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  1. Femme posing with white feathered hairpiece

     
    Collection: Francis Hill Photograph Albums
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1940 to 1959
    Topics: LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people
    Description: Photograph of femme posing with a feathered hairpiece, a white dress, and a black cardigan in front of a floral wallpaper.
  2. Francis Russell, promotional photograph

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1930 to 1960
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators
    Subject: Francis Russell
    Description: Promotional photograph of Francis Russell smiling in a sleeveless, black sequined mermaid dress, a layered necklace, and above the elbow, black fingerless gloves.
  3. Ginny Knuth Family Album

     
    Collection: ETVC
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1930 to 1998
    Topics: Allies, Cisgender women, Gender non-conforming people, Partners of crossdressers, Transgender people, Transvestites
    Subject: Educational TV Channel (ETVC), Ginny Knuth
    Description: A family photo album from the papers of Ginny Knuth, a cisgender member of Educational Transvestite Channel (later called TransGender San Francisco). Knuth's partner identified as a crossdresser an...
  4. Group Photo at Mona's

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1940 to circa 1949
    Topics: Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Beverly Shaw, Butch Minton, Jan Jansen, Jimmy Reynard, Kay Scott, Mona's Club
    Description: Picture taken at Mona's; standing (L to R) "Butch", Jan Jansen, Kay Scott, Jimmy Reynard; seated (L to R) "Mike", Beverly Shaw, unidentified, "Mickey"
  5. Group Photo of Finocchio's Performers

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1940s
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Finocchio's Club
  6. Hotcha Hinton performing

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1946 to 1956
    Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators, Strippers, Trans women
    Subject: Hotcha Hinton
    Description: Photograph of Hotcha Hinton performing in burlesque fashion, in front of sitting audience members.
  7. Hotcha Hinton posing in veil

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1946 to 1956
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators, Strippers, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Hotcha Hinton
    Description: Photograph of Hotcha Hinton posing in a long semi-sheer dress with a striped top, and a thin robe. She is pulling up one part of her dress to reveal her fishnet covered legs and white heels.
  8. Hotcha Hinton posing with maracas

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1946 to circa 1956
    Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators, Strippers, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Hotcha Hinton
    Description: Photograph of Hotcha Hinton posing against a blank wall in a floral headpiece, scarf, multiple small tops, and a long ruffled skirt. She is holding one maraca in each hand near her hips.
  9. Jackie Maye at Jewel Box Night Club

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1940s
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Jackie Maye, Jewel Box Night Club, Jewel Box Revue, Toots La May
  10. Jean Evol in drag in front of painted background

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1930 to 1960
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens
    Subject: Garden of Allah, Jean Evol
    Description: A photograph of Jean Evol posing in front of a painted wallpaper wearing a plaid maxi dress and a floral hat. There is writing on the photograph: "For Paris, If you were pretty like me you w...
  11. Jimmy Slater and Harry Dennis Presents: All That Glitters

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Slater, Jimmy, Dennis, Harry
    Date: Jul. 4, 1949
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Billie Campbell, Frank Bernard, Franks Le Gren, Harry Dennis, Jack Henry, Jimmy Slater, Mavis Spencer, Noel & Novelly, Ted Brerley, The 10 Diamonettes, Vera Makin
  12. Jolly Jack in Headdress

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1949
    Topics: Costume, Female impersonators, Theater
    Subject: Jolly Jack
    Description: Jolly Jack, a female impersonator, poses in front of a backdrop wearing a large headdress and a ruffled, sleeveless dress with black gloves. Inscription reads: "To Bobby & Mary, Two Grand People, H...
  13. Liberal Party Rally Flyer

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 4, 1949
    Topics: African American transgender people, Liberal Party, Transgender people, Transgender politicians
    Subject: Abe Stark, Adolf A. Berle Jr., Harry Uviller, Mark A. Levien, Matthew Diserio, Newbold Morris, Pauli Murray
    Description: 1949 Liberal Party flyer advertising a rally where audiences could meet and listen to the Liberal Party candidates. The rally took place at P.S. 190 on Georgia & Riverdale Avenues, in Brooklyn, NYC...
  14. Memorandum on Pauli Murray

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: 1949
    Topics: African American transgender people, Transgender people, Transgender politicians
    Subject: Liberal Party, Pauli Murray
    Description: Memorandum detailing Pauli Murray's background, education, occupational experience, written works, organization efforts, and miscellaneous awards Murray has won over their lifetime.
  15. Men dressed in drag

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 1, 1949
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Description: Men festively dressed as women are shown during an unidentified event taking place at 3rd Street and Main in downtown Los Angeles. Photograph dated November 1, 1949.