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  1. Female Impersonators on Parade: Vol. 2

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Nutrix Co.
    Date: 1960
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag, Femininities, Film, Photography
    Subject: Bob Hope, Burt Lancaster, Errol Flynn, George E. Stone, Jack Lemmon, Jackie Maye, Jeanne Klemme, Joe E. Brown, Love Crazy, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mitchum, Some Like It Hot, Teaserama, Tony Curtis, Vickie Lynn, William Powell
    Description: This publication includes photographs of famous drag performers and stories about their personal and professional lives, as well as descriptions of films with well-known actors who have dressed in ...
  2. Policemen dressed as women for a stakeout

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 15, 1960
    Topics: Crossdressing, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Police officers, Undercover operations
    Subject: Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)
    Description: Members of the Los Angeles Police Department's robbery squad are shown dressed as women as part of an operation to catch a purse snatcher who murdered an elderly woman while she was on her way to c...
  3. Victoria Fernandez and companion with car

     
    Collection: Victoria Fernandez/Vicki Starr Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1960
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Strippers, Trans women
    Description: A young Victoria Fernandez and a companion posing with a car in front of the Brown Derby restaurant in Los Angeles. Victoria Fernandez, who performed as Vicki Starr, was a Puerto Rican trans wom...