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The Adventures of Lucy Brewer, (Alias) Louisa Baker
Collection: Dime Novels Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Brewer, Lucy Date: 1815 Topics: Brothels, Chivalry, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Disguise, Dueling, Ethics, Gender identity, Honor, Identity, Military discharge, Military service, Voluntary, Peonage, Poverty, Prisons, Prostitutes' clients, Prostitution, Racism, Robbery, Sailors, Shame, STDs, Stillbirth, United States. Marine Corps--History, Unplanned pregnancy, Violence, Youth Subject: Maria Murray, Scotch, USS Constitution -
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... -
A Female Husband
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A Discovery
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An Amalgamationist in Limbo for the Second Time
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Mar. 9, 1842 Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Peter Sewally Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to the use of racist language. -
A Female Husband
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Jewesses on a Frolic
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Peter Sewally, alias Ann Eliza Erans, alias Beef Steak Pete
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: Aug. 24, 1846 Topics: Arrests, Black people, Crossdressers Subject: Beefsteak Pete Description: Content warning: contains potentially racist and transphobic material related to racist and transphobic language. -
Caught Again
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Baltimore
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Apr. 12, 1860 Topics: Crossdressing, Equestrian sports, Government, Passing (Gender) Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Louis XVI, Md'lle Zoyara, Pierre Beaumarchais Description: The Daily Exchange (Baltimore, MD) -
A Disguised Female Becomes Pugilistic in a New York Bar-Room
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The Celebrated Rentz Santley Novelty Company
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Peabody Essex Museum Creator: Date: circa 1870 Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Female impersonators, Theater, Vaudeville Subject: 4 Aesthetic Four 4, Alice Daily, Alice Smith, Andy and Annie Hughes, Annie Boyd, Billy Buckley, Blanch Moncrief, Bruno Kennicott, Don Jose, Dutch Daly, Edgar Edgerton, Edith Sinclair, Emma Alfredo, Emma Wilson, Esther Vaughan, Fannie Florence, Fred Wilson, Georgia Lester, Harry Morris, Harry Woodson, Kate Gresham, Laura Bennett, Lillie Ashford, Lizzie Paine, Louise Giroux, Lulu Mortimer, M. B. Leavitt, Mechanic's Hall, Millie Ellsworth, Rentz Santley, Teddy Raynor, The Masher's Quadrille, The Rentz Santley Novelty Company, The Spanish Dude, Topsy Robins, Victoria North, W.M. Skuse -
NEW YORK, October 17th.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Oct. 19, 1872 Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art Subject: Ella Wesner, Everret House, Josie Mansfield Description: A clipping from "Marysville Daily Appeal" titled: "NEW YORK, October 17th," discussing Ella Wesner and Josie Mansfield's trip to Europe. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
RUMORED ELOPEMENT OF A HOTEL-KEEPER WITH ELLA WESNER.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Nov. 18, 1872 Topics: LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art Subject: Ella Wesner, Josie Mansfield Description: A clipping from "Chicago Tribune" titled: "RUMORED ELOPEMENT OF A HOTEL-KEEPER WITH ELLA WESNER," discussing the relationships of Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
Matinee Christmas Day
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The Fastest Girl in New York
Collection: Dime Novels Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Cabot, Colonel Date: 1873? Topics: Arranged marriage, Ballroom dancing, Bisexual women, Change of name, Crossdressing, Equestrian sports, Femininities, Gambling, Gender, Gender role, Homophobia, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Masculinities, Physical characteristics, Physical fitness, Police, Sports Subject: Ben Emerson, Bill McArdle, Cleopatra Clayton, Dan Bryant, Gallus Mag, Gil Fitzroy, Harry Bertolph, Harry Clifton, Harry Horton, Harry Prince, Hary Hill, Jack Perry, Josie Bourbon, Juan Mendez (Don Juan), Minnie Lord, Ned Sampson, Sue Martin, William Clayton -
San Francisco Minstrels!
