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  1. Yesterday’s Concerts.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 13, 1885
    Topics: LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Ella Wesner, Koster & Bial's
    Description: A clipping from "The New York Times" titled: "Yesterday’s Concerts." Details a performance given by Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  2. Years in Masquerade

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 10, 1895
    Topics: Arrests, Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressing, Lady's maids, Parks, Police, Prisoners
    Subject: Estelle Lawrence, Reginald Culton, Violet Beacon, Violet Dell
    Description: Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury, Connecticut)

  3. Would Save Glenn

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Evening Times-Republican
    Date: Nov. 28, 1899
    Topics: Courts, Crossdressing, Marriage, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Alice Glenn, Ellis Glenn, James Dukes
    Description: Evening Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa)

  4. Won't Stop Being a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 28, 1890
    Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Baptism, Debt, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Upbringing
    Subject: Marie Engelhardt, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay
    Description: The Washington Critic (Washington, DC)

  5. Women With Records

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Elmore Bulletin
    Date: Nov. 13, 1892
    Topics: Crossdressing, Marriage, Military, Passing (Gender), Physicians, Romanticism, Sailors
    Subject: Alexander Burke, Ann Bonny, Anne Jane Thornton, Hannah Snell, Hans Brandt, James Barry, Mary Anne Taylor, Mary Parlour, Mary Read, William Talbot
    Description: Elmore Bulletin (Rocky Bar, Idaho)

  6. Women Who Have Won Renown on the Battlefield

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 22, 1896
    Topics: Combat, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Masculinities, Military, Soldiers, Women
    Subject: Christine Davies, Hannah Snell, James Berry, John Taylor, Mary Ann Talbet, Mary Dixon, Mother Ross

  7. Women of Spartan Courage

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 13, 1893
    Topics: Combat, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Desertion, Military, Marriage, Military, Passing (Gender), Soldiers, Stealth (Transgender)
    Subject: Charles D. Fuller, Frances Day, Franklin Thompson, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Company, Sarah E. Seelye

  8. Women in Trousers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 6, 1893
    Topics: Clothing, Courts, Crimes, Crossdressing, Daughters, Femininities, Gender role, Labour, Marriage, Masculinities, Mothers, Police, Smoking, Travel, Upbringing
    Subject: Emily Paxton, George Sand, Jane Dieulafoy, Josephine Cox, Louis Herman Tobush, Mary Walker, Robert Murdock Smith, Rosa Bonheur, Sarah Bernhardt, Sarolta Vay, Tom King
    Description: St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, Minnesota)

  9. Women in Men's Clothes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Philadelphia Ledger
    Date: Jun. 28, 1866
    Topics: Army, Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Crossdressing, Gender role, Physicians
    Subject: Mary Walker
    Description: The Public Ledger (Memphis, Tennessee)

  10. Women in Male Attire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 8, 1889
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, History, Navy, Prisoners, Wars, Women
    Subject: Harriet Muir, Henry James Muir

  11. Women as Men

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: St. James Gazette
    Date: Aug. 8, 1890
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Maritime occupations, Marriage, Military, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Physicians, Pirates
    Subject: Alexander Burke, Anne Bonny, Anne Jane Thornton, Hannah Snell, Hans Brandt, James Barry, Mary Parlour, Mary Read, Samuel Bundy

  12. Wisconsin's Wonder

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 4, 1882
    Topics: Gossip, Marriage, Painting, Passing (Gender), Step parents
    Subject: Frank Dubois, Gertrude Dubois, Gertrude Fuller
    Description: The News and Herald (Winnsboro, SC)

  13. Wisconsin's Wonder

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 4, 1883
    Topics: Crossdressing, Marriage, Stealth (Transgender)
    Subject: Frank Dubois, Gertrude Fuller, S. J. Hudson
    Description: The News and Herald (Winnsboro, S. C.)

  14. Which? A Man in Woman's Dress

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 1, 1875
    Topics: Clothing, Courts, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Government, Law, Monarchy, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andre Timothee d'Eon de Beaumont, Chevalier D'Eon, Horace Walpole, Louis XV, Milwaukee Sentinel
    Description: Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN)

  15. What is it?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 21, 1870
    Topics: Arrests, Courts, Crossdressing, Medical examinations, Prisoners

  16. Weekly Register

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 10, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Passing (Gender), Transfemininity
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains transphobic language and potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  17. Weekly Intelligencer

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 9, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: An article in the Weekly Intelligencer that mentions the Frances Thompson case.

  18. Under False Colors

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: J.C.B.
    Date: Jul. 15, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Passing (Gender), Slavery, Transfemininity, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Lucy Smith
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and transphobic language, and potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  19. Under False Colors

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 20, 1876
    Topics: Crossdressing, Offenders, Passing (Gender), Racism
    Subject: Aunt Crutchie, Frances Thompson
    Description: The Pulaski Citizen (Pulaski, Tenn.)

  20. Truant Girl Coming Home

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 12, 1898
    Topics: Children, Gender dysphoria, Passing (Gender), Police
    Subject: Charles Kaiser, Frances Gould, Max Gould
    Description: Evening Star, Washington D.C.

