Digital Transgender Archive
Tamara Rees Vacuuming at Home (July 28, 1955)
Along the side of the photo appears the following text, on a separate sheet of paper: "BCP3-7/28-SACRAMENTO: Tamara Edel Rees Sweeps clean and starts life anew. She claims she was transformed from male to female by sex surgery. As Robert Egan Rees, Tamara says she once was married to a girl. Now she has married J.E. Courtland, III, Los Angeles, a makeup man. (File picture) U.P. TELEPHOTO. "
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- Identifier
- 1r66j131z
- Collection
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Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
- Institution
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Transas City
- Creator(s)
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United Press International
- Publisher
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Transas City
- Date Created
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Jul. 28, 1955
- Dates Covered
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1950 to 1960
- Genre
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Photographs
Records
- Subject(s)
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J.E. Courtland
Robert Egan Rees
Tamara Edel Rees
- Places
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California
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Los Angeles County
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Los Angeles
- Topic(s)
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LGBTQ+ newspapers
Marriage
MtFs
Transsexual people
- Resource Type
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Still Image
- Analog Format
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Black and White
- Language
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English
- Related URL
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http://transascity.org/rees-tamara/
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