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  1. Kewpie in Invery Place

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Crossdressing, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie
  2. Kewpie on a Neighbour’s Stoop in Invery Place

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1955 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie
  3. 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.’
  4. 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.’
  5. 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
  6. 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.'
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. Large Format Photograph of Finocchio's Performer

     
    Collection: Finocchio's collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1999
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, LGBTQ+ night life
    Subject: Finocchio's Club
    Description: Large-format photograph of a performer displayed at Finocchio's.
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. Leg Check: Tamara Rees Backstage at Los Angeles' Club Oasis with Elaine Cayon

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Douglas, Bob
    Date: Nov. 10, 1955
    Topics: Dancers, MtFs, Strippers, Transsexual people
    Subject: Club Oasis, Elaine Cayon, Tamara Rees
    Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object: "Leg Check: Embarked on a career as a night club strip teaser after undergoing a sex transformation operation in Denmark, an ex-GI billed...