  21. Troy Herald

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 8, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  22. Translation of the Chevalier's Farewell Letter to the Public

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 28, 1778
    Topics: Courts, Gender, Politics

  23. Tom King is a Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 17, 1893
    Topics: Clothing, Cowboys, Crossdressing, Escapes, Passing (Gender), Prisoners
    Subject: Tom King
    Description: The Evening World (New York, NY)

  24. Tom King

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 7, 1894
    Topics: Appearance, Childhood, Clothing, Crossdressing, Escaped prisoners, Marriage, Police officers, Theft
    Subject: Tom King
    Description: Sierra County Advocate (Kingston, NM)

  25. Three Chinese Get In

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, City of Alexandria (steamship), Fong, Chu, Yi, Chin
    Description: A newspaper article from the New York Herald detailing the arrest of a Chinese female impersonator.

  26. Thompson's Joke

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 12, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  27. Thompson

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Memphis Daily Appeal
    Date: Jul. 13, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Police harassment, Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: American Civil War, Frances Thompson, Lucy Smith
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  28. This Woman Masqueraded as a Bandit

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 11, 1899
    Topics: Bars (Drinking establishments), Cowboys, Crossdressing, Outlaws
    Subject: Dick Wells, Helen Jackson, Jack Hall, Pearl Hart

  29. Thirty Years in Disguise

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 12, 1880
    Topics: Cancer, Death and dying, Passing (Gender), Transportation occupations
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst
    Description: Centre Democrat (Bellefonte, PA)

  30. THEY FIT.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 2, 1892
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Florence Hines, Marie Roberts, The Cincinatti Enquirer
    Description: A clipping from "The Cincinnati Enquirer" titled: "THEY FIT," detailing an altercation between Florence Hines and Marie Roberts. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  31. There is a Remarkable Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 14, 1886
    Topics: Army, Civil wars, Crimes, Crossdressing, Desertion, Military, Military, Soldiers
    Subject: Franklin Thompson, Sarah E. Edmonds, Sarah E. Seelye
    Description: Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner (Prescott, AZ)

  32. Theatrical Notes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1893
    Topics: BIPOC, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Seneca Indians
    Subject: Gowongo Mohawk
    Description: An article in the Herald on Gowongo Mohawk, a Seneca male impersonator, sucessfully performing in England.

  33. Theatre Comique: Ernest Byne

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 29, 1874
    Topics: Actors, Female impersonators, Femininities, Theatre
    Subject: Ernest Byne, Gerard Byne, Josh Hart
    Description: The New York Herald (New York, New York)

  34. Theatre Comique

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Bennett, James Gordon
    Date: Mar. 30, 1874
    Topics: Femininities, Gender identity, Masculinities, Theatre

  35. The Woman's Husband in Manchester

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 9, 1838
    Topics: Crimes, Marriage, Secrecy
    Subject: Harriet Stoakes, Henry Stoaks

  36. The Woman Who Married the Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 17, 1842
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Marriage

  37. The Woman in Battle: the adventures, exploits, and travels of Madame Loreta Juaneta Velasquez

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Duke University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1876
    Topics: Military, Soldiers, Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Biography, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female
    Subject: Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Loreta Juaneta Velasquez
    Description: Brochure advertising the publication of the book "The Woman in Battle" by Loreta Janeta Velazquez, who claims to have masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier during the Civil War. Includes highli...

  38. THE WIFE OF A WOMAN

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 2, 1892
    Topics: LGBTQ+ relationships, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Annie Hindle, Annie Ryan, Buffalo Evening News, Charles Hindle, Charles Vivian, Ella Wesner, Maggie Weston
    Description: A clipping from the "Buffalo Evening News" titled: "THE WIFE OF A WOMAN," discussing the relationship between Annie Hindel and Annie Ryan. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  39. The Vodoo Profession

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 19, 1873
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Voodoo
    Description: An article in the Public Ledger that talks about the case of the State vs. Frances Thompson involving Voodoo.

  40. The Vallejo Chronicle Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 29, 1880
    Topics: Butchers (Persons), Death and dying, Parenthood
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst, Stockton Herald
    Description: Morning Appeal (Carson City, Nevada)

  41. "The Trial of M. D'Eon by a Jury of Matrons" (Frontispiece, The Town and Country Magazine - May, 1771)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: May 1771
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender minorities, Law
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Eonism
    Description: According to the Transas City website: "A very unique item which highlights part of the furore over the gender identity of the Chevalier d’Eon. In May 1771, the Town and Country Magazine of Eng...

  42. The Third Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 3, 1878
    Topics: Army, Courts, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Femininities, Fencing, Gender identity, Politics
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Louis XV, Louis XVI, National Assembly
    Description: Staunton Spectator (Staunton, VA)

  43. THE TAILOR MADE GIRL.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1893
    Topics: Clothing, Femininities, Gender roles, Masculinities
    Subject: Johnstone Bennett, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" titled: "THE TAILOR MADE GIRL," discussing Johnstone Bennett's style. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  44. The Stage

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1897
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Darkest America, Florence Hines, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: Article in The Freeman mentioning Florence Hines, a Black male impersonator, and Willis Guaze, a female impersonator. This item has been marked as explicit for racist imagery.

