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Drag contest, Club Alabam
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Woods, Clyde Date: circa 1945 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Clubs, Drag, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, Night life Subject: Club Alabam Description: Contestants fill the dance floor during a drag contest at Club Alabam, located at 42nd and Central Avenue in Los Angeles, hosted by Bill Hefflin. -
Joe Harper party, view 1
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: circa 1920 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties Description: Seven men who are dressed in drag pose together in someone's apartment for an event identified as "Joe Harper's Party." -
Joe Harper party, view 2
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: 1920 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties Description: A uniformed man (center), who appears to be a police officer, poses with three men who are dressed in drag for an event identified as "Joe Harper's Party." The two men on the far right are covering... -
John Waters at Vertigo
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Leonard, Gary Date: Unknown Topics: Clubs, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Directors, Night life Subject: John Waters, Malcolm Kelso, Vertigo Description: Photo of director, John Waters and Vertigo artistic director, Malcolm Kelso, taken inside the Vertigo nightclub. -
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. -
Men in Costume, Vertigo Nightclub
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Clubs, Drag, Night life Subject: Vertigo Description: Group of men wearing costumes at Vertigo. The men wear bikini tops, floral skirts and headpieces decorated with various fruits. -
Mexican American boy dressed as Carmen Miranda
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: circa 1945 Topics: BIPOC, Children, Crossdressing, Halloween, Mexican American children Subject: Carmen Miranda, Hispanic People, Jesse Gonzalez Description: Jesse Gonzalez dressed as Carmen Miranda for Halloween costume, circa 1945. -
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. -
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... -
"Nun" showing support for Babs at Academy Awards
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: 1984 Topics: Demonstrations, Drag, Nuns Subject: Academy Awards, Barbra Streisand, Eddie Murphy, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Yentl Description: A member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence protests that Barbra Streisand's film "Yentl" was not nominated for major categories for the 56th Academy Awards. The "nun" is holding a collection c... -
Performance of "La Cage Aux Folles"
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Ruebsamen, James Date: circa 1984 Topics: Drag, Plays, Theatre Subject: La Cage Aux Folles Description: A man dressed in drag plays the role of Gypsy in "La Cage Aux Folles" at the Pantages in Hollywood. -
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... -
Posed as a girl
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Ballwe, Howard Date: Nov. 7, 1944 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Police stations Subject: C.L. Knapp, James Barlow, Jeri Ryan Description: James Barlow, left, also known as Jeri Ryan, being fingerprinted by C. L. Knapp at city hall police station after he was caught making love to a man in a parked car at 12th Street and Central Avenu... -
Posed as girls
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Ballew, Howard Date: Nov. 7, 1944 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Police stations Subject: August Coy, Irene Paston, James Barlow, Jeri Ryan Description: James Barlow, left, also known as Jeri Ryan, and August Coy, also known as Irene Paston, at the city hall police station after they were caught making love to two men in a parked car at 12th Street... -
Posed as girls
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Ballew, Howard Date: Nov. 7, 1944 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Police stations Subject: August Coy, Irene Paston, James Barlow, Jeri Ryan Description: Photograph caption dated November 27, 1944 reads, "Nab 2 men dressed in women's clothes. James Barlow, left, and August Coy. Their feminine attire failed to fool the police." Officers found Barlow ...