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Peabody Essex Museum Creator: Date: May 12, 1874 Topics: Female impersonators, Minstrel shows, Theater Subject: A. Smidt, Beaumont Read, Billy Birch, Birch, Wambold, and Backus' San Francisco Minstrels, C. Henry, Charley Backus, D. S. Wambold, E. Kirwan, J. Wills, Johnson & Powers, Joseph Norrie, Mechanics Hall, S. Watts, T. A. E. Richardson, T. P. Jones, The Great Ricardo, W. Blakeney, W. S. Mullaly, W. Schwab Description: Advertisement for event featuring minstrel and female impersonation act The Great Ricardo -
Theatre Comique: Ernest Byne
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The Evangeline Combination
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Peabody Essex Museum Creator: Date: Feb. 12, 1877 Topics: Dance, Female impersonators, Opera, Theater Subject: A. S. Pennoyer, BABA, Blanche Selickson, C. M. Winter, Clara Fisher, Cora Verne, Edward E. Rice, Edwin S. Tarr, Eliza Weathersby, Estelle Stroelin, Evangeline, Flora Lee, George H. Cassidy, George Ulmer, Golden and Dixey, Harry Braham, Harry Hunter, Harry Josephs, Hattie Richardson, Herman Singleton, J. Cheever Goodwin, J. P. Steele, J. R. Quincy, Lizzie Webster, Louise Winans, Lucy Wood, M. C. Daly, Mechanic Hall, N. C. Goodwin Jr., Niblo's Garden, Seth M. Crane, Stella Richings, The Boston Museum, The Evangeline Combination, The Heiffer Dance, The Lydia Thompson Troupe, W. W. Bullock Description: Advertisement for a production of Evangeline featuring female impersonator Harry Josephs as Catherine. -
A Wild Woman's Story
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Apr. 26, 1878 Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Firearms, Hunting, Marriage, Occupations, Social classes, Trapping, Woods Subject: Female Hunter of Long Eddy, Harry Slater, Joseph Lobdell, Lucy Ann Lobdell, Mary Ann Slater, Mrs.Wilson Description: The Cambria Freeman (Ebensburg, PA) -
Ella Zoyara: Death of the Noted Circus Female Impersonator
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A Strange Life History
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Oct. 8, 1879 Topics: Arrests, Books, Crossdressing, Hunting, Passing (Gender) Subject: George Slater, Joseph Israel Lobdell, Lucy Ann Lobdell, Lucy Ann Lobdell Slater, Marie Louise Perry Wilson, Mary Slater Description: The Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN) -
A Woman's Strange Career
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Oct. 18, 1880 Topics: Almshouses, Cave dwellers, Crossdressing, Hunting, Passing (Gender) Subject: George Slater, Joseph Israel Lobdell, Lucy Ann Lobdell, Marie Louise Perry Wilson, Mary Slater Description: The Sun (New York, NY) -
The Idyl of Wild Life
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Nov. 3, 1880 Topics: Almshouses, Cave dwellers, Crossdressing, Hunting Subject: George Slater, Joseph Lobdell, Lucy Ann Lobdell, Marie Louise Perry Description: Watertown Republican (Watertown, Wisconsin) -
BROOKLYN PARK THEATER.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: May 8, 1881 Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art Subject: Brooklyn Park Theater, Ella Wesner, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" titled: "BROOKLYN PARK THEATER," advertising a performance of Ella Wesner at the Brooklyn Park Theater. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
Brooklyn Park Theater.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: May 10, 1881 Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art Subject: Brooklyn Park Theater, Ella Wesner, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" titled: "Brooklyn Park Theater," advertising a performance featuring Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
A Crack Shot
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Aug. 17, 1881 Topics: Abduction, Arrests, Books, Crossdressing, Gender role, Hunting, Marriage Subject: Benjamin K. Bortree, David Fortnam, George W. Slater, Henry W. Shouse, Joseph Israel Lobdell, Lucy Ann Lobdell, Mary Perry, Mary Slater Description: Butler Citizen (Butler, PA) -
A Crack Shot: The Story of the Female Hunter of Long Eddy
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Aug. 17, 1881 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Firearms, Hunting, Marriage, Occupations, Social classes, Trapping Subject: Female Hunter of Long Eddy, George W. Slater, Lucy Ann Lobdell Description: Butler Citizen (Butler, PA) -
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Feb. 5, 1882 Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art Subject: Ella Wesner, Grand Opera House, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" titled: "GRAND OPERA HOUSE," advertising a performance featuring Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
A Woman Was Arrested
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Ella Wesner Postcard
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The Petersburg Guard in Providence
