Digital Transgender Archive

Portrait of Trevor Rupe

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This is a framed black and white portrait of Trevor Rupe (Carmen Rupe). The back of the photo includes a handwritten note in black ink, ‘my last male foto,’ indicating this was the last photograph of Trevor Rupe before her permanent transition to Carmen.

Item Information:

Identifier
r494vk591
Collection
Te Papa Collection
Institution
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Date Created
circa 1957
Genre
Photographs
Subject(s)
Carmen Rupe
Places
New Zealand
Wellington > Wellington City
Topic(s)
Drag community
LGBTQ+ communities
Maori (New Zealand people)
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
Framed black and white photograph
Language
English
Rights
In copyright
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