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  1. The Performers of Le Carrousel

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to 1964
    Topics: Drag bars, Drag queens, Transgender people
    Subject: April Ashley, Le Carrousel
    Description: An image of performers from Le Carrousel, a club that opened as a cabaret in Paris in 1926, and was known for its drag queen performers. The clubs performers included transgender women such as Apri...
  2. The Star Who Never Was

     
    Collection: April Ashley Collection
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Burton, Peter
    Date: 1962 to 1985
    Topics: Autobiography, Celebrities, Discrimination, Drag queens, Fame, Gender realignment surgery, Literary criticism, Literature review, MtFs, Representation
    Subject: April Ashley, April Ashley's Odyssey
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  3. Transvestism Around the World

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: S-K Press
    Date: 1964
    Topics: Crossdressers, Discos, Drag, Drag queens, Photography, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Carrousel Club, Coccinelle, Ricky Rene, Shalimar, Terry Durham
    Description: Contents: Bambi -- Coccinelle -- Carrousel Club -- Terry Durham -- Ricky Rene_ -- Shalimar -- Madame Arthur's (Paris) -- Madame Arthur's (Amsterdam).
  4. Two Drag Queens Kneeling on the Dance Floor (December 1964)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1964
    Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Parties
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  5. Wanted By FBI: Leslie Douglas Ashley

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Federal Bureau of Investigation
    Date: Dec. 28, 1964
    Topics: Drag queens, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Offenders
    Subject: Cookie Cordell, Edward Elizondo, FBI, Leslie Douglas Ashley, Leslie Perez