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: The New York Freeman Date: Jun. 13, 1885 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Burlesque, C. Henry Brenan, Merchant of Venice, Petersburg Guard, Thomas Doyle, Virginius Description: This item is an article in The New York Freeman newspaper Vol. 1 No. 30 that discusses Mr. C. Henry Brenan as a female impersonator and burlesque artist. -
A Comedy of Murder
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1889 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Chinese Theatrical Company, Taka Wing, Two Unfortunate Maidens Description: Article published in The New York Herald about a performance by Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator. -
"A Dark Conspiracy" in Chinese
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1889 Topics: Chinese drama, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: A Dark Conspiracy, Asian people, Chinese People, Koong Ming, Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing Description: This item is an article published in the New York Herald reporting on the performance of "A Dark Conspiracy" featuring Taka Wing, a female impersonator. -
Chinese Actors At The Windsor
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1889 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing Description: Article published in the New York Tribune about Tak-a-Wing, a Chinese female impersonator. It talks about the feminine clothing and calls Tak-a-Wing a "he-she". -
Joy Reigns In Chinatown
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1889 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Taka Wing, The Swintien Lok Chinese Dramatic Company, Troupe Description: Article published in the New-York Tribune about a performance by Taka Wing, a famous Chinese female impersonator. -
Just Like in Pekin
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1889 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Joss temple, Shi Lou Tau Moo ("Loyal Slave"), Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing Description: This item is an article published in the New York Herald with that mentions Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator. Uses extensive racist language. -
Portrait of Ella Wesner
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Three Chinese Get In
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1889 Topics: Female impersonators Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, City of Alexandria (steamship), Fong, Chu, Yi, Chin Description: A newspaper article from the New York Herald detailing the arrest of a Chinese female impersonator. -
A Chinese Play
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jun. 22, 1889 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Moo Sung Lee, Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing, Yaka Wing Description: Article published in The St. Louis Republic about a performance by Taka Wing, "the great female impersonator of China". -
China Stars Are Here
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: White, Charley Date: Jun. 22, 1889 Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Chinese People, Moo Sing Jee, Taka Wing Description: An article in The Evening World interviewing Chinese American female impersonator Taka Wing about a performance. -
High Jinks for Chinatown
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jun. 22, 1889 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Joss temple, Koong Ming, Shi Lou Tau Moo ("Loyal Slave"), Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing, Yaka Wing Description: This item includes a clipping from the Boston Herald detailing a performance starring Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator. -
Ta Ka Wing and the Whole Chinese Dramatic Troupe are Doomed
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The Costumer is the Boss
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Foo, Wong Chin Date: Aug. 23, 1889 Topics: BIPOC, Chinese, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing Description: A clipping from the Staunton Vindicator about the costuming of the Swintien Loh theater troupe mentioning Taka Wing, a female impersonator. -
Mourning for His Cat
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Sep. 16, 1889 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Taka Wing Description: Article published in The Boston Herald that explains shows featuring Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator, have been canceled because Wing is sick. -
A Chinese Fight
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1890 Topics: Boxing, Female impersonators Subject: Ah Giang, Chinese People, Foo Jung, John L. Sullivan, Swintien Lok Company Description: This item is an article in the North Dakota newspaper Bismarck Daily Tribune about a staged fight between boxer John L. Sullivan and Ah Giang, a Chinese female impersonator. -
A Chinese Theater