  45. The Spirit of Democracy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Spirit of Democracy
    Date: Dec. 26, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Trans women, Witnesses
    Subject: Eliza Pinkston, Frances Thompson
    Description: An article from the The Spirit of Democracy discussing the testimony of Eliza Pinkston in relation to the New Orleans race riots. Frances Thompson is also mentioned.

  46. The Southern Outrages Incredible Radical Stories

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 19, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender disabled people
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  47. The Sentinel

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 19, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Chain gangs, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  48. The Reported Man-Woman Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 3, 1880
    Topics: Clothing, Death and dying, Femininities, FtMs, Gender diversity, Masculinities, Medical examinations, Passing (Gender), Physicians, Soldiers, Transportation occupations
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst, Chevalier D'Eon

  49. The Petersburg Guard in Providence

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The New York Freeman
    Date: Jun. 13, 1885
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Burlesque, C. Henry Brenan, Merchant of Venice, Petersburg Guard, Thomas Doyle, Virginius
    Description: This item is an article in The New York Freeman newspaper Vol. 1 No. 30 that discusses Mr. C. Henry Brenan as a female impersonator and burlesque artist.

  50. The Old Soldier a Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1896
    Topics: Agricultural occupations, Assigned gender, Burial ceremonies, Death and dying, Passing (Gender), Soldiers
    Subject: Otto Schaffer
    Description: Mexico Weekly Ledger (Mexico, MO)

  51. The Morality of Masquerading

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Watts, James
    Date: Oct. 15, 1870
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender

  52. The Minstrels

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Daily Ardmoreite
    Date: Jan. 9, 1896
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: A clipping from The Daily Ardmoreite reviewing Richards & Pringle's Georgia Minstrel show mentioning the great Gauze, a female impersonator.

  53. The Minstrel Show

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 18, 1898
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze
    Description: An article in the Kinsley Graphic about a show featuring the great Gauze.

  54. The Milwaukee Girl Appears in Court in Male Attire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 20, 1893
    Topics: Adoption, Arrests, Courts, Crossdressing, Masculinities, Siblings
    Subject: Annie Morris, Chief Janssen, Chief of Police McGrath, Detective Frank Miller, Frank Blunt Held, Judge Watson
    Description: Wood County Reporter (Grand Rapids, Wisconsin)

  55. The Metamorphosis

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Fielding, John
    Date: Sep. 1783
    Topics: Clothing, Dating, Femininities, Gender, Love

  56. The Men in Petticoats in London

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 10, 1870
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Cosmetics, Courts, Crossdressing, Jewelry, Passing (Gender), Police
    Subject: Arthur Clinton
    Description: Alexandria Gazette (Alexandra, D.C.)

  57. The Men in Petticoats in London

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 10, 1870
    Topics: Clothing, Crimes, Crossdressing, Femininities, Secrecy

  58. The Memphis Theater

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 26, 1875
    Topics: Actors, Female impersonators, Plays
    Subject: Ernest Byne, Milton Nobles
    Description: Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee)

  59. The Memphis Riots

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 21, 1866
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  60. The Memphis Massacre

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 28, 1866
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Police harassment, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Lucy Hunt, Lucy Smith
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to racist language and sexual assault.

  61. The Masqueraders.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: English Lord and American Consul
    Date: Jul. 5, 1870
    Topics: Arrests, Courts, Crimes, Crossdressing, Navy, Sodomy laws
    Subject: Arthur Pelham Clinton, C. H. Thomas, Edward I, Edward XIX, George II, John S. Fisk, Louis Charles Hurt, Martin Luther Cumming, New York World, William Summerville

  62. The Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Wilkes, George
    Date: Sep. 22, 1866
    Topics: Appearance, Discrimination, Gender identity

  63. The Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 17, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Passing (Gender), Transfemininity
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains transphobic language.

  64. The Man Woman Again

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 18, 1836
    Topics: Crossdressing, Marriage, Travel
    Subject: George Moore Wilson

  65. The Man Woman Again

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 18, 1836
    Topics: Childhood, Marriage law, Secrecy, Travel

  66. The Man Who Kissed Dr. Mary Walker

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: May 6, 1876
    Topics: Crossdressing, Harassment, Kissing
    Subject: Mary Walker

  67. The Man Countess Again

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 29, 1891
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Marriage, Masculinities, Medical examinations, Passing (Gender), Upbringing
    Subject: Marie Engelhardt, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay
    Description: The Sun (New York, NY)

  68. The Life Secret of Charley Parkhurst, a Famous California Stage-Driver

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 29, 1880
    Topics: Death and dying, Firearms, Passing (Gender), Transportation occupations
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst, Hank Monk
    Description: The Northern Pacific Farmer (Wadena, Minnesota)

  69. The Life and Examination of Boulton and Park

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870
    Topics: Crossdressing
    Subject: Frederick William Park, Thomas Ernest Boulton

