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  1. In Male Attire: Remarkable Career of a Female Who Passed for a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Terra Haute Gazette
    Date: Sep. 20, 1875
    Topics: Androgyny, Arrests, Dance, Female impersonators, Law, Minstrel shows, Music, Police, Theatre, Theatre groups
    Subject: Ella Seigen, John Johnson, St. Leon

  2. Impersonator Willis: Arrest of an Alleged St. Louisman in New York

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Republic Bureau
    Date: Feb. 19, 1895
    Topics: Androgyny, Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Gender identity, Police, Social norms, Taboos
    Subject: Charles Willis

  3. 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

  4. A Female Impersonator: Man Disguised in Woman's Apparel Arrested at Austin

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 13, 1901
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Police, Social norms, Taboos
    Subject: Edgar Edwards

  5. Not Manners of a Lady: Impersonator Wears Frills and Ruffles, but Uses Fists - Is Charged with Attack on Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 18, 1905
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Harassment, Police, Violence
    Subject: Percy Yarick

  6. Man Held on Charge of Stealing Silk Dress

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 25, 1910
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Femininities, Masculinities, Police, Theatre
    Subject: La Nier Watts, Trixie

  7. Arrest Actor's Wife: Jesse Harris Is Dead of Morphine Poisoning

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Evansville Courier & Press
    Date: Nov. 6, 1911
    Topics: Actors, Arrests, Crimes, Female impersonators, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Theatre
    Subject: J.V. Thomas, Jesse Harris

  8. "Margaret" Smith Proves to Be Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 5, 1911
    Topics: Androgyny, Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Harassment, Police, Theatre
    Subject: Clarence Westfall, Margaret Swift

  9. The Man Who Was a "Perfect Lady"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Blackmar, K.K.
    Date: Mar. 16, 1913
    Topics: Actors, Arrests, Female impersonators, Opera, Theatre
    Subject: Annie Butcher, Charles Heywood, Frank Butcher, The Great Heywood

  10. Escaped Negro Convict is Captured Here as "Female Impersonator"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 21, 1913
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Clothing, Disguise, Female impersonators, Imprisonment, Police
    Subject: Willie Harris

  11. Man in Woman's Garb Beans Negro with Gun

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 2, 1922
    Topics: Arrests, Assault and battery, Clothing, Female impersonators, Violence
    Subject: Will Thomas

  12. Female Impersonator Found Guilty of Theft

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 28, 1929
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Female impersonators, Police, Theft
    Subject: Sam Jarvis

  13. Women's Clothes Bring $20 Fines

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 22, 1930
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Female impersonators, Femininities, Law, Masculinities, Police, Social norms
    Subject: Albert Cushman, Wilbur Guyette

  14. Police Raiders Arrest Ten in S.F. Night Club: Patrons Rush for Exits as Officers Visit Finocchio's

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 20, 1936
    Topics: Arrests, Bars, Female impersonators, Physical violence, Police, Theatre
    Subject: Finocchio's Club

  15. Little Waltz Fooled a Cop

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Cowan, J. Harold
    Date: Nov. 21, 1945
    Topics: Arrests, Female impersonators, Police
    Subject: Edward E. Kinney, John W. White

  16. Blond Uses Sex Change as an Alibi

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    Date: Aug. 8, 1967
    Topics: Arrests, Dancers, Mental health, MtFs, Police
    Subject: Andrew J. Thon, Gloria C. Schuff

  17. Blond Uses Sex Change as an Alibi (2)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    Date: Aug. 9, 1967
    Topics: Arrests, Dancers, Mental health, MtFs, Police
    Subject: Andrew J. Thon, Gloria C. Schuff

  18. Arrest Cancels Police Speakers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: New Orleans Times-Picayune
    Date: Oct. 11, 1972
    Topics: Arrests, Gay community, Police, Transsexual people
    Subject: Charles N. Cooke, Dennis Crain, Transsexual Counseling League

  19. Transsexual Sentenced for Murder

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Dallas Morning News
    Date: Sep. 8, 1979
    Topics: Arrests, Children, Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Murderers, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Demonica Wayne Derry, Ida Mae Fox, Mercy Ellison

  20. N.Y. Men Charged in 3 Murders

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Moslock, JoAnn
    Date: Oct. 11, 1985
    Topics: Arrests, Arson, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Alan A. Rockoff, Andrew Hubbard, Felix Rodriguez Diaz, Jessica Castillo, Joseph Chapelle, La Botanica Esperanza, Maria Luisa Castillo Perez, Nelson Baez, Pedro Juan Concepcion, Thomas Kapsak