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  1. A quick-change performer known as "Lanzetta"; inset in many small portraits. Photographic postcard by F. Célis, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A montage of French (?) female impersonator 'Lanzetta', presumably a quick-change artist from the large number (twenty) of female characters making up the composite
  2. A Rape and Beating, Later 3 Murders and Then the Twist

     
    Collection: Brandon Teena Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Holden, Stephen
    Date: Sep. 23, 1998
    Topics: Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ victims of hate crimes, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: April Stevens, Brandon Teena, Brown Brothers, Dinah Washington, Greta Olafsdottir, John Lotter, Lana Tisdel, Lisa Lambert, Lorrie Morgan, Philip Devine, Susan Muska, The Brandon Teena Story, Thomas Nissen
    Description: A short film review of "The Brandon Teena Story." Published in The New York Times on September 23rd, 1998. Content warning: This item relates to the death of Brandon Teena, who was murdered and...
  3. A re-enactment of Queen Elizabeth I at Tilbury. Postcard, ca. 1929.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1925 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The Queen, in drag, is on horseback in a procession of men. A re-enactment of her speech to the English land forces assembled at Tilbury in preparation for repelling the expected invasion by the Sp...
  4. A Revealment Most Sensational

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 22, 1902
    Topics: Burial ceremonies, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Families, FtMs, Immigration, Love, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Stealth (Transgender)
    Subject: George Green, Mary Green
    Description: The Times (Richmond, Virginia)
  5. A review and more (9/15/1969)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Francis, Miller
    Date: Sep. 15, 1969
    Topics: Camp (Gay culture), Crossdressing, Drag, Film, Gay characters, Homophobia
    Subject: Staircase (Movie)
  6. A Rose News Vol. 1 No. 1 (January 15, 1989)

     
    Collection: Alpha Zeta Newsletter
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Pierce, Wendi
    Date: Jan. 15, 1989
    Topics: Crossdressers, Gender, Gender dysphoria, LGBTQ+ poetry, Self-acceptance, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self
  7. A Rose News Vol. 1 No. 3 (March 1989)

     
    Collection: Alpha Zeta Newsletter
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Pierce, Wendi
    Date: Mar. 1989
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressers, LGBTQ+ poetry, Passing (Gender), Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Jackie Michaels, Lynda W., Michelle F., Shelly Songer, Terri J., Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Wendi Pierce
  8. A Rose News Vol. 4 No. 1 (December 15, 1987)

     
    Collection: Alpha Zeta Newsletter
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Pierce, Wendi
    Date: Dec. 15, 1987
    Topics: Appearance, Change of name, Clothing, Crossdressers, Letters to the editor, Photographs, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: The Holiday En Femme, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self
  9. A sailor called William Mills in drag and in naval uniform. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Unusual World War I period photograph showing Able Seaman William Mills in and out of costume as Lady Poppam. The image of William Mills ain drag appears to have been cutout and placed on a pencil-...
  10. A sailor holds hands with a man in elaborate drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1999?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A naval officer holds hand with a man in an exotic dancer's costume. Location unidentified.
  11. A sailor in drag leans on a high stool, in front of patterned scenery. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: He is wearing a plain dress and a hat, whilst leaning on a stool
  12. A sailor in drag on S.S. Caronia. Photograph, 195-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to 1959?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Very convincing amateur drag, mid 1950s.An unidentified merchant seamen on board S.S. Caronia. The Merchant Navy to some degree provided a bolt-hole for many 'obvious' homosexuals in the 1950s, whe...
  13. A sailor in drag sits on the deck of a ship in bright sunlight. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A good-looking and distinctly masculine young sailor sits on a deckchair on the deck of a ship wearing fashionable ladies' clothes of the 1900s. The outfit includes a wide silk skirt, well-made hat...
  14. A sailor in drag, wearing a long coat and hat, sits reading in a garden. Photographic postcard, ca. 1920.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1920
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: 'Gaby', one of many imitators of the French revue star Gaby Deslys, engrossed in reading Jules Vernes' Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, comfortably seated in a deck chair in the garden in ful...
  15. A sailor in drag, wearing a milkmaid costume. Photographic postcard by H.J. Bond, 1906.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1906
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The man in drag is apparently Able Seaman Arthur Roach, a crew member of the H.M.S. Prince of Wales. He poses as a milkmaid behind a wooden fence and in front of a painted background. He is wearin...