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Mexican American boy dressed as girl
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: 1945 Topics: Children, Crossdressing, Halloween, Mexican American children Subject: Gilberto Perez, Hispanic People Description: Gilberto Perez dressed in Halloween costume, circa 1945. -
Sylvia Sidney in a White Dress
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The History Project Creator: Date: circa 1945 Topics: Drag bars, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ night life Subject: Sylvia Sidney Description: Photograph of the legendary Boston drag performer, Sylvia Sidney, in a white fluffy dress. -
Two men dressed in drag arrested
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: May 14, 1946 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Imprisonment, Police stations Subject: Francis J. Socwell, Franke Goode Description: A couple of 'girls' who landed behind bars. -
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. -
Nabbed in 'maid' masquerade
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Jan. 27, 1950 Topics: Arrests, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Household work, Imprisonment, LGBTQ+ people of color, Police stations Subject: Frank Porter, Mary Lee Porter, Queque Malpress, Rita Porter, Tisha Porter, Willie Moore Description: Masculine jail clothing was substituted for feminine attire worn by these three youths after they were nabbed early today. They said they had been employed as female domestic servants in fashionabl... -
Five men dressed as women nabbed in Altadena cafe raid
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Nov. 1, 1954 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Police raids, Police stations Subject: Benny Zubiate, J. Noroy Bramblette, John D'Andrea, Robert W. Stewart, Tom Tuites -
Ray Bourbon arrested
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Mar. 4, 1955 Topics: Arrests, Drunk driving, Female impersonators, Law, Night life, Police stations Subject: Ray Bourbon Description: Ray Bourbon, the veteran female impersonator now appearing at a Hollywood nightclub, was arrested on a drunk driving charge on March 4, 1955. Here he acts coy for the press in the Wilshire Police S... -
Ray Bourbon enters court
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Aug. 1, 1956 Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon Description: Wearing a black and white nylon dress, false eyelashes, heavy perfume and 5 o'clock shadow, Ray (or Rae) Bourbon enters Beverly Hills Municipal Court on August 1, 1956, to deny he (or she) was guil... -
Ray Bourbon leaves court
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Aug. 1, 1956 Topics: Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon Description: Ray Bourbon leaves Beverly Hills Municipal Court after arraignment August 1, 1956, on impersonating a woman. -
A Photograph of Stormé DeLarverie Surrounded by Three Female Impersonators
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Date: 1958 Topics: Black lesbians, Drag kings, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC, Transfeminine people, Transmasculine people Subject: Jewel Box Revue, Roberts Show Club, Stormé DeLarverie Description: A photograph of Stormé DeLarverie (center), surrounded by three female impersonators at Roberts Show Club in Chicago, Illinois. -
Men Dressed Up for a Halloween Party at the Hideaway Bar
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library Creator: Date: circa 1960 to 1961 Topics: Bars, Drag, Gay men, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Halloween costumes, Night life, Parties, Photography Description: Hideaway Halloween Party, 1960 or 1961. People in photo are: unidentified; Jack - “Tallulah;” Billy; unidentified; Jack; sitting down is donor, Hank. -
Policemen dressed as women for a stakeout
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Oct. 15, 1960 Topics: Crossdressing, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Police officers, Undercover operations Subject: Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Description: Members of the Los Angeles Police Department's robbery squad are shown dressed as women as part of an operation to catch a purse snatcher who murdered an elderly woman while she was on her way to c... -
Halloween Crowd by Alexander Street
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970 Topics: Halloween, Halloween costumes, Homophobia, Riots, Transphobia Description: A large crowd of people (some dressed in Halloween costumes) gathered outside of Alexander Street by St. Charles Tavern in Toronto, presumably during the annual riots. -
Halloween Crowd Outside St. Charles Tavern
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970 Topics: Halloween, Homophobia, Riots, Transphobia Description: A crowd of people stand outside St. Charles Tavern in Toronto during the annual anti-trans and anti-LGBTI riots of Halloween. -
Halloween Crowds and Violence 1
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Clothing, Halloween costumes, Homophobia, Riots, Transphobia Description: People dressed up in Halloween costumes stand outside the St. Charles Tavern on Yonge Street in Toronto, which has eggs splattered on it as a result of a tradition stemming from transphobic and hom...
