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  1. Charlotte McLeod at an All-Night Beauty Salon

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Boston Record
    Date: Feb. 12, 1955
    Topics: Army, Gender realignment surgery, Makeup artists, MtFs, Receptionists
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod
  2. Charlotte McLeod Rushed by Phil Irwin

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Greensboro News & Record
    Date: Feb. 18, 1955
    Topics: MtFs, Real estate agents
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod, Christine Jorgensen, Phil Irwin
  3. Charlotte McLeod Will Appear as a Comedienne

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Boston Evening Traveler
    Date: Aug. 23, 1955
    Topics: Army, Comedians, Gender realignment surgery, MtFs
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod
  4. Midnight in N.Y.

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Greensboro News & Record
    Date: Jan. 7, 1955
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Discos, MtFs
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod, Christine Jorgensen, Erika Steele
  5. Newspaper Advertisement for Tamara Rees Performance

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Aug. 2, 1955
    Topics: Actors, MtFs, Theatre, Theatre shows
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees
  6. Paratrooper Who Changed Sex Weds

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press
    Date: Jul. 28, 1955
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Military, MtFs, Parachute troops, Veterans, Weddings
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees
  7. Sex-Changed Bride Awaits Curtain Call

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Jul. 29, 1955
    Topics: Lectures, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, MtFs, Photographs, Theatre, Transgender parents, Veterans
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees
  8. Sex-Changed Dad Wed to Widower

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Jul. 29, 1955
    Topics: Actors, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, MtFs, Veterans, Weddings
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees
  9. Tamara Rees Backstage at Los Angeles' Club Oasis with Elaine Cayon (November 10, 1955)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Douglas, Bob
    Date: Nov. 10, 1955
    Topics: Dancers, MtFs, Strippers, Transsexual people
    Subject: Club Oasis, Elaine Cayon, Tamara Rees
    Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object: "Leg Check: Embarked on a career as a night club strip teaser after undergoing a sex transformation operation in Denmark, an ex-GI billed...
  10. Tamara Rees Courtland

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Boston Record
    Date: Aug. 29, 1955
    Topics: Forgery, Jails, MtFs
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees
  11. Tamara Rees Poses on Burlesque Stage with Husband, J.E. Courtland, III (July 29, 1955)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 29, 1955
    Topics: MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Theater, Transsexual people
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Rees
    Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object: "WILL LECTURE- Tamara Rees, paratrooper turned 'woman' by sex surgery, poses on the stage of a burlesque theater in Los Angeles with her ...
  12. Tamara Rees Vacuuming at Home (July 28, 1955)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press International
    Date: Jul. 28, 1955
    Topics: LGBTQ+ newspapers, Marriage, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Robert Egan Rees, Tamara Edel Rees
    Description: 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 fr...
  13. Tolerance Asked For Those Cheated At Birth

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Alvarez, Walter C.
    Date: Mar. 22, 1955
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Autobiographies, Crossdressers, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Legal name, MtFs, Physicians, Psychoanalysis, Religions, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Roberta Cowell