Digital Transgender Archive
Sister Kate Doing the Splits
Shows African American prisoner/performer dressed in ruffled two-piece outfit and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmates held a field and track day. 1933 was 20th and consisted of some 29 athletic events, stunts, chorus girls and vaudeville acts performed by prisoners. Was sponsored by Frank G. O'Kane of the Olympic Club. Some 5000 inmates attended.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- k06987539
- Collection
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Prison Photographs
- Institution
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California State Library
- Date Created
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1933
- Dates Covered
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1933
circa 1920
- Genre
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Photographs
- Subject(s)
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Sister Kate
- Places
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California
>
Marin County
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San Quentin State Prison
- Topic(s)
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African-americans
Crossdressing
Prisoners
Prisons
Vaudeville
- Resource Type
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Still Image
- Analog Format
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Black and White; 4 x 5 in. or smaller and 5 x 4 in.
- Language
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English
- Related URL
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https://calisphere.org/item/97030ade7204d3ad1fb621ab5db9fb36/
- Rights
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Copyright undetermined
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