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  1. Letter from Alan Hart to Mary Roberts Rinehart, August 3, 1921

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Correspondence
    Institution: University of Pittsburgh Library System, Archives & Special Collections
    Creator: Hart, Alan
    Date: Aug. 3, 1921
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Gender affirming surgery, Law, Legal name change, Medical care, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Suicidal behavior, Trans men, Transgender autobiographies, Transgender employment, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Alan Hart, Dr. A.G. Hamilton, Joshua Allen Gilbert, Judge John B. Cleland, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Stanley Marshall Rinehart, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases
    Description: Letter written by Dr. Alan L. Hart, an American physician, radiologist, tuberculosis researcher, and writer to Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart, an American mystery writer and nurse. Hart is known as on...
  2. Handbook of the Indians of California

     
    Collection: Government Documents
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1924
    Topics: BIPOC, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people of color, Transvestites, Two-Spirit people, Yokuts Indians
    Subject: Native American people, Tongochim, Tunosim
    Description: Government document describing the roles of Two Spirit people in the Yokuts tribe.
  3. Deport Mexican "Eltinge" El Paso, Tex., March 11

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 11, 1918
    Topics: Crossdressers, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Immigration, Latino/a/x people
    Description: Article in the Tuscon Citizen about the deportation of "a Mexican man dressed as a woman."
  4. Chinese Actor impersonating a female character, Chinese Theatre, 623 Jackson Street, San Francisco

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1906
    Topics: BIPOC
  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 Noted Actress Ill and in Want

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 16, 1905
    Topics: Actors, Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Death and dying, Theatre
    Subject: Johnstone Bennett
  7. Joe Harper party, view 1

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties
    Description: Seven men who are dressed in drag pose together in someone's apartment for an event identified as "Joe Harper's Party."
  8. Joe Harper party, view 2

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties
    Description: A uniformed man (center), who appears to be a police officer, poses with three men who are dressed in drag for an event identified as "Joe Harper's Party." The two men on the far right are covering...
  9. Masqueraded as Youth and Worked as Bellboy.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 2, 1901
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressers, Gender dysphoria, Masculinities, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Theodore Hoffman
  10. San Quentin Prisoners Performing Onstage

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Subject: Poetry of Motion, Smith and Griffith
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmates held a field and track ...
  11. Male Dancer Holding Another Male Dancer in San Quentin Prison

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows two dancers on stage. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inm...
  12. Actors (female impersonator on left) at San Quentin State Prison, Marin County, California, circa 1915

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1915
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Actors (a female impersonator on left) pose for a portrait at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1915. San Quentin State Prison opened in 1852, making it California’s oldest prison. Inmate labor built...
  13. Female impersonator at San Quentin State Prison, Marin County, California, circa 1915

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1915
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Kimonos, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Female impersonator in Japanese clothes at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1915. San Quentin State Prison opened in 1852 making it California’s oldest prison. Inmate labor built the prison on 20 a...
  14. Prisoners (including female impersonator on right) from San Quentin State Prison provided entertainment to the public on Sunday mornings, Marin County, California, 1914

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1914
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Prisoners from the San Quentin State Prison provided concerts and entertainment (including this female impersonator) to the public on Sunday mornings. This image is from 1914. San Quentin State Pri...
  15. Prison inmates (one a female impersonator) in vaudeville act at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1914

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1914
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Plays, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Prison inmates (one a female impersonator) in vaudeville act at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1914. From the family album of San Quentin guard, Richard M. Smith, and his wife, the San Quentin mat...
  16. Performers, including a female impersonator at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1914

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1914
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons
    Description: Performers, including a female impersonator at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1914. From the family album of San Quentin guard, Richard M. Smith, and his wife, the San Quentin matron, Genevieve Sm...
  17. Female impersonator in vaudeville act at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1914

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1914
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Female impersonator in vaudeville act at San Quentin State Prison, circa 1914. From the family album of San Quentin guard, Richard M. Smith, and his wife, the San Quentin matron, Genevieve Smith. T...
  18. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (12)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: View of the Julian Eltinge residence, 2337 Fargo Street. Shows Spanish Colonial Revival style two-story house with adobe walls, tile roof, wing and tower loggias, sunken gardens. Davis and Davis, a...
  19. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (11)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: View of the Julian Eltinge residence, 2337 Fargo Street. Shows Spanish Colonial Revival style two-story house with adobe walls, tile roof, wing and tower loggias, sunken gardens. Davis and Davis, a...
  20. Julian Eltinge's Residence, Pasadena, Cal. (10)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator: Martin, Frederick W.
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Female impersonators, Housing, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
    Description: View of the Julian Eltinge residence, 2337 Fargo Street. Shows Spanish Colonial Revival style two-story house with adobe walls, tile roof, wing and tower loggias, sunken gardens. Davis and Davis, a...