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Story: Rupe, Carmen Tione

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From page 1 - Biography

Madam Carmen, c. 1975

Madam Carmen, c. 1975

Performing the hula, 1953

Performing the hula, 1953

‘My last male foto’

‘My last male foto’

Carmen’s first photo in drag

Carmen’s first photo in drag

Carmen Rupe, c. 1963

Carmen Rupe, c. 1963

Balcony advertisement, c. 1975

Balcony advertisement, c. 1975

TV interview with Carmen Rupe, 1975

TV interview with Carmen Rupe, 1975

Carmen Rupe interview, 1996

Carmen Rupe interview, 1996

Carmen Rupe and Georgina Beyer, 2006

Carmen Rupe and Georgina Beyer, 2006

Carmen on a condom packet, 2006

Carmen on a condom packet, 2006

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