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"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... -
Illustration of Mary Jones (1836)
Collection: Art Works Institution: Transas City Creator: H.R. Robinson Date: 1836 Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressing Subject: Mary Jones, Peter Sewally Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and transphobic imagery. Text at the bottom reads: "The Man-Monster, Peter Sewally, alias Mary Jones, &c&c Sentenced 18th June 1836 to 5 years im... -
Kunkel's Opera Troupe Listing
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Mountain Charley
Collection: Rare Books Institution: Transas City Creator: Charley, Mountain Date: 1861 Topics: Crossdressing, Frontier and pioneer life, Gender expression, Stealth (Transgender) Description: The autobiography of E. J. Guerin, AKA Mountain Charley, charting their thirteen years of life living as a man. The memoir follows Guerin's life as a young mother and wife, which is ruptured by the... -
In Male Attire: Remarkable Career of a Female Who Passed for a Man
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Simmon's and Slocum's Minstrels
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Ella Zoyara: Death of the Noted Circus Female Impersonator
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Incidents in Illinois
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Impersonator Willis: Arrest of an Alleged St. Louisman in New York
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Six Years for Harry Mortimer: The Nimble-Fingered Female Impersonator Must Go to Prison
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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. -
A Female Impersonator: Man Disguised in Woman's Apparel Arrested at Austin
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Fooled the Reubens: Coldwater Boys Played Girl at Batavia Dance
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Not Manners of a Lady: Impersonator Wears Frills and Ruffles, but Uses Fists - Is Charged with Attack on Woman
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Shot Female Impersonator: Negro in Woman's Garb Slashes Policemen and Is Killed
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'Silly Kid' Tries to Dupe Sleuths: "Female Impersonator" Objects to Being Arrested by Men Not in Uniform
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Charges Perjury in P.R.T. Damage Suit: Alleged Accident Victim Whose Case Failed Accused of Swearing Falsely in Own Behalf
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Winsor M'Cay Draws Impressions of Mr. Julian Eltinge at Orpheum
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Man Held on Charge of Stealing Silk Dress
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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 -
"Margaret" Smith Proves to Be Man
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Julian Eltinge Has Big Reception Here
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The Man Who Was a "Perfect Lady"
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Escaped Negro Convict is Captured Here as "Female Impersonator"
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Lived as Man to Help Her Friend
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Woman Dresses as Man; Other Poses as "Wife" to Earn Living for Both
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Girl Posed Six Years as a Man
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Female Impersonator is Betrayed by Feet
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China Has High-Salaried Female Impersonator
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Photos d'outre-mer (Le Regiment May 23, 1918)
Collection: Military Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: May 23, 1918 Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Navy, Plays, Sailors Description: The text on the page reads: "Photos d’outre-mer Vous voyez cette jeune actrice américaine qui fait des grâces devant l’objectif, n’est-ce pas qu’elle est jolie? … Eh bien c’est… …un jeune ... -
Bothwell Browne as "Miss Jack"
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1919 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musicals, Photographs, Stage fencing Subject: Bothwell Browne Description: Bothwell Browne photograph for the Broadway production, Miss Jack at the Herald Square Theatre. -
Bothwell Browne Posing with Sword
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1919 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musical theatre, Photographs, Stage fencing Subject: Bothwell Browne Description: Bothwell Browne photograph for the Broadway production, Miss Jack at the Herald Square Theatre. -
Karyl Norman Posing in Dress 1
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Karyl Norman Posing in Dress 2
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Voo-Doo Laying Down
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Voo-Doo Performing
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John Lind, Clever Female Impersonator
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Bothwell Browne Tells Real Name and Age
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Female Impersonator in Trouble
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Browne With His Beauties to Top Orpheum
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Man in Woman's Garb Beans Negro with Gun
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Thompson Held to Grand Jury
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Chic Boy, 16, in Role of Countess, Unmasked Trying to Add to Fine Wardrobe
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The Why of He-Men Who Play Women
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Transas City Creator: Steinman, Samuel Date: May 5, 1929 Topics: Clothing, Female impersonators, Femininities, Mental disorders, Photography, Physical characteristics, Psychologists, Psychology, Sportspersons, Students, Theatre, Theatre shows Subject: George Pease, Haresfoot, Mimics of Michigan, Walter Koppisch, William Sheldon -
Female Impersonator Found Guilty of Theft
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Women's Clothes Bring $20 Fines
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"Advanced" Surgery
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Julian Eltinge Will Introduce New Revue Here
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Astounding Case of the Man Who Was Changed Into a Woman
