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  1. Christine Jorgensen Performs on Stage at the Silver Slipper

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1955
    Topics: Performing arts, Photography, Singers, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Silver Slipper
    Description: Christine Jorgensen, wearing a gown, sings into a microphone on stage at the Silver Slipper club in Las Vegas in 1955.

  2. 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, Tamara Edel Rees
    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.

  3. 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
    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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...