Digital Transgender Archive
The Al-Pache-E Dance Troupe
Shows clowns with musical instruments, men dressed as women in prison yard. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmates held a field and track day. 1933 was 20th and consisted of some 29 atheletic events, stunts, chorus girls and vaudeville acts performed by prisoners. Was sponsored by Frank G. O'Kane of the Olympic Club. Some 5000 inmates attended.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- h415p956r
- Collection
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Prison Photographs
- Institution
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California State Library
- Date Created
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1933
- Dates Covered
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circa 1920
1933
- Genre
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Photographs
- Places
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California
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Marin County
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San Quentin State Prison
- Topic(s)
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Bands
Clowns
Crossdressing
Dancers
Prisoners
Prisons
Vaudeville
- Resource Type
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Still Image
- Analog Format
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Black and White; 3 1/4 x 5 3/8 in.
- Language
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English
- Related URL
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https://calisphere.org/item/d0728c977aea15d324cf3e083f545320/
- Rights
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Copyright undetermined
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