  70. The Idyl of Wild Life

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 3, 1880
    Topics: Almshouses, Cave dwellers, Crossdressing, Hunting
    Subject: George Slater, Joseph Lobdell, Lucy Ann Lobdell, Marie Louise Perry
    Description: Watertown Republican (Watertown, Wisconsin)

  71. The Great Gauze, Wonderful Contralto

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 4, 1892
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: Clipping announcement for The Great Gauze show, published by the newspaper The Silver State

  72. The Fine Bill

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Fort Wayne Daily News
    Date: Feb. 22, 1896
    Topics: Drag kings, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Male impersonators, Theatre
    Subject: Bessie Bonnehill, Richard Harlow

  73. The Female Husband and Male Wife

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 21, 1868
    Topics: Crossdressers, Femininities, Marriage, Masculinities, Transgender people

  74. The Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 25, 1829
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Marriage, Transgender people
    Subject: James Allen

  75. The Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 9, 1883
    Topics: Androgyny, Crossdressing, FtMs, Interviews, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Stealth (Transgender)
    Subject: Frank Dubois, Gertrude Fuller, H. L. Morrison
    Description: Press and Daily Dakotaian (Yankton, Dakota Territory, SD)

  76. The Disguised Lady

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: McDowall, John R.
    Date: Jun. 6, 1834
    Topics: Boarding schools, Secrecy, Sexuality

  77. The Death of Charley Parkhurst

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 4, 1880
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressing, Death, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst, Hank Monk
    Description: Morning Appeal (Carson City, Nevada)

  78. The "Crutchy" Club

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 22, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  79. The Costumer is the Boss

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Foo, Wong Chin
    Date: Aug. 23, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Chinese, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing
    Description: A clipping from the Staunton Vindicator about the costuming of the Swintien Loh theater troupe mentioning Taka Wing, a female impersonator.

  80. The Congressional Committee and the Memphis Riots

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Plymouth Weekly Democrat
    Date: Aug. 16, 1866
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women, Transgender disabled people
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: An article initially published in The Memphis Daily Avalanche on the Congressional Committee created for the 1866 Memphis Riots. The clipping identifies and briefly discusses Frances Thompson as on...

  81. The Colored Minstrels

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1894
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: A newspaper article from The State reviewing a minstrel show mentioning Gauze, a female impersonator who was Huron and sometimes performed in white makeup.

  82. The "Cock and Bull" - Story of Eliza Pinkston

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 9, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Eliza Pinkston, Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  83. The Chimney Corner

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Leslie, Frank
    Date: 1866
    Topics: Crossdressing, French revolution, Politics, Poverty, Secrecy
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon

  84. The Chevalier D'Eon – A Correction

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 20, 1876
    Topics: Crossdressers, Gender identity, Politics
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon

  85. The Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Chicago Daily Tribune
    Date: Jun. 9, 1877
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Military, Transgender people
    Subject: Anna Seward, Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andre Timothee d'Eon de Beaumont, Chevalier D'Eon, Louis XV, Samuel Breck

  86. The Charge Against "Gentlemen" Personating Women

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 4, 1870
    Topics: Arrests, Criminalization, Crossdressers, Crossdressing

  87. The Celebrated but Unfortunate Chevalier d'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Gazette of the United States and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
    Date: Oct. 22, 1796
    Topics: Crossdressing, Fencing, Passing (Gender), Theatre
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon
    Description: Gazette of the United States & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA)

  88. The Cairo News

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 2, 1863
    Topics: Crossdressing, FtMs, Military, Soldiers, Suicide
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide. Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye (Burlington, IA)

  89. The Burglary that Led to the Chinese Battle

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 13, 1890
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Lee Low
    Description: An article in the Los Angeles Herald that mentions Lee Low, a Chinese female impersonator.

  90. The Boulton Masquerade

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Detroit Advertiser and Tribune
    Date: Jun. 30, 1870
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Arthur Clinton, Park and Boulton

  91. The Boulton Masquerade

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 30, 1870
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Clothing, Crimes, Gatherings, Gender, Secrecy

  92. The Army and the Negros

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: National Anti-Slavery Standard
    Date: 1862
    Topics: African American soldiers, Clothing, Crossdressing, Slavery, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Description: A newspaper segment examining the role of Black people in the Union Army during the Civil War that includes an excerpt from a New York Times article in which the author describes people seeking ref...

  93. Tennessee News

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Memphis Daily Appeal
    Date: Jan. 19, 1877
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Crossdressing, Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Sally Walker
    Description: An article in The Memphis Daily Appeal mentioning the arrest of Sally Walker on the basis of wearing female clothes. The clipping compares the case of Sally Walker to that of Frances Thompson.

  94. Ta Ka Wing and the Whole Chinese Dramatic Troupe are Doomed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 17, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Chinese People, Taka Wing
    Description: Article in The Evening World about female impersonator Taka Wing.

  95. Sunday Inquirer Magazine

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1899
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Fon Chong Mai
    Description: Article published in the Philadelphia Inquirer mentioning a performance by Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese actor and female impersonator.

