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  1. Portrait of Minnie Brune (1)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1900s
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Minnie Tittell Brune
    Description: Minnie Tittell Brune was an actress and male impersonator and appeared in music hall variety throughout the 19th and 20th century.
  2. Members of Mae West Show Being Arrested

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1928
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Photography, Police
  3. Portrait of Lionel Mikes Ames

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Raymor Studios
    Date: 1920 to circa 1929
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Lionel Ames, Lionel Mike Ames
  4. Portrait of Kitty Doner (2)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1923
    Topics: Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography, Smoking
    Subject: Kitty Doner
  5. Portrait of Kitty Doner (1)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1900 to circa 1925
    Topics: Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Kitty Doner
  6. Skip Arnold with Esther Newton (1966)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1966
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Writers
    Subject: Esther Newton, Skip Arnold
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  7. David Schneider at a Halloween Ball (1964)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1964
    Topics: Costume, Drag, Entertainers, Hairdressers, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture)
    Subject: David Schneider
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  8. Robbie Ross (1960)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1960
    Topics: Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: G.G. Allen, Jewel Box Revue, Robbie Ross
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  9. Holly Woodlawn Headshot

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Actors, Cabaret, MtFs, Obituaries, Transgender people
    Subject: Holly Woodlawn
  10. Criss Noel

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1966 to 1969
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Entertainers, Strippers
    Subject: Criss Noel, Jewel Box Revue
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  11. Roberta Cowell at the Louvre in Paris, Viewing the Venus de Milo (1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell, Venus de Milo
    Description: The following description was taken from the Getty Images website: "Transsexual Roberta Cowell, formerly Robert Cowell admires the Venus de Milo in the Louvre during a visit to Paris. Roberta was...
  12. Roberta Cowell with Her Father

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Ernest Marshall Cowell, Roberta Cowell
  13. Roberta Cowell Standing in Crowd

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
    Description: Description of the photo on the Getty Images site: "Transsexual Roberta Cowell, formerly Robert Cowell visits Paris with a friend. Roberta was once a Spitfire pilot, prisoner-of-war, racing mot...
  14. Lenette Lee and Lauraine Lee (1970)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: MtFs, Siblings, Transgender people
    Subject: Lauraine Lee, Lenette Lee
  15. Roberta Cowell in the Kitchen

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1945 to 1957
    Topics: Cooking, Kitchens, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Women biographers
    Subject: Picture Post, Roberta Cowell
    Description: Below the photo the following quote appears: "'Cooking was unexpectedly exciting.'"