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Guide to the Bobby Kork Photographs, [1944-1954]

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Bobby Kork was a gay man and cross-dresser who performed as a hermaphrodite (which he probably was not) in the circuses of the 1940s and 1950s.

Collection of 41 photographs compiled by Bobby Kork of chiefly unidentified circus performers and workers connected with various circuses, approximately 1944-1954.

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Identifier
q237hs29f
Collection
Discovery Resources
Institution
Yale University Libraries
Creator(s)
Yale University Library Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Dates Covered
1944 to 1954
Genre
Finding Aids
Subject(s)
Bobby Kork
Topic(s)
Circus performers
Circus workers
Gay men
Intersex people
Photography of men
Resource Type
Text
Language
English
Related URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4571168
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