  96. Stupid and Vulgar.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 14, 1899
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Hate speech, Imprisonment, LGBTQ+ partners, Twins
    Subject: Ella Duke, Ellis Glenn
    Description: Marietta Daily Leader (Marietta, Ohio)

  97. Studio receptions and bachelor teas are among…

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 12, 1893
    Topics: Femininities, Gender expression, Gender roles, Masculinities
    Subject: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle," discussing bachelor teas. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  98. Stranger Than Fiction: Authenticated Story of a Singular Woman's Life

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: London Telegraph
    Date: Nov. 3, 1897
    Topics: Clothing, FtMs, Gender segregation in labour, Labour, Masculinities, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Catherine Coombs, Charley Wilson

  99. Story of a Modern Rosalind

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 27, 1897
    Topics: Childhood, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Families, Gender diversity, Marriage, Monasteries, Mute persons, Passing (Gender), Police, Travel
    Subject: Babe Bean

  100. STAGE WHISPERS.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 1, 1883
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Alma Stuart Stanley, Blanche Selwyn, Ella Wesner, St. George Hussey, The National Police Gazette
    Description: A clipping from "The National Police Gazette" titled: "STAGE WHISPERS," discussing a performance of Ella Wesner and other male impersonators. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  101. Southern Items

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 16, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Clipping from the newspaper The Lake County Star that mentions Frances Thompson

  102. SONG AND DANCE MEN.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 5, 1877
    Topics: Clothing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Masculinities, Performance art
    Subject: Annie Hindle, Ella Wesner, Harry Beckett
    Description: A clipping from "Troy Times" titled: "SONG AND DANCE MEN," discussing performances by Ella Wesner, Annie Hindle, and Harry Beckett. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  103. Some Account of Hannah Snell, the Female Soldier

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 1750
    Topics: Childhood, Clothing, Crossdressing, Sailors, Secrecy
    Subject: Hannah Snell

  104. Soldiers Who Were Women

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 24, 1890
    Topics: Military, Military discharge--United States
    Subject: Charles D. Fuller, Frances Day, Franklin Thompson, L. M. Blaylock, Miss Seelye, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Company, Sergeant Frank Mayne
    Description: Democratic Northwest (Napoleon, Ohio)

  105. Six Years for Harry Mortimer: The Nimble-Fingered Female Impersonator Must Go to Prison

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Inter Ocean
    Date: Oct. 19, 1895
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Body adornment, Courts, Female impersonators, Police, Sentencing
    Subject: Harry Mortimer

  106. Singular Case - An Oath of Allegiance Between Two Noted Characters

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 21, 1844
    Topics: Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Robbery
    Subject: Almira C., Beefsteak Pete, John Williams, Joseph Liness, Peter Sewally, Theodore Augustus Jackson
    Description: Content warning: this item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic language.

  107. Singular Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 21, 1878
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transfemininity, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  108. Singular Capture

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Andrews, Samuel
    Date: 1828
    Topics: Crossdressing, Families, Secrecy, Separation

  109. Simmon's and Slocum's Minstrels

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Evansville Courier & Press
    Date: Feb. 8, 1877
    Topics: Black people, Dance, Dancers, Female impersonators, Minstrel shows, Theatre, Theatre groups
    Subject: W. Henry Rice

  110. She Posed as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 14, 1893
    Topics: Arrests, Families, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Smoking
    Subject: Annie Morris, Frank Blunt
    Description: Rock Island Daily Argus (Rock Island, Illinois)

  111. She Played Her Part

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 4, 1890
    Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Baptism, Clothing, Debt, Gender identity, Imprisonment, Marriage, Masculinities, Upbringing
    Subject: Marie Engelhardt, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay

  112. Schools For Training Liars

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 5, 1884
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault and the use of transphobic language.

  113. RUMORED ELOPEMENT OF A HOTEL-KEEPER WITH ELLA WESNER.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 18, 1872
    Topics: LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Ella Wesner, Josie Mansfield
    Description: A clipping from "Chicago Tribune" titled: "RUMORED ELOPEMENT OF A HOTEL-KEEPER WITH ELLA WESNER," discussing the relationships of Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  114. Romantic Paupers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1867
    Topics: Arrests, Families, Gender, LGBTQ+ lovers, Poverty, Secrecy
    Subject: Ada Perry, Joseph Israel Lobdell

  115. Romance of a Poor Young Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 19, 1889
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Labour
    Subject: Frank James, Jesse James, Joseph Cox, Josephine Cox, Marshel Chappel
    Description: The Bottineau Pioneer (Bottineau, ND)

  116. ROCHESTER, N.Y.-ACADEMY OF MUSIC (Louis C. Cook, manager)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 23, 1895
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Florence Hines
    Description: A clipping from "The New York Dramatic Mirror," describing a performance featuring Florence Hines. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  117. Richards & Pringle's Performance Announcement

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Pine Bluff Daily Graphic
    Date: Jan. 2, 1899
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: A clipping from Pine Bluff Daily Graphic promoting a performance by Richards & Pringle's Georgia Minstrels featuring the Great Gauze, a female impersonator.