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Oct. 22, 1933 Topics: Artists, Clothing, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Subject: Anna Larson, Grete Wegener, H. J. Stening, Lili Elbe, Man into Woman, Niels Hoyer -
Police Raiders Arrest Ten in S.F. Night Club: Patrons Rush for Exits as Officers Visit Finocchio's
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Can Sex in Humans Be Changed?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Transas City Creator: Wickets, Donald Furthman Date: Jan. 1937 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Intersex, Law, Physical characteristics, Sports, Sportspersons, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Subject: Lili Elbe, Mark Weston, Norman Haire, Zdenek Koubkov -
Impersonator Found Slain
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: May 28, 1937 Topics: Female impersonators, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Violence Subject: Edward F. Dolan Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Los Angeles Permits Female Impersonation
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Julian Eltinge, 57, Dies; Began Stage Career in Hub
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Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950) Institution: Transas City Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case Date: 1942 Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Transgender people Subject: Mildred M. Description: Photograph of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic. -
Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942) (2)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950) Institution: Transas City Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case Date: 1942 Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Transgender people Subject: Mildred M. Description: Photograph of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic. -
Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942) (3)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950) Institution: Transas City Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case Date: circa 1942 Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Transgender people Subject: Mildred M. Description: Photograph of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic. -
Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942) (4)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950) Institution: Transas City Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case Date: circa 1942 Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Psychiatric institutions, Transgender people Subject: Mildred M. Description: Photographs of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic. -
Mugshot of Neville McQuade and Lewis Stanley Keith (1942)
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Roberta Cowell with Her Father
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Little Waltz Fooled a Cop
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Roberta Cowell in World War II (1947)
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Roberta Cowell in World War II (1947) (2)
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Karyl Norman Career Summary Page
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1950 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Lyricists, Musical theater, Singers, Theater Subject: Karyl Norman Description: Page with career summary for Karyl Norman. Includes multiple pictures of Karyl Norman across different times in her career, two of which are signed. -
Shalimar Performing in a Club
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Roberta Cowell in the Kitchen
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1945 to 1957 Topics: Cooking, Kitchens, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Women biographers Subject: Picture Post, Roberta Cowell Description: Below the photo the following quote appears: "'Cooking was unexpectedly exciting.'" -
Christine Jorgensen in Car
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1952 Topics: LGBTQ+ press, Photography, Privacy, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen (second from right) huddles in a car with three other unidentified people -
Christine Jorgensen Walks with a Friend in Denmark
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Police Officer, Man Posing As Woman Are Hurt In Fight
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'Woman' Gives Battle, But Proves to Be Man
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Female Impersonator Is Sentenced To Jail
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Christine Jorgensen in Copenhagen
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: International News Photos Date: Dec. 1, 1952 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Hospitals, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen sitting in Copenhagen. Reverse has a description of Jorgensen's life potentially for publication. Handwritten markings. -
N.Y. Couple Joyous Son Now Daughter
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Boston American Date: Dec. 1, 1952 Topics: Army, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Masculinities, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, George W. Jorgensen -
Christine Jorgensen at a Press Conference
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Dec. 11, 1952 Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen posing for a photograph at a press conference after having received gender realignment surgery in Denmark. -
Christine Jorgensen and Sonia Henie
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1953 Topics: Parties, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Sonia Henie Description: Christine Jorgensen, left, meets ice skater Sonia Henie (center), surrounded by a group of people in formal wear. -
Christine Jorgensen Arrives at New York Idlewild Airport
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1953 Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people, Travel Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen returns to the United States in 1953 after undergoing gender realignment surgery in Denmark, pictured here at the New York Idlewild Airport (now JFK International Airport). -
Christine Jorgensen Reads "American Weekly"
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1953 Topics: News magazines, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: American Weekly, Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen sits at a desk reading an issue of "American Weekly," potentially the 1953 story the magazine published about her life. -
Christine Jorgensen Takes Driving Exam
