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Corpse is That of a Female
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: The Associated Press Date: May 29, 1907 Topics: Death and dying, FtMs, Legal process, Marriage, Passing (Gender) Subject: Anne De Raylan, Baron von Schlippenbach, Nicolai De Raylan, Samuel J. Schaeffer -
Costumes poitevins
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: N. Alix, Pap.- Tab.-Journaux Date: 1909 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mademoiselle Gratecap. Brief message (“Affecteux souvenir”) with illegible signature." Couple dressed in quaint traditional garb of the Poitou region on the west coast of... -
Couldn't Be Own Brother
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Dec. 7, 1900 Topics: Courts, Crimes, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Marriage, Prisoners Subject: Cora Alice Cunningham, Elbert Glenn, Ella Duke, Ellis Glenn Description: The Montgomery Tribune (Montgomery City, MO) -
[Couple in fancy dress]
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Date: circa 1905 Topics: Male impersonators Description: Postcard of a middle-aged woman dressed as an 18th-century male aristocrat and a younger woman dressed in an 18th-century-style summer gown. The two women are standing side by side, holding hands i... -
[Couple with fan and top hat] [Black couple]
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Date: 1902 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color Description: Apparently a promotional photo for the Nouveau Cirque show "Joyeux Nègres", which was filmed by Louis Lumière. Black couple with one man (Charles Gregory) dressed in formal wear and one dressed in ... -
[Cricket on the Hearth]
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Ed. Lasseron Date: circa 1910 Topics: Male impersonators Description: Seven performers with both male and female cross-dressing standing on a lawn in front of a painted backdrop representing a bower. Based on the indication of the roles noted on the verso, the actors... -
Curtain Calls
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Soanes, Wood Date: Feb. 5, 1929 Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressers, Drag kings Subject: Ben Dillon, Ella Shields -
Damimitator John Graffton
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Svenska Litografisk, Graffton, John Date: 1905 Topics: Subject: John Graffton -
Damimitator John Graffton
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Svenska Litografisk, Hertzberg, Oscar, Graffton, John Date: circa 1910 Topics: Female impersonators Subject: John Grafton Description: A rather plain music-hall female impersonator with little makeup, but an elaborate off-the-shoulder showgirl dress. Divided verso.Minor staining to upper margin of recto. -
Dan Godfrey dressed in Pierrette costume, performing for "The Timbertown Follies" at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Commercially produced postcard of Mr. Dan Godfrey, performing with the Timbertown Follies interned in Groningen 1914-1918. He is dressed in a Pierrette costume copied almost exactly from Pelissier'... -
Dan Leno as "Mother Goose" performing at Drury Lane. Process print after Bassano, 1902.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1902 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
Dance Act
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: California State Library Creator: Date: 1933 Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville Description: Shows two men, one in jacket, hat and cane; the other dressed as woman in shorts and tights. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual... -
Dance Recital by Luis Valencia (1)
Collection: Ephemera Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: 1930 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art Subject: Arthur Judson, Luis Valencia, Washington Post Description: An advertisement for a "Dance Recital by Luis Valencia." States that Valencia is the "Greatest Spanish Female Impersonator and Interpretative Dancer." -
Dance Recital by Luis Valencia (2)
Collection: Ephemera Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: 1930 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Arthur Judson, Luis Valencia, Washington Post Description: An advertisement for a "Dance Recital" featuring Luis Valencia. States that Valencia is the "Greatest Spanish Female Impersonator and Interpretative Dancer." -
Dancer is Returning Saturday
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Dec. 23, 1925 Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art Subject: Kitty Doner, Lady Be Good, Orpheum, Twenty Minutes in Paris Description: A clipping about Kitty Doner's performance at the Orpheum in Los Angeles.