  118. Richards & Pringle's Famous Georgie Minstrels

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Greenville Times
    Date: Sep. 28, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: A clipping from The Greenville advertising a performance by Richards & Pringle's Georgia Minstrels featuring The Great Gauze, a female impersonator.

  119. Remarkable Connection of Two Women

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1766
    Topics: Ethnic relations, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ lovers, LGBTQ+ relationships
    Subject: Mary East

  120. Rehan In Chinese Eyes: An Oriental Criticism

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Fon Chong Mai
    Date: 1898
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Choy Ting Quoy, Daly's Theater, Fon Chong Mai
    Description: Article published in the New York Herald and written by Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese female impersonator, about Ada Rehan's performance in "The Merchant of Venice".

  121. Radical Theft, Lying, Deceit and Trickery

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 2, 1877
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  122. Public Ledger

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 26, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women
    Subject: Eliza Pinkston, Frances Thompson
    Description: Clipping from the newspaper The Public Ledger. A judge compares the court cases of Frances Thompson and Eliza Pinkston.

  123. Political Points

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Patriot
    Date: 1876
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Elections, Race relations, Racism
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Ku Klux Klan, St. Louis Times
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to rape.

  124. Plymouth County News

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 31, 1873
    Topics: Clothing, Gender identity, Institutional care facilities, LGBTQ+ lovers, LGBTQ+ relationships, Travel

  125. Pink-Cheeked Reginald

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: New York Recorder
    Date: Aug. 18, 1895
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Courts, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender segregation in labour, Physicians, Workhouses
    Subject: Estelle Lawrence, Reginald Culton
    Description: The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana)

  126. Peter Sewally, alias Ann Eliza Erans, alias Beef Steak Pete

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 24, 1846
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Crossdressers
    Subject: Beefsteak Pete
    Description: Content warning: contains potentially racist and transphobic material related to racist and transphobic language.

  127. PEOPLE'S—Gowongo Mohawk

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1897
    Topics: Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Native American LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Gowongo Mohawk, Wep-Ton-No-Mah
    Description: A short article published in 1897 in the Philadelphia Inquirer detailing Gowongo Mohawk, an Indigenous male impersonator acting as the leading role in the play "Wep-Ton-No-Mah."

  128. Owl Pharmacy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 6, 1887
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Description: Article in The Abilene Reflector about "the best colored female impersonators in the business."

  129. OUR VARIETY ARTISTS.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 17, 1881
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Ella Wesner, The Cincinatti Enquirer
    Description: A clipping from "The Cincinnati Enquirer" discussing the salaries of performers including Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  130. Now She's Miss Cunningham

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 6, 1899
    Topics: Assigned gender, Death and dying, Forgery, Passing (Gender), Prisoners
    Subject: Cora Alice Cunningham, Ellis Glenn
    Description: Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Illinois)

  131. Not A Tenderfoot: A Female Jehu Who Passed for Thirty Years as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 11, 1886
    Topics: Appearance, Death and dying, Gold mines and mining, Passing (Gender), Postmasters, Transportation occupations
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst, Charlotte Parkhurst, Frederick M. Parkhurst, Lottie Parkhurst

  132. North Morgantown

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 6, 1899
    Topics: BIPOC, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Seneca Indians
    Subject: Gowongo Mohawk, The Indian Mail Carrier (Play)
    Description: Praise for American Indian Actress Go-Woo-Go Mohawk in her play Wep-Ton-No-Mah, The Indian Mail Carrier. Published in the newspaper Daily New Dominion.

  133. North Carolina News

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 30, 1880
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, BIPOC, Black people, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ parents, Transmasculine people
    Description: A clipping from the Yorkville Enquirer mentioning a "colored woman who was raised as a boy."

  134. No Japanese Actresses

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1895
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Danjuro, Ichikawa Danjuro, Japanese Actor, Japanese People
    Description: A Omaha World-Herald newspaper article about a Japanese actor and female impersonator, Ichikawa Danjuro.

  135. Ninth and Arch Museum

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 26, 1893
    Topics: Black people, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Callender's Original Georgia Minstrels, Florence Hines
    Description: Article in The Philadelphia Inquirer that discusses Florence Hines, a Black male impersonator.

  136. News of the Theatres

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Sun
    Date: Aug. 7, 1892
    Topics: BIPOC, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Seneca Indians
    Subject: Gowongo Mohawk
    Description: A clipping from The Sun sharing various theater news stories, including Gowongo Mohawk's upcoming performance tour in England.

  137. News Notes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 4, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Passing (Gender), Transfeminine people
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: A short note announcing the death of Frances Thompson.

  138. Newport, July, 30

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 30, 1764
    Topics: Clothing, Femininities, FtMs, Marriage, Masculinities, Transgender people, Warrant officers, Widowed people
    Subject: Deborah Lewis

  139. New York's Favorite Slumming Expedition

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 12, 1899
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Choy Ting Quoy, Fon Chong Mai
    Description: Article published in the Colorado Springs Gazette about Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese actor and female impersonator; includes illustrations.