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1953 Topics: Licenses, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen poses behind the wheel of a car as she takes the test to get her driver's license in 1953 as someone photographs her in the background -
Christine Jorgensen Visits the Kinsey Institute
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1953 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Meetings, Organizations for sexual research and sexual reform, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Alfred Kinsey, Christine Jorgensen, The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research Description: Christine Jorgensen walks down the hallway of the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research in 1953, where she went to meet with Dr. Alfred Kinsey. -
Christine Jorgensen Visits the Kinsey Institute (2)
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1953 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Meetings, Organizations for sexual research and sexual reform, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Alfred Kinsey, Christine Jorgensen, The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research Description: Christine Jorgensen poses on a desk at the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research in 1953, where she went to meet with Dr. Alfred Kinsey. -
Christine Jorgensen with a Tea Cup
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Christine Jorgensen with Milton Berle
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1953 Topics: Gatherings, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Milton Berle Description: Christine Jorgensen hobnobbing with Milton Berle, host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater at the time. -
Georgina Turtle at Work
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Georgina Turtle Playing the Piano
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Close-Up of Christine Jorgensen Upon Arrival at New York Idlewild Airport
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Feb. 12, 1953 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: A close-up photograph taken of Christine Jorgensen by the AP after her return to the United States at the New York Idlewild Airport (now JFK International Airport) in 1953 and was published by the AP. -
"G.I." Christine Returns Home
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Coronation News Date: Feb. 12, 1953 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, LGBTQ+ press, Military, Trans women, Transgender people, Veterans, Videos Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: A 1953 video of a press conference featuring Christine Jorgensen upon her arrival to the United States following her surgery in Denmark -
Christine Jorgensen Named "Woman of the Year"
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 7, 1953 Topics: Awards, Photographs, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Scandinavian Society Description: The photograph is captioned "Christine named “Woman of the Year” New York……….. Golden-haired Christine Jorgensen, the former GI transformed into a beautiful woman by Copenhagen (Denmark) surgeons a... -
Christine Jorgensen Receives Woman of the Year Award
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 31, 1953 Topics: Awards, Organisations, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Harry Berglind, Scandinavian Society Description: Christine Jorgensen accepts a certificate from Harry Berglind, chairman of the Scandinavian Societies of Greater New York, for their Woman of the Year award in 1953. -
Christine Jorgensen at Adelphi Theater, New York City
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Apr. 8, 1953 Topics: Photography, Theatre, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen at the Adelphi Theater in New York City wearing a straw hat and an orchid corsage. -
Male Shake Dancer Plans to Change Sex, Wed GI in Europe
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Jet Date: Jun. 18, 1953 Topics: Actors, Black people, Classification of diseases, Dancers, Female impersonators, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Law, Marriage, Medicalisation, Military, MtFs Subject: Charles Robert Brown -
Shake Dancer Postpones Sex Change For Face Lifting
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Christine Jorgensen Listening to the Radio
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Oct. 10, 1953 Topics: Photographs, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: This picture from Christine Jorgensen's trip to Havana, Cuba shows her sitting beside a dresser, tuning a radio. -
Christine Jorgensen on a Trip to Cuba
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Christine Jorgensen Reading a Magazine and Smoking
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Oct. 10, 1953 Topics: Photographs, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Fuste Show Description: A photograph of Christine Jorgensen from her trip to Havana, Cuba. She is pictured reading an issue of Fuste Show, while smoking a cigarette. -
Tax Snag Halts Male Dancer's Trip For Sex Change
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Charlotte McLeod on Couch with Her Father, Charles McLeod
Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1954 Topics: Family members, Gender realignment surgery, Photography, Smoking Subject: Charles McLeod, Charlotte McLeod Description: Charlotte McLeod, in a long skirt and white sweater, sits on a couch, speaking with her father, Charles, who is wearing a suit and holds a cigarette. -
Christine Jorgensen in Formal Wear
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Seymour, Maurice Date: circa 1954 Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Myles Bell Description: Christine Jorgensen poses with Myles Bell in evening wear for photographer Maurice Seymour in 1954. -
Christine Jorgensen Poses on the Andrea Doria
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Christine Jorgensen Waves from Airplane Steps
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1954 Topics: Airline personnel, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people, Travel Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen is pictured waving from the steps of a plane in 1954 before departure. -
Roberta Cowell and Lisa Morrell in Cab in Nice (1954)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1954 Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Lisa Morrell, Roberta Cowell Description: According to the Transas City site: "From the back of the photograph: THE GIRL ALL THE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT RESTS IN THE SUNSHINE AT NICE. On the Promenade des Anglais, Roberta and her comp...