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  1. Christine Jorgensen and Sonia Henie

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1953
    Topics: Parties, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Sonia Henie
    Description: Christine Jorgensen, left, meets ice skater Sonia Henie (center), surrounded by a group of people in formal wear.

  2. Christine Jorgensen Arrives at New York Idlewild Airport

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1953
    Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people, Travel
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen returns to the United States in 1953 after undergoing gender realignment surgery in Denmark, pictured here at the New York Idlewild Airport (now JFK International Airport).

  3. Christine Jorgensen at Adelphi Theater, New York City

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 8, 1953
    Topics: Photography, Theatre, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen at the Adelphi Theater in New York City wearing a straw hat and an orchid corsage.

  4. Christine Jorgensen Reads "American Weekly"

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1953
    Topics: News magazines, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: American Weekly, Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen sits at a desk reading an issue of "American Weekly," potentially the 1953 story the magazine published about her life.

  5. Christine Jorgensen Receives Woman of the Year Award

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 31, 1953
    Topics: Awards, Organisations, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Harry Berglind, Scandinavian Society
    Description: Christine Jorgensen accepts a certificate from Harry Berglind, chairman of the Scandinavian Societies of Greater New York, for their Woman of the Year award in 1953.

  6. Christine Jorgensen Takes Driving Exam

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1953
    Topics: Licenses, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen poses behind the wheel of a car as she takes the test to get her driver's license in 1953 as someone photographs her in the background

  7. Christine Jorgensen Visits the Kinsey Institute

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1953
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Meetings, Organizations for sexual research and sexual reform, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Alfred Kinsey, Christine Jorgensen, The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research
    Description: Christine Jorgensen walks down the hallway of the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research in 1953, where she went to meet with Dr. Alfred Kinsey.

  8. Christine Jorgensen Visits the Kinsey Institute (2)

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1953
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Meetings, Organizations for sexual research and sexual reform, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Alfred Kinsey, Christine Jorgensen, The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research
    Description: Christine Jorgensen poses on a desk at the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research in 1953, where she went to meet with Dr. Alfred Kinsey.

  9. Christine Jorgensen with a Tea Cup

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1953
    Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen sitting in a chair with a tea cup

  10. Christine Jorgensen with Milton Berle

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1953
    Topics: Gatherings, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Milton Berle
    Description: Christine Jorgensen hobnobbing with Milton Berle, host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater at the time.

  11. Close-Up of Christine Jorgensen Upon Arrival at New York Idlewild Airport

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Feb. 12, 1953
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: A close-up photograph taken of Christine Jorgensen by the AP after her return to the United States at the New York Idlewild Airport (now JFK International Airport) in 1953 and was published by the AP.

  12. Coco Performing on Stage

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to 1959?
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ people of color, Photography, Theatre shows
    Subject: Jewel Box Revue
    Description: Back of photo reads: "To my dear sister, Drake. You are a doll in all respects. Love, Coco. Jewel Box Revue"

  13. David Hummel as Beatrice Kay

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1953
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: David Hummel

  14. David Hummel as My Sweet Watusi

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Gargano
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1960
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: David Hummel, The Fono Fools

  15. Exterior of Club My-O-My (1)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to circa 1959
    Topics: Discos, Photography
    Subject: Club My-O-My