  140. NEW YORK, October 17th.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 19, 1872
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Ella Wesner, Everret House, Josie Mansfield
    Description: A clipping from "Marysville Daily Appeal" titled: "NEW YORK, October 17th," discussing Ella Wesner and Josie Mansfield's trip to Europe. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  141. New York Deserted

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 6, 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Taka Wing
    Description: A clipping from The Evening Star mentioning Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator.

  142. New Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 17, 1895
    Topics: Clothing, Female masculinity, Femininities, Gender roles, Masculinities
    Subject: Brooklyn Life
    Description: A clipping from "Brooklyn Life" discussing gender roles, masculinity, and femininity.

  143. Neil Burgess (Week of March 6)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 5, 1899
    Topics: Comedy, Female impersonators, Theatre shows, Vaudeville
    Subject: Neil Burgess

  144. Neil Burgess Is Now Playing The County Fair

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 18, 1891
    Topics: Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Neil Burgess

  145. Neil Burgess (Amusements)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 7, 1888
    Topics: Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Neil Burgess, Vim

  146. Mysterious Lady

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 21, 1898
    Topics: Crossdressing, Disabilities, Traffic accident victims
    Subject: Babe Bean
    Description: The Argus (Holbrook, AZ)

  147. Mrs. S. E. Seelye

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 17, 1886
    Topics: Army, Crossdressing, Desertion, Military, Military, Passing (Gender), Soldiers
    Subject: Franklin Thompson, Sarah E. Seelye
    Description: The Grenada Sentinel (Grenada, MS)

  148. Mrs. E. E. Seeyle the Female Soldier

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Fredonia Times
    Date: Oct. 16, 1884
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Combat, Passing (Gender), Soldiers
    Subject: Battle of Bull Run, Company F. Second Regiment Michigan Infantry, E. E. Seelye, Franklin Thompson, Sanitary Commission
    Description: Phillpsburg Herald (Phillipsburg, Kansas)

  149. Mr. or Miss?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The Inter Ocean
    Date: Jun. 8, 1887
    Topics: Drag kings, Male impersonators, Opera, Weddings
    Subject: Annie Hindle, Annie Ryan, Belle Kinsman, Charles Hindle, E.H. Brooks

  150. Mourning for His Cat

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 16, 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Taka Wing
    Description: Article published in The Boston Herald that explains shows featuring Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator, have been canceled because Wing is sick.

  151. Mott Street's Sharp Critics

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 9, 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing
    Description: A clipping from the Omaha Daily Bee mentioning Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator.

  152. More Medical Discoveries

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 2, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  153. More Authentic Anecdotes of the Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1805
    Topics: Appearance, Families, Gender, Secrecy

  154. Mongols Badly Duped.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1893
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Charles Waldstein, Chinese People, Gaelic (ship)
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to enslavement.

  155. Mongols Badly Duped

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1893
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Bow Wah, Charles Waldstein, Chinese People
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to enslavement.

  156. Miss Babe Bean

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 21, 1898
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressing
    Subject: Babe Bean
    Description: The Argus (Holbrook, Arizona)

  157. Miscellany

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1871
    Topics: Femininities, Gender role, Masculinities, Upbringing

  158. Miscellaneous

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 21, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: An article that mentions the passing of Frances Thompson.

  159. Milwaukee Special

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 21, 1893
    Topics: Arrests, Crimes, Crossdressing
    Subject: Annie Morris, Frank Blunt, Jesse Blunt
    Description: Dakota Farmers' Leader (Canton, SD)

  160. Men Who Portray Women in Plays

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: New York Herald
    Date: Dec. 10, 1893
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Labour, Performing arts, Students, Theatre
    Subject: Charley Wykeham, Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez, Etienne Girardot, Richard Harlow

  161. Memphis Appeal

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 18, 1870
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Clipping published in the Memphis Daily Appeal

  162. Memphis Appeal

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Memphis Daily Appeal
    Date: Dec. 1, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Eliza Pinkston, Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  163. Memoirs of the Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 1777
    Topics: Gender, Lawyers, Secrecy
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon

  164. Matinee Christmas Day

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 18, 1872
    Topics: Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Neil Burgess

  165. Mary Read and Anne Bonney

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1833
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Death and dying, LGBTQ+ lovers, Pirates
    Subject: Anne Bonney, Mary Read

  166. Mary Murdock Mason

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 27, 1876
    Topics: Clothing, Gender expression, Gender identity
    Subject: Mary Murdock Mason
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" titled: "Mary Murdock Mason." Details Mary Murdock Mason's ideas on gender. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  167. Mary Frith, Alias Moll Cutpurse

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 3, 1817
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender, LGBTQ+ poetry
    Subject: Mary Frith

  168. Married, Not Mated

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: The Denver Republican
    Date: Oct. 30, 1883
    Topics: Crossdressers, Femininities, Marriage
    Subject: Frank Dubois

  169. Many Years in Man's Attire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 27, 1899
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Occupations, Painting
    Subject: Catherine Coombs
    Description: Dakota Farmers' Leader (Canton, SD)

  170. Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 1867
    Topics: Appearance, Gender, Life stories, Marriage, Physicians, Secrecy, Surgery

  171. Major W. J. Sykes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 19, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: An article in the Memphis Daily Appeal discussing voting rights that mentions Frances Thompson.

