Day.'
  5. Kewpie with Brian's nephew

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Beauty operators, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Public facilities
    Subject: Kewpie
  6. Kiwanis Vanities of 1955

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Rockwell, Norman
    Date: 1955?
    Topics: Female impersonators, Theater
    Subject: Kiwanis Vanities, Norman Rockwell
    Description: Poster for what appears to be a drag show illustrated by Norman Rockwell.
  7. LA Police Seek Tamara, ExGI Turned Woman, For Checks

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press
    Date: Aug. 19, 1955
    Topics: Check fraud, Gender realignment surgery, Police, Theatre
    Subject: Hollywood Burlesque Theater, J.E. Courtland, Tamara Adele Rees Courtland
  8. LA Promoter Sues Tamara, Charges Contract Breach

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Aug. 4, 1955
    Topics: Army, Gender realignment surgery, Law, Marriage, Theatre
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, R. Russell Moore, Tamara Rees Courtland
  9. Ladies-- His Gowns Will Simply Slay You

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Finocchio's Club
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Finocchio's Club, Tex Hendrix
  10. Lavender lads make woo! woo! Hallowe'en eve

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag balls, Drag queens, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender)
    Description: A newspaper article describing a queer celebration, focusing on the drag performers
  11. Laverne Cummings (7)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1969
    Topics: Crossdressing, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Laverne Cummings
  12. Leg Check

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Douglas, Bob
    Date: circa 1955
    Topics: Post-operative, Striptease, Trans women
    Subject: Cayon, Elaine, Club Oasis, Denmark, Rees, Tamara
    Description: Photo from Jet Magazine depicting Tamara Rees comparing her legs with those of Elaine Cayon. They are backstage at Los Angeles night club Club Oasis.
  13. Liberated Female Women

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Creator: The International Alliance for Male Feminism
    Date: circa 1951 to 1978
    Topics: Crossdressers, Eonist people, Femininities, Membership, Transgender people, Transvestites
    Subject: International Alliance for Male Feminism (IAMF), Journal of Male Feminism
    Description: A flyer promoting membership in The International Alliance for Male Feminism among women who are interested in connecting with "feminist oriented males."
  14. Liberation for Male Women

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Creator: The International Alliance for Male Feminism
    Date: circa 1951 to 1978
    Topics: Femininities, Membership campaigns
    Subject: International Alliance for Male Feminism (IAMF), Journal of Male Feminism
    Description: A flyer promoting membership in The International Alliance for Male Feminism.
  15. Male Impersonator

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: Drag, Drag kings, Male impersonators, Singing, Suits (Clothing), Theater
    Description: A male impersonator wearing a suit performs on stage, singing into a microphone.