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  1. 1er Avril

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: A & Cie
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Series of 2 April Fool’s Day (“poisson d’avril”) postcards. Two women dressed in 18th-century aristocratic garb, one as a man, one as woman: In this card (tinted), each is holding a colossal fish (...

  2. 1er Avril

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: A & Cie
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Series of 2 April Fool’s Day (“poisson d’avril”) postcards. Two women dressed in 18th-century aristocratic garb, one as a man, one as woman: In one card (untinted), both hold a basket filled with f...

  3. [A gendarme, a magistrate and others] or women in costume

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Postcard showing six women posing in front of the entry to a brick building. Three are dressed in the simple outfits of working women, including one wearing a long white apron; the other three are ...

  4. A home of our own

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: The Ad Hoc Committee to Support the Lesbian Herstory Archives
    Date: Jun. 23, 1991
    Topics: Anti-lesbian violence, Archives, Butches, Dykes, Femmes, Lesbian activism, Lesbian African-Americans, Lesbian archives, Lesbian bars, Lesbians, Lesbians of colour, Male impersonators, Persecution of lesbians
    Subject: Becky Johnson, C. Walsh Theater, First African Meeting House, Gay Community News, Jenifer Firestone, Jewel Box Revue, Joan Nestle, Lesbian Herstory Archives, Michelle Parkerson, Red Shades Affinity Group, Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, Stormé DeLarverie, West Village
    Description: An article summarizing an event to benefit the Lesbian Herstory Archives, featuring a short film about Storme Delarverie and appearances from notable lesbian activists. Originally published on page...

  5. A Noted Actress Ill and In Want

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 16, 1905
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: A Female Drummer, Johnstone Bennett
    Description: An article about Johnstone Bennet, published in the August 16, 1905 issue of the "San Francisco Chronicle."

  6. A Wedded Puzzle

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 18, 1892
    Topics: LGBTQ+ night life, Male impersonators, Marriage
    Subject: Annie Hindle, Louise Spangehl, Reverend G.C. Baldwin

  7. ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 15, 1874
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Academy of Music, Ella Wesner
    Description: A clipping from "The Chicago Daily Tribune" titled: "ACADEMY OF MUSIC," discussing Ella Wesner's performance at the Academy of Music. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  8. After 20 Years As a Female, Robert Now Seeks A New Life

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Boston Herald
    Date: Nov. 20, 1972
    Topics: Families, Gender realignment surgery, Homosexuality, Hormones, Male impersonators, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Johns Hopkins Hospital

  9. Al Reeves’ Music Hall.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 11, 1900
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Al Reeves' Music Hall, Florence Hines, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" titled: "Al Reeves' Music Hall," mentioning a performance Florence Hines took part in. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  10. Among Stage People

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 2, 1899
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Vaudeville
    Subject: Florence Hines
    Description: An article in The Colored American mentioning Florence Hines, a Black male impersonator.

  11. Among the Negro Performers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 10, 1900
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Black Sensation Company, Florence Hines
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to racist language.

  12. Amourette Louis XV

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Set of 2 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. "Male"aristocrat woos a female aristocrat in a studio-set formal garden. Blank verso with manuscript address; stamp and postm...

  13. Amourette Louis XV

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Set of 2 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. "Male"aristocrat woos a female aristocrat in a studio-set formal garden. Blank verso with manuscript address; stamp and postm...

  14. Amourette Louis XV - Du Brantome!

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Charles Ventre (greeted as “Mon joli” or “mon petit”). Brief message on recto of all cards signed “ta Jeanette.” Three cards have longer love notes on the verso. Set of f...

  15. Amourette Louis XV - La lecture stait captiva

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Charles Ventre (greeted as “Mon joli” or “mon petit”). Brief message on recto of all cards signed “ta Jeanette.” Three cards have longer love notes on the verso. Set of f...

  16. Amourette Louis XV - la Marquise Lisait

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Charles Ventre (greeted as “Mon joli” or “mon petit”). Brief message on recto of all cards signed “ta Jeanette.” Three cards have longer love notes on the verso. Set of f...

  17. Amourette Louis XV - Marquis, vous n'etec pas sace

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Charles Ventre (greeted as “Mon joli” or “mon petit”). Brief message on recto of all cards signed “ta Jeanette.” Three cards have longer love notes on the verso. Set of f...

  18. Amourette Louis XV - Mettons en action le roman

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Charles Ventre (greeted as “Mon joli” or “mon petit”). Brief message on recto of all cards signed “ta Jeanette.” Three cards have longer love notes on the verso. Set of f...

  19. Amoureux Viennois

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Royer
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: One postcard (no. 3) from a series of unknown length representing a woman dressed as a male officer in a braided uniform adapted for added raciness (tailored for maximum form fitting, sleeves remov...

  20. Amours Champetres

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery
    Date: circa 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Divided verso; notice printed full width indicating "Tous les pays étrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto. Se renseigner à la Poste”. Printed on verso: Two five-point stars followed b...

  21. AMUSEMENTS.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 19, 1892
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Florence Hines, The St. Paul Globe
    Description: A clipping from "The Saint Paul Globe" titled: "AMUSEMENTS," discussing a performance by Florence Hines. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  22. Amusements

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1899
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Al. G. Fields Minstrels, Dallas Opera House
    Description: Article in the Dallas Morning News mentioning Black female impersonator.

  23. Amusements

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 31, 1896
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators
    Subject: Florence Hines
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to racist language.

  24. AN APPEAL FOR AN OLD TIMER.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: De Lulsi, Louise
    Date: 1911 to Jul. 22, 1912
    Topics: Family members, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Ella Wesner, Mary Wesner, Orpheum Theater, The New York Clipper
    Description: A clipping from "The New York Clipper" titled: "AN APPEAL FOR AN OLD TIMER," discussing Ella Wesner and her sister Mary Wesner. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  25. [An officer and an aristocrat]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: ABN
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Set of 4 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. "Male"aristocrat woos a female aristocrat in a studio-set salon. No imprinted captions. Divided verso. Series no. 525.

  26. [An officer and an aristocrat]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: ABN
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Set of 4 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. "Male"aristocrat woos a female aristocrat in a studio-set salon. No imprinted captions. Divided verso. Series no. 525.

  27. [An officer and an aristocrat]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: ABN
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Set of 4 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. "Male"aristocrat woos a female aristocrat in a studio-set salon. No imprinted captions. Divided verso. Series no. 525.

  28. [An officer and an aristocrat]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: ABN
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Set of 4 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. "Male"aristocrat woos a female aristocrat in a studio-set salon. No imprinted captions. Divided verso. Series no. 525.

  29. Andrews Changes Sexes!

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Kerrigan, Mike
    Date: Mar. 21, 1982
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressing, Drag, Gender role, Male impersonators
    Subject: Julie Andrews, Victor/ Victoria
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)

  30. Annie Hindle Again A Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 22, 1892
    Topics: Appearance, Female impersonators, Male impersonators, Marriage
    Subject: Annie Hindle, Gilbert Sarony, Louise Spangehal

  31. Annie Hindle (Daily Illinois)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 22, 1892
    Topics: Male impersonators, Marriage
    Subject: Annie Hindle, Louise Spangehal

  32. Annie Hindle, Male Impersonator, in Critical Condition

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The Cincinnati Post
    Date: Jul. 14, 1897
    Topics: Drag kings, Male impersonators, Marriage
    Subject: Annie Hindle, Jennie Kramer

  33. Annie Hindle's Strange Career

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The Philadelphia Inquirer
    Date: Jul. 10, 1892
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag kings, Drag queens, Male impersonators, Weddings
    Subject: Annie Hindle, Annie Ryan, Charles Hindle, Charles Vivian, G. C. Baldwin, Gilbert Saroney, Louise Spangehal

  34. Aristocrat and a country girl

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Kunzli Freres Editeurs, Stebbing
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Captioned: L’Invitation and La Déclaration. Same series depicted in cards 112-117.

  35. Aristocrat and a country girl

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Kunzli Freres Editeurs, Stebbing
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Captioned: L’Invitation and La Déclaration. Same series depicted in cards 112-117.

  36. [Aristocrat and Flower Girl]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Edit. d'Art
    Date: 1911
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: ighteenth-century seduction scene: woman dressed as a male aristocrat woos a peasant-girl flower-seller against a studio backdrop of a sylvan scene. Postage stamp and postmark on recto. Divided verso.

  37. [Aristocrat courting]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery
    Date: 1902
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Brief manuscript message providing a caption in the lower margin of the recto of each postcard (“Ah! Attention!!!!!!”; “Ça s’embrouille”; etc.). Each message is signed “Jane.” Complet...

  38. [Aristocrat courting]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery
    Date: 1902
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Brief manuscript message providing a caption in the lower margin of the recto of each postcard (“Ah! Attention!!!!!!”; “Ça s’embrouille”; etc.). Each message is signed “Jane.” Complet...

  39. [Aristocrat courting]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery
    Date: 1902
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Brief manuscript message providing a caption in the lower margin of the recto of each postcard (“Ah! Attention!!!!!!”; “Ça s’embrouille”; etc.). Each message is signed “Jane.” Complet...

  40. [Aristocrat courting]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery
    Date: 1902
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Brief manuscript message providing a caption in the lower margin of the recto of each postcard (“Ah! Attention!!!!!!”; “Ça s’embrouille”; etc.). Each message is signed “Jane.” Complet...

  41. [Aristocrat courting]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery
    Date: 1902
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Brief manuscript message providing a caption in the lower margin of the recto of each postcard (“Ah! Attention!!!!!!”; “Ça s’embrouille”; etc.). Each message is signed “Jane.” Complet...

  42. Arrive a Chinon

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: ELD, Walery
    Date: circa 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Lucien Renault; signed “Ta soeurette [illegible]”. Historical scene showing Joan of Arc telling the dauphin of France that he will be crowned king at Reims. As is convent...

  43. At the Post and Will Win By More than a Head! Who? Miss Florence Hines

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 7, 1891
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Florence Hines, The New York Clipper
    Description: A clipping from "The New York Clipper" titled: "At the Post and Will Win By More than a Head! Who? Miss Florence Hines," advertising a performance by Florence Hines. This item was contributed to DT...

  44. Austin & Stone's

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators
    Subject: Austin & Stone's, Jessie Thomas
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to racist language.

  45. Ballooning Or Up Amongst The Stars

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Male impersonators, Music, Musicians
    Subject: Millie Hylton

  46. Bergere et Berger

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: MJS
    Date: 1904 to 1906
    Topics: Female impersonators, Male impersonators
    Description: Series of 2 comic postcards of a shepherdess and a shepherd. Both emphasize supposedly outlandish folkloric highlander clothing. One shows a woman dressed as a shepherd; a doggerel verse printed in...

  47. Bergere et Berger

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: MJS
    Date: 1904 to 1906
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Series of 2 comic postcards of a shepherdess and a shepherd. Both emphasize supposedly outlandish folkloric highlander clothing. One shows a woman dressed as a shepherd; a doggerel verse printed in...

  48. Bessie Bonehill Card

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1880
    Topics: Male impersonators, Vaudeville
    Subject: Bessie Bonehill

  49. Bonne Annee

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1930
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to “Bien chère Gaby” and signed “Mes meilleurs voeux, mes bonnes amitiés—Une petite amie.” Long personal message about health issues, life troubles, hopes to see friend in t...

  50. Bonne Annee

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "New year’s greetings to “Ma chère Henriette” at Castle Hall School in Northampton, England; signed “Ton amie qui t’embrasse, Jeanne Lambert” Slim young woman dressed as a mailman in f...