Photograph shows female impersonator Raymond P. Aguilar dressed as Rachel at Desperados. She is wearing a feathered headdress, leopard print outfit, fur trimmed cape, and high heels. Raymond Aguilar was also known by the name Rachel. Raymond P. Aguilar was a member of an informal association of female impersonators, later to become Casa de San Jose. He also founded the first San Jose chapter of the International Imperial Court System (IICS), a social community service organization that donates monies raised to various charities. Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
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