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Waitresses from Howdy’s, a New York City Bar, ca. 1940. Lesbian Herstory Archives/Bubbles Kent Collection.
Waitresses from Howdy’s, a New York City Bar, ca. 1940. Lesbian Herstory Archives/Bubbles Kent Collection.
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Blackie Dennis as “shoeshine boy,” auditioning for one of Sidney Kingsley’s Dead End Kids (Dead End, Belasco Theatre, 1935–37). Billy Rose Theatre Collection Photograph File, New York Public Library.
Blackie Dennis as “shoeshine boy,” auditioning for one of Sidney Kingsley’s Dead End Kids (Dead End, Belasco Theatre, 1935–37). Billy Rose Theatre Collection Photograph File, New York Public Library.
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Drag queens and kings in a grand finale at the Club 181, 181 Second Avenue, New York City, circa 1948. Courtesy of Gail Williams.
Drag queens and kings in a grand finale at the Club 181, 181 Second Avenue, New York City, circa 1948. Courtesy of Gail Williams.
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Buddy/Bubbles Kent, circa 1950. Courtesy of Buddy/Bubbles Kent.
Buddy/Bubbles Kent, circa 1950. Courtesy of Buddy/Bubbles Kent.
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Blackie Dennis, male impersonator, 1930s–1950s. Courtesy of Lesbian Herstory Archives/Bubbles Kent Collection.
Blackie Dennis, male impersonator, 1930s–1950s. Courtesy of Lesbian Herstory Archives/Bubbles Kent Collection.
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Ellen Eyre to Walt Whitman, March 25, 1862. Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection.
Ellen Eyre to Walt Whitman, March 25, 1862. Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection.
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Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle, Washington, D.C., 1865. Photograph by Moses P. Rice. Library of Congress.
Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle, Washington, D.C., 1865. Photograph by Moses P. Rice. Library of Congress.
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Walt Whitman and Harry Stafford, ca. 1878. Photograph by John Moran. Courtesy of the Walt Whitman Archive.
Walt Whitman and Harry Stafford, ca. 1878. Photograph by John Moran. Courtesy of the Walt Whitman Archive.
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Walt Whitman’s notebook entry of July 8, 1862, noting that Frank Sweezey “is the one I told the whole story to, about Ellen Eyre.” Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman.
Walt Whitman’s notebook entry of July 8, 1862, noting that Frank Sweezey “is the one I told the whole story to, about Ellen Eyre.” Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman.
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Jefferson Market Courthouse, ca. 1880, which replaced the police court where Eyre appeared in 1862. Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress.
Jefferson Market Courthouse, ca. 1880, which replaced the police court where Eyre appeared in 1862. Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress.
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The Halls of Justice (the Tombs). Engraving by E. D. French, 1896. Library of Congress.
The Halls of Justice (the Tombs). Engraving by E. D. French, 1896. Library of Congress.
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John A. Kennedy, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police. Harper's Weekly, 1865. Library of Congress.
John A. Kennedy, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police. Harper's Weekly, 1865. Library of Congress.
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Bible House, Astor Place, home of post office Station D, where Ellen Eyre collected her mail. Wood engraving by W. Roberts. New York Public Library.
Bible House, Astor Place, home of post office Station D, where Ellen Eyre collected her mail. Wood engraving by W. Roberts. New York Public Library.
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Walt Whitman (seated) at Pfaff's, as imagined by a later illustrator. Artist and date unknown.
Walt Whitman (seated) at Pfaff's, as imagined by a later illustrator. Artist and date unknown.
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Walt Whitman, ca. 1862. Photograph credited to Alexander Gardner and Mathew B. Brady. Courtesy of the Walt Whitman Archive.
Walt Whitman, ca. 1862. Photograph credited to Alexander Gardner and Mathew B. Brady. Courtesy of the Walt Whitman Archive.
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“Second Letter from New York,” Daily Evening Bulletin (San Francisco), July 23, 1862, 1.
“Second Letter from New York,” Daily Evening Bulletin (San Francisco), July 23, 1862, 1.
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“Serious Charge of Swindling,” Council Bluffs Bugle (Council Bluffs, IA), July 2, 1862, 4.
“Serious Charge of Swindling,” Council Bluffs Bugle (Council Bluffs, IA), July 2, 1862, 4.
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“Levying Black Mail,” Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis), June 30, 1862, 4.
“Levying Black Mail,” Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis), June 30, 1862, 4.
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Secret Skies: The Queer Airmen of Tuskegee, by Michael Schreiber
During World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen helped shatter racial barriers as the first Black aviators in U.S. military history. But for the queer members of this celebrated brotherhood, that triumph was bittersweet, waged in silence for a nation that…
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Oscar Armstrong Kenney, Tuskegee Airman, shortly before his death in 1943 at just twenty-five. Courtesy of the Kenney Family Archives.
Oscar Armstrong Kenney, Tuskegee Airman, shortly before his death in 1943 at just twenty-five. Courtesy of the Kenney Family Archives.