  172. Mademoiselle Le Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1809 to 1810
    Topics: Childhood, Death and dying, Families, Gender, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Wars

  173. Ludicrous Crime

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Munroe, Isaac
    Date: Feb. 28, 1826
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Marriage, Polygamy, Prisoners
    Subject: Charles Hamilton, George Hamilton, Mary Hamilton

  174. Local Paragraphs [2]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 18, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women
    Description: An article in the Memphis Daily Appeal that mentions the arrest of Frances Thompson.

  175. Local Paragraphs [1]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 4, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: A clipping from the Memphis Daily Appeal announcing the death of Frances Thompson.

  176. Local Paragraphs

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 2, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: A clipping from the Memphis Daily Appeal mentioning Frances Thompson.

  177. Lived As A Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 19, 1892
    Topics: Death and dying, FtMs, Male impersonators, Masculinities, Transgender people, Wars
    Subject: Henry Junto, Myra Lawrence

  178. Life-Time Disguise of Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 13, 1847
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, FtMs, Soldiers
    Subject: Thomas de Croismare
    Description: Port Tobacco Times (Port Tobacco, MD.)

  179. Life-Time Disguise of Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 1, 1847
    Topics: Death and dying, Gender, Military occupations, Secrecy
    Subject: Thomas de Croismare

  180. Life and Examination of the Would-Be Ladies

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870
    Topics: Courts, Crossdressing
    Subject: Frederick William Park, Thomas Ernest Boulton

  181. Ledger Lines [6]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 9, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  182. Ledger Lines [5]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Public Ledger
    Date: Feb. 16, 1878
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Crossdressing, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Jenny Smith
    Description: A clipping from Public Ledger about Jenny Smith, who was arrested and fined for wearing female apparel, and compared to Frances Thompson.

  183. Ledger Lines [4]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 17, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Passing (Gender), Trans women
    Description: Content warning: this item contains racist language.

  184. Ledger Lines [3]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 13, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Lucy Smith
    Description: Published in the newspaper The Public Ledger.

  185. Ledger Lines [2]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 14, 1876
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender disabled people
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to ableist language.

  186. Ledger Lines [1]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 18, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender disabled people
    Description: An article in the Public Ledger that mentions Frances Thompson.

  187. Ledger Lines

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 1, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender disabled people
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: A clipping from the newspaper The Public Ledger about Frances Thompson.

  188. La Chevalier D'Eon's Answer to the Orator of the Human Race

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 10, 1792
    Topics: French revolution, Gender, Military, Politics
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon

  189. Kunkel's Opera Troupe Listing

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Cleveland Leader
    Date: Mar. 17, 1855
    Topics: Dance, Dancers, Female impersonators, Minstrel shows, Theatre, Theatre groups
    Subject: T.L. Floyd

  190. Ku-Klux Outrages

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 20, 1876
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault and violence.

  191. KNOCKED DOWN TWO

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 9, 1893
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Florence Hines, Florrie Marion, Olympic Theatre, William Brown
    Description: A clipping from "The World" titled: "KNOCKED DOWN TWO," describing an altercation involving male impersonator Florence Hines, Florrie Marion, and William Brown. This item was contributed to the DTA...

  192. Just Like in Pekin

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Joss temple, Shi Lou Tau Moo ("Loyal Slave"), Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing
    Description: This item is an article published in the New York Herald with that mentions Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator. Uses extensive racist language.

  193. Joy Reigns In Chinatown

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Taka Wing, The Swintien Lok Chinese Dramatic Company, Troupe
    Description: Article published in the New-York Tribune about a performance by Taka Wing, a famous Chinese female impersonator.

  194. Johnstone Bennett's Chat

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The World
    Date: Mar. 20, 1894
    Topics: Actors, Male impersonators, Theatre
    Subject: Johnstone Bennett, The Amazons

  195. Jewesses on a Frolic

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1845
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Judaism, Masculinities

  196. Interviewing Dr. Mary Walker

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1875
    Topics: Clothing, Gender identity
    Subject: Mary Walker

  197. Incidents in Illinois

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Daily Illinois State Journal
    Date: Aug. 12, 1893
    Topics: Female impersonators, Harassment, Police, Social norms, Taboos

  198. IN THE WINGS.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 5, 1893
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Ella Wesner, The New York Dramatic Mirror, Tony Pastor's, Vesta Tilley
    Description: A clipping from "The New York Dramatic Mirror" titled: "IN THE WINGS," discussing Vesta Tilley. This item was contributed to DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  199. In Men's Clothes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 8, 1889
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Courts, Crossdressing
    Subject: Mme. Libert, Palace of Justice
    Description: The Lafayette Advertiser (Lafayette, LA)

  200. In Marietta!

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 9, 1899
    Topics: Crossdressing, Imprisonment, Labour, Passing (Gender), Prisons
    Subject: Bert Glenn, Cora Alice Cunningham, Ellis Glenn, Jake Kauf
    Description: Marietta Daily Leader (Marietta, Ohio)