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1890 Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Chinese People, Mr. Ah Gian Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to the use of racist language. -
The Della Fox Little Trooper March
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Women as Men
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: St. James Gazette Date: Aug. 8, 1890 Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Maritime occupations, Marriage, Military, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Physicians, Pirates Subject: Alexander Burke, Anne Bonny, Anne Jane Thornton, Hannah Snell, Hans Brandt, James Barry, Mary Parlour, Mary Read, Samuel Bundy -
Fame's Favorites: How Notoriety or Honor Comes to Woman
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Extirpation of sarcomatous ovaries in a pseudo-hermaphrodite
Collection: Academic Papers and Publications Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Krug, Florian Date: 1891 Topics: Intersex, Medicalization Subject: German Hospital Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to medical abuse This article published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children provid... -
Gossip of the Stage
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Chaize, W. Date: 1891 Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows Subject: Florence Hines, Georgia Minstrels, Sam T. Jack's Creole Burlesque Company Description: Article in the New York Age about Florence Hines, the Black male impersonator -
The Man Countess Again
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Mar. 29, 1891 Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Marriage, Masculinities, Medical examinations, Passing (Gender), Upbringing Subject: Marie Engelhardt, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay Description: The Sun (New York, NY) -
THE WIFE OF A WOMAN
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jan. 2, 1892 Topics: LGBTQ+ relationships, Male impersonators, Performance art Subject: Annie Hindle, Annie Ryan, Buffalo Evening News, Charles Hindle, Charles Vivian, Ella Wesner, Maggie Weston Description: A clipping from the "Buffalo Evening News" titled: "THE WIFE OF A WOMAN," discussing the relationship between Annie Hindel and Annie Ryan. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
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 -
Women in Trousers
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Aug. 6, 1893 Topics: Clothing, Courts, Crimes, Crossdressing, Daughters, Femininities, Gender role, Labour, Marriage, Masculinities, Mothers, Police, Smoking, Travel, Upbringing Subject: Emily Paxton, George Sand, Jane Dieulafoy, Josephine Cox, Louis Herman Tobush, Mary Walker, Robert Murdock Smith, Rosa Bonheur, Sarah Bernhardt, Sarolta Vay, Tom King Description: St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, Minnesota) -
Ninth and Arch Museum
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Nov. 26, 1893 Topics: Black people, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows Subject: Callender's Original Georgia Minstrels, Florence Hines Description: Article in The Philadelphia Inquirer that discusses Florence Hines, a Black male impersonator. -
Men Who Portray Women in Plays
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: New York Herald Date: Dec. 10, 1893 Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Labour, Performing arts, Students, Theatre Subject: Charley Wykeham, Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez, Etienne Girardot, Richard Harlow -
Johnstone Bennett Receives The “World”
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Johnstone Bennett's Chat
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Impersonator Willis: Arrest of an Alleged St. Louisman in New York
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Years in Masquerade
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Aug. 10, 1895 Topics: Arrests, Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressing, Lady's maids, Parks, Police, Prisoners Subject: Estelle Lawrence, Reginald Culton, Violet Beacon, Violet Dell Description: Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury, Connecticut) -
A Masquerader Sent to the Workhouse
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Pink-Cheeked Reginald
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: New York Recorder Date: Aug. 18, 1895 Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Courts, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender segregation in labour, Physicians, Workhouses Subject: Estelle Lawrence, Reginald Culton Description: The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana) -
Six Years for Harry Mortimer: The Nimble-Fingered Female Impersonator Must Go to Prison
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ROCHESTER, N.Y.-ACADEMY OF MUSIC (Louis C. Cook, manager)
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Nov. 23, 1895 Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art Subject: Florence Hines Description: A clipping from "The New York Dramatic Mirror," describing a performance featuring Florence Hines. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
The Song That Will Live For Ever
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In Man's Attire: Catherine Coombs Worked with Men for Years
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Fon Chong Mai Sees Ada Rehan as Portia
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1898 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Choy Ting Quoy, Fon Chong Mai Description: Article published in The St. Louis Republic detailing Fon Cong Mai's response to a production of "The Merchant of Venice." -
Rehan In Chinese Eyes: An Oriental Criticism
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Fon Chong Mai Date: 1898 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Choy Ting Quoy, Daly's Theater, Fon Chong Mai Description: Article published in the New York Herald and written by Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese female impersonator, about Ada Rehan's performance in "The Merchant of Venice". -
A Vivid Picture of a Great Actor Harassed by Century Old Traditions
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Nov. 2, 1898 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Fon Chong Mai Description: Article published in the New York Herald about Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese female impersonator; includes illustrations. -
China's Great Actor.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: New York Herald Date: Nov. 2, 1898 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Choy Ting Quoy, Fon Chong Mai, Son Fong Quon Description: Article published in the New York Herald about Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese female impersonator. -
A Chinese Actor
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1899 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Choy Ting Quoy, Fon Chong Mai, Son Fong Quon Description: Article published in the West Bay City Times about a performance by Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese actor and female impersonator. -
He is the Greatest of the Chinese Actors
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1899 Topics: Costumes, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Theater Subject: Ada Rehan, Chinese People, Fon Chong Mai, Merchant of Venice Description: This item is an article published in the Philadelphia Inquirer about China actor and female impersonator, Fon Chong Mai. This article talks about his talent as an actor, Chinese theater, and his im... -
New York's Favorite Slumming Expedition
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Feb. 12, 1899 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Choy Ting Quoy, Fon Chong Mai Description: Article published in the Colorado Springs Gazette about Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese actor and female impersonator; includes illustrations. -
Chinese Female Impersonator Is Surprised
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Feb. 24, 1899 Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Chinese People, Fon Chang Mai Description: An article published in the Hot Springs Weekly Star about Fon Chang Mai, a Chinese female impersonator. -
Eventful Life of Famous Rosa Bonheur
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Grand Opening: Theatre Mascotte Saloon
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Dec. 6, 1899 Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators Subject: Jessie Thomas Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to racist language. -
The Famous Alabama Song Ending with the Refrain "Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield"
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Death Revealed Her Sex
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"He" was a Woman
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Sex Revealed at Death
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jan. 18, 1901 Topics: Breast cancer, Death and dying, FtMs, Job placement, Marriage, Masculinities, Men's organisations, Politics, Right to vote, Tammany Hall (Manhattan, New York, N.Y. : Fourteenth Street) Subject: Edward H. Hart, Iroquois Club, Minnie Hall, Murray Hall, Thomas McGlynn, William C. Gallagher Description: The Times (Washington, D.C.) -
Murray Hall Lived a Rounder's Life
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Story of "Murray Hall" Told by Her Adopted Daughter
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jan. 20, 1901 Topics: Artists, Clothing, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Elections, Fishers, FtMs, Marriage, Masculinities, Miners, Politics Subject: Catherine Coombs, Celia Hall, Charlie Wilson, Chevalier D'Eon, Christina Becrens, Felix Francoine, Laure Bernard, Max Finegold, Minnie Hall, Murray Hall, Pierro Loganani -
Can Woman Marry Woman?
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Lived as a Man
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jan. 26, 1901 Topics: Adoption, Breast cancer, Clothing, Crossdressing, Death and dying, FtMs, Job placement, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Pawnbrokers, Pets, Police Subject: Minnie Hall, Murray Hall -
Woman Who Passes as a Man for Years
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Murray Hall Inquest Closed
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Females Posed As Men
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Feb. 3, 1901 Topics: Arrests, Classification of diseases, Crossdressing, Diplomats, FtMs, Gender bending, Gender role, Hairdressers, Labour, Masculinities, Military, Military discharge, Miners, Passing (Gender), Popes, Sailors Subject: Beebe Bean, Catherine Coombs, Charles D. Fuller, Charles Morgan, Charlie Wilson, Chevalier D'Eon, Christian Cavanagh, Christian Welsh, Ellis Glenn, Frank Blunt, Frank Mayne, Frank Morris, Franklin Thompson, James Barry, Jane Westover, John Forest, Julia Forest, L. M. Blaylock, Louis HErman, Louise Watson, Maggie Curley, Marie Engelhardt, Mary Anne Talbot, Mary East, Minnie Briggs, Murray Hall, Nora Smith, Otto Schaffer, Sandor Vay, Sappho, Sarolta Vay, Tommy Lindley, Toniana Marinello, Tony Leesa -
Quoth our e.c., the Boston Pilot
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The Murray Hall Case
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Carries Deception Even to Her Will
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Murray Hall's Estate Puzzle For a Court
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England's Noted Woman-man
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Women in Men's Clothes
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Mar. 27, 1901 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Military, Passing (Gender), Soldiers Subject: Bessie Finegold, Catherine Coombs, Charles D. Fuller, Chevalier D'Eon, Christian Cavanagh, Christine Jorgensen, Ella Duke, Ellis Glenn, Frank Mayne, Franklin Thompson, James Barry, Jane Westover, Julia Forest, L. M. Blaylock, Louis HErman, Louis XV, Louise Watson, Maggie Curley, Mary Talbot, Mary Walker, Minnie Briggs, Murray Hall, Otto Schaefer, Sarolta Vay, Tonina Marinello, Tony Leesa Description: The Pacific Commercial Advertiser (Honolulu, HI) -
A Woman-Man
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jun. 14, 1901 Topics: Alcohol, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Employment discrimination, Passing (Gender), Prejudices Subject: Murray Hamilton Hall Description: Colfax Gazette (Colfax, Washington) -
Women in Men's Clothes
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 27, 1901 Topics: Arrests, Burial ceremonies, Crossdressing, FtMs, Labour, Marriage, Physicians, Soldiers Subject: Bessie Finegold, Catherine Coombs, Charles D. Fuller, Chevalier D'Eon, Christian Cavanagh, Ellis Glenn, Frank Blunt, Frank Mayne, Franklin Thompson, James Barry, Julia Forest, Louis HErman, Louise Watson, Maggie Curley, Mary East, Mary Talbot, Mary Walker, Minnie Briggs, Murray Hall, Nora Smith, Otto Schaffer, Sarolta Vay, Tonina Marinello, Tony Leesa Description: The Sea Coast Echo (Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi) -
Another Murray Hall Case
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Woman Married Woman
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Forty-Three Women Who Have Posed As Men
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Apr. 27, 1902 Topics: Death and dying, Families, Fathers, FtMs, Marriage, Masculinities, Military, Passing (Gender), Smoking, Soldiers Subject: Alice Howard, Anna Talbot, Carlotta May, Caroline Hall, Charles D. Fuller, Chevalier D'Eon, Christian Cavanagh, Christian Walsh, Felix Francoine, Frank Wayne, Franklin Thompson, George Green, James Barry, John Taylor, L.N. Blaylock, Murray Hall, Tony Teesa, William Howard -
Masquerades Six Years as a Man
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Aug. 24, 1902 Topics: Arrests, Childbirth, Childhood, Clothing, Diaries, Femininities, FtMs, Labour, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Sexual assault, Suicidal behavior Subject: Burt Martin, Caroline Hall, Christian Cavanagh, Ellis Glenn, Frank Wayne, George Green, Herman Gray Wood, James Barry, Lota Augustine Sawyer, Murray Hall, William C. Howard Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide. -
"Harry" Gorman
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Dec. 26, 1902 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, FtMs, Hospitals, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Right to vote Subject: Harry Gorman, Winifred Gordon Description: Echo de l'ouest (Minneapolis, Minnesota) -
Masquerading as Men
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I Want Mine
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Wedding Recalls Mystery
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Captain Weed, Woman.
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Police Guard for Chinese Actor
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1905 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Wong Chung Description: Article published in the Evening News detailing the story of Wong Chung, a Chinese female impersonator. According to the article, Chung was running away from the criminal organization Hip Sing Tong... -
Sweet sixteen and never been kissed
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Mary Read and Ann Bonny First and Only Women Pirates
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Nov. 12, 1905 Topics: Crossdressing, Imprisonment, Maritime occupations, Marriage, Military, Pirates Subject: Anne Bonny, Captain Avery, Captain Johnson, Marryat J. Clarke, Mary Read, Robert Louis Stevenson, Russell Pyle, William J. Le Moyne, Wood Rogers -
Since Hiram Went To Yale
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Nicolai De Raylan.
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I'd Like to Know When You Can
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Shot Female Impersonator: Negro in Woman's Garb Slashes Policemen and Is Killed
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Bride Takes on Garb of Man; Not Detected for Nine Years
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 6, 1908 Topics: Crossdressing, Gender expression, Masculinities Subject: Augusta Seib, Johann Hoch Description: Clipping about Augusta Seib's crossdressing and why they did it. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
Woman Lives as a Man for Nine Years.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 7, 1908 Topics: Crossdressing, Masquerading Subject: Augusta Seib Description: Clipping talking about Augusta Seib's crossdressing. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
She Will Fight for Right to Wear Trousers, and Ask President Roosevelt to Help Her
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 11, 1908 Topics: Crossdressing, Masquerading Description: Newspaper clipping about a woman fighting for her right to wear men's trousers and being sent to prison for crossdressing. Item reproduced at highest resolution available. This item was contributed... -
She Masquerades as Man in Fight for Life
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 12, 1908 Topics: Crossdressing, Masquerading Subject: Augusta Seib Description: Clipping from the Oakland Tribute talking about Augusta Seib and their masquerading as a man to get a job. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
Trousers Not Allowed; Skirts Mean Arrests
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Aug. 5, 1908 Topics: Crossdressing, Masquerading Subject: Augusta Seib Description: Clipping from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle where Augusta Seib talks about being arrested if they wear trousers and stopped by police if they wear skirts. This item was contributed to DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
Happy as a Man, She Says, After 15 Years Posing
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Oct. 5, 1908 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities, FtMs, Labour, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Sexism, Stealth Subject: Frank Woodhull, Mary Johnson, Mile de Maupin Description: The Evening World (New York, NY) -
Passed Off as a Man
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Oct. 5, 1908 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities, FtMs, Immigration, Law, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Travel Subject: Frank Woodhull, Mary Johnson Description: Evening Star (Washington, DC) -
She Plays Man
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Allowed to Proceed in Male Attire
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Adopts Men's Clothes Because Nature Had Given Her Mustache
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Lived Fifteen Years as Man
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Wears Man's Attire in Order to Earn Living
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Montauk.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jan. 5, 1909 Topics: Subject: 100 Honey Boys, Cohan and Harris Minstrels, Earl Benham, Eddie Leonard, Forty Count Em', Frank Morrell, George Evans, George M. Cohan, George Primrose, J.H Harverly, John King, Julian Eltinge, Matt Keefe, The Belle of the Barber's Ball, Watterbury Brothers and Tenney and Rice and Provost Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to anti-Black racism. Clipping from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle talking about a minstrel show. -
Concerts To-Day
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Neil Burgess Passes Into Great Beyond
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Mr. Andrew Tribble
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Aug. 18, 1910 Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Andrew Tribble, Dabney Theater Description: Article in The New York Age about performance by Andrew Tribble, a Black female impersonator. Item is flagged as explicit for racist imagery. -
Studies in Trousers Men and Women as They Appeared to a Masquerading Woman
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Dolores Costello of the Vitagraph Players
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De Rose
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Pryor, Leon Date: Mar. 25, 1911 Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Crescent Theatre, De Rose Description: An article in The Statesman about a Black female impersonator performing in New York. -
Trousers Good Enough
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jun. 16, 1911 Topics: Crossdressing, Masquerading Subject: Augusta Seib, Johann Hoch, Karl Kimmel Description: Clipping about Augusta Seib's life before being arrested. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
I Want a Boy to Love Me
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Play Me a Good Old Fashioned Melody
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Dr. Mary Walker Looks Like "A Gentleman of the Old School"
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Go, Get That Guy
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I'm on My Way to Mandalay
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WANTS TO WEAR MALE ATTIRE
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Aug. 31, 1913 Topics: Clothing, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, Women's movement Subject: Catherine Clarke, Elizabeth Trondle, Raymond Street Jail, The Baltimore Sun, Woodrow Wilson Description: A clipping from "The Baltimore Sun" titled: "WANTS TO WEAR MALE ATTIRE." Detailing Elizabeth Trondle's arrest for wearing men's clothing and her letter to President Wilson asking for her release. T... -
I Love the Ladies
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In My Dream of You
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In the Garden
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America I Love You
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New York City
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1915 Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Vaudeville Subject: Augustus Stevens, Julian Eltinge Description: Article in The Freeman about Augustus Stevens, a Black female impersonator. -
Why Wearing Skirts Makes a Man Effeminate
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He's Doing His Bit (For the Girls)
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Here and There
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Ella Wesner Lies in Man’s Garb.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Nov. 14, 1917 Topics: Clothing, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art Subject: Ella Wesner Description: A clipping from "The New York Times" titled: "Ella Wesner Lies in Man’s Garb," discussing the life of Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
Autobiography of an Androgyne
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Watchin' the Moon Rise
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Honolulu Eyes
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California
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Nobody Lied
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The female-impersonators : a sequel to the Autobiography of an androgyne and an account of some of the author's experiences during his six years' career as instinctive female-impersonator in New York's underworld
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Kitty Doner and William Gaxton Stars at Orpheum
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Jun. 4, 1922 Topics: Drag, Gender expression, Male impersonators Description: A newspaper clipping published by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle announces "male impersonator" Kitty Doner's performance with comedian William Gaxton at the Orpheum. -
Discretion
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The Gay Young Bride
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Pretty? Yes, But "She's" a "He"
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In Shadowland
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Love Blooms But Once
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Souvenir Number of Naughty Mam'zelle
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Mr. Jean Barrios
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Mr. Jean Barrios (April 30, 1924)
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Bambambamy Shore
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Oh, What a Girl!
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"Gimme" a Little Kiss Will "Ya" Huh?
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Hamilton Lodge Ball An Unusual Spectacle
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Pretzels
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Hamilton Lodge, No. 710 In Annual Masquerade And Civic Ball
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Hermaphrodism
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I Still Love You
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Members of Mae West Show Being Arrested
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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 -
Hamilton Lodge Ball is Scene of Splendor
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Harlem Not So Hot
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Seek to Ban Songs of Gladys Bentley
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Carrying the Torch
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Third Sex Hold Sway at Rockland When Hamilton Lodge Holds 65th Masquerade Ball and Dance; Police Arrest Two
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Mar. 4, 1933 Topics: Arrests, Competitions, Drag, Drag balls, Ethnic relations, Gender minorities, Police Subject: Annual Masquerade and Civic Ball of Hamilton Lodge, Hamilton Lodge, Jessie Parker, Joseph Carroll, Mary Anderson, The Fairies Ball -
Gladys Bentley at the King's Terrace
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Columbia University Student Chorus Line of Men in Women's Costumes
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Sherman Grinