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  1. 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...
  2. Zelma Rawlston Advertisement

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (Pre-1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1897
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressing, Entertainers, Male impersonators
    Subject: Leona Lewis, Mademoiselle Ani, Zelma Rawlston
    Description: This Advertisement features three pictures of performers: Zelma Rawlston, Leona Lewis, and Mademoiselle Ani.
  3. Hialeah Club: Queens are Wild

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Fat Jak
    Date: 1920? to 1940?
    Topics: Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Bobbi James, Buzzi, Fat Jak, Gayle Channing, Hialeah Club, Little Lil, Samantha Jones, Toni Desmond
  4. Hialeah Club: Queens are Wild (2)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Fat Jak
    Date: 1920? to 1940?
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Bobbi James, Fat Jak, Gayle Channing, Hialeah Club, Jan Ett, Little Lil, Samantha Jones, Toni Desmond
  5. Hialeah Club: Would You Believe...I'm a Boy!

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1920? to 1940?
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Gayle Channing, Hialeah Club, Toni Desmond
  6. Club My O My Glamourous.....Unusual (2)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Waters, Pat
    Date: circa 1950
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Art Sherrick, Del Le Roy, Felix Montez, Gene La Marr, Paul Russell, Rickie Paige, The Brooks Twins
  7. The Kennewick Social Club Presents The Carroll Revue

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The Kennewick Social Club
    Date: 1950?
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ theater, Revues
    Subject: Carroll, Gay Nineties, Jackie Phillip, Jan Del Rio, Kennewick Social Club, Les Lee, Rickey San Jaun, The Carroll Revue
    Description: See "Related Links" section for the link to the second page of the advertisement.
  8. Club My O My Matchbox

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Club My O My
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Matchboxes, Pocket matchboxes, Theatre shows
    Subject: Club My-O-My
  9. Finocchio's Matchbox

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Universal Match Corporation
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Matchboxes, Theatre shows
    Subject: Finocchio's Club
  10. Finocchio's Matchbox (2)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Finocchio's Club
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Matchboxes, Pocket matchboxes, Theatre shows
    Subject: Finocchio's Club
  11. Ladies-- His Gowns Will Simply Slay You

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Finocchio's Club
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Finocchio's Club, Tex Hendrix
  12. Proves Big Hit In First Show!: Charlotte McLeod

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: New Orleans Times-Picayune
    Date: Jul. 22, 1954
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Gender realignment surgery, MtFs, Theatre
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod, Sho Bar
  13. Interesting Answers to Feminine Fans!: Charlotte McLeod

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: New Orleans Times-Picayune
    Date: Jul. 25, 1954
    Topics: Appearance, Arts and entertainment occupations, Gender realignment surgery, MtFs
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod
  14. Can You Match Her?: Charlotte McLeod

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: New Orleans Times-Picayune
    Date: Aug. 7, 1954
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Gender realignment surgery, MtFs
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod
  15. A Few Days Left!: Charlotte McLeod

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: New Orleans Times-Picayune
    Date: Aug. 14, 1954
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, MtFs
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod
  16. Beige Room Revue Matchbox (1)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The Beige Room
    Date: 1960s
    Topics: Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Matchboxes, Pocket matchboxes, Theatre shows
    Subject: Beige Room Revue
  17. Beige Room Revue Matchbox (2)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The Beige Room
    Date: 1960s
    Topics: Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Matchboxes, Pocket matchboxes, Theatre shows
    Subject: Beige Room Revue
  18. Blue Dahlia Show Lounge Presents Our Guys Are Dolls Revue

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Blue Dahlia Show Lounge
    Date: 1960s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Theatre shows
    Subject: Blue Dahlia Show Lounge, Kismet, Maria Montez, Paolo, Roger Williams
  19. Liberated Female Women

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Creator: The International Alliance for Male Feminism
    Date: circa 1951 to 1978
    Topics: Crossdressers, Eonist people, Femininities, Membership, Transgender people, Transvestites
    Subject: International Alliance for Male Feminism (IAMF), Journal of Male Feminism
    Description: A flyer promoting membership in The International Alliance for Male Feminism among women who are interested in connecting with "feminist oriented males."
  20. Liberation for Male Women

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Creator: The International Alliance for Male Feminism
    Date: circa 1951 to 1978
    Topics: Femininities, Membership campaigns
    Subject: International Alliance for Male Feminism (IAMF), Journal of Male Feminism
    Description: A flyer promoting membership in The International Alliance for Male Feminism.
  21. Club Laurel Matchbox

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Club Laurel
    Date: 1965?
    Topics: Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Matchboxes, Pocket matchboxes, Theatre shows
    Subject: Club Laurel
  22. Now at The Hustlers

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 9, 1967
    Topics: Activists, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Transgender people
    Subject: Benny Curtis Show, Sepia, Sir Lady Java, The Hustlers (Club), Willie Bobo
  23. Jewel Box Revue Advertisement (2)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 17, 1968
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
  24. An All-Male Review at the Paddock

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1969
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: The Paddock International, Vives Les Boys
  25. Vive Les Boys

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1969
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Bobbi Johns, Dee Connors, Fat Jack, Jerri Daye, Kismet, Lelo
  26. Akihiro Miwa in Advertising Still from "Black Lizard" (1968)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Fukasaku, Kinji
    Date: circa 1968
    Topics: Actors, Asian LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Drag, Female impersonators, Female impersonators in motion pictures, Film, Japanese, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Akihiro Maruyama, Akihiro Miwa, Black Lizard, Kuro Tokage
    Description: "Black Lizard" (1968) is the English name for Japanese film "Kuro tokage" (1968). A synopsis of the film from its IMDB page reads: "Japanese sixties comedy featuring a cunning female jewel thief...
  27. After The Matinee

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Music
    Subject: All Star Lambs Gambol
  28. Auriema

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Auriema, Broadway, The Dance of Death
    Description: Advertisement of "Auriema."
  29. Fantasia Fair Educational Videos Order Sheet

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: The Outreach Institute of Gender Studies (OIGS)
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Transsexual people, Videos, Workshops
  30. Fantasia Fair Pool Party (Oct. 19) and Follies (Oct. 22) Advertisement

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: The Outreach Institute
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Advertisements, Crossdressing, Events, Fairs, Swimwear
  31. Leather and Lace Valentines Day Party Advertisement

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator: Albany T.V. Entertainers Club
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Crossdressers, Parties, Social activities clubs
  32. Russell Bingham in “A Female Travesty”

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gender expression, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: A Female Travesty, Russell Bingham, Trading Smiles
    Description: An advertisement for a performance titled "A Female Travesty," featuring Russell Bingham and the Trading Smiles.
  33. The 11th Annual Garden Party

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 25, 1986 to May 31, 1986
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Events, Female impersonators
    Subject: Gary Powell, JR's Bar & Grill, Marsha Carlton, Michael Jones, Michael WIlson, Randy Jobe
  34. The Saratoga Bar Presents: Pudgy Roberts

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1980
    Topics: Drag, Events, Female impersonators
    Subject: Pudgy Roberts
  35. Three Peaks

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Three Peaks
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Hospitality industry
  36. Transgendered People!

     
    Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Discrimination, Gatherings, Mental health, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people
  37. Danny Windsor’s Funtastiks in the “New” 1971 Revue “She’s No Lady”

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1971
    Topics: Female impersonators, Gender bending
    Subject: Adam Ray, Carmen Del Rio, Danny Windsor, Jerri Daye, Joni Cass
    Description: Advertisement for Danny Windsor's female impersonation show "She's No Lady."
  38. Fantasia Fair Brochure (Oct. 15 - 24, 1976)

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: The Outreach Institute
    Date: 1976
    Topics: Brochures, Crossdressing, Events, Fairs
    Subject: Eve Goodwin
  39. Want Action? Join H.M.C.s Military Ball & U.S.O Show!

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Houston Motorcycle Club
    Date: Sep. 25, 1976
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Drag, Events, Female impersonators, Military, Parties
    Subject: HMC's Uniform Military Ball, Houston Motorcycle Club, Levi's Club
  40. Let 'Em Have It: The HMC Uniform Military Ball & U.S.O. Show

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Houston Motorcycle Club
    Date: Oct. 23, 1976
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Drag, Events, Female impersonators, Military, Parties
    Subject: HMC's Uniform Military Ball, Houston Motorcycle Club, Levi's Club
  41. Announcing: Fantasia Fair (Oct. 7 - 16, 1977)

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: The Outreach Institute
    Date: 1977
    Topics: Advertisements, Crossdressing, Events, Fairs
  42. Business Card for FACT

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1978
    Topics:  
    Subject: Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Rupert Raj
    Description: A business card listing what services Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals offer.
  43. Confide Advertisement

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1978
    Topics: Transgender activism
    Subject: Confide, Rupert Raj
    Description: Leaflet for the counseling service Confide, that states they do TS/TV counseling, both in private or for groups. They also add that they do referral counseling and newsletter speaking/writing.
  44. Flyer for a Tour de Force with Donna Marie Wayde

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Wayde, Donna Marie
    Date: 1978
    Topics:  
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: An erotic drawing depicting two figures in lingerie holding each other under the title "Erotic Imagery on Transsexual Themes." On the bottom of the flyer is the info regarding the artist and where ...
  45. 5th Annual Fantasia Fair Brochure (Oct. 12 - 21, 1979)

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: The Outreach Institute, Fantasia Fair
    Date: 1979
    Topics: Advertisements, Crossdressing, Events, Seminars
    Subject: Eve Goodwin
  46. Fantasia Fair Directory of Advertisers (1979)

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: The Outreach Institute
    Date: 1979
    Topics: Advertisements, Crossdressing, Directories, Events, Fairs, Logistics, Restaurants
  47. Caroline Cossey in Smirnoff Vodka Advertisement (1980)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Smirnoff Company
    Date: 1980
    Topics: Intersex people, Photographic models
    Subject: Caroline Cossey, Tula
  48. Fantasia Fair Directory of Advertisers (1980)

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: The Outreach Institute
    Date: 1980
    Topics: Advertisements, Crossdressing, Directories, Fairs, Logistics, Restaurants
  49. 7th Annual Fantasia Fair Advertisement (Oct. 16-25, 1981)

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: The Outreach Institute
    Date: 1981
    Topics: Crossdressing, Events, Fairs, Seminars
  50. Fantasia Fair Brochure (Oct. 15 - 25, 1981)

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: The Outreach Institute
    Date: 1981
    Topics: Advertisements, Brochures, Crossdressing, Events, Fairs, Scheduling
    Subject: Ariadne Kane