Small photographs of Victoria Fernandez and community

A sheet of small photographs collected by Victoria Fernandez. Based on the styles shown, many of the photos date from Fernandez' youth in the 1950s, although the third from the top at far left is dated 1972 on the verso. The arrangement is the archives' rather than Fernandez'. Victoria Fernandez, who performed as Vicki Starr, was a Puerto Rican trans woman best known for dancing in San Francisco's topless clubs during the 1960s. Her collection tells the story of how she used photography to express her gender and personality from the 1950s to the 1980s, from photobooth strips to Polaroids, often showing her with lovers and friends from queer community.

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Identifier: qf85nb67v
Collection: Victoria Fernandez/Vicki Starr Collection
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Date Created: circa 1955 to 1972
Genre: Photographs
Topic(s): Black LGBTQ+ people
Latino/a/x transgender people
Strippers
Trans women
Resource Type: Still Image
Analog Format: Photographic prints
Digital Format: TIFF image, 72.2 MB, created February 1, 2025, Epson Expression 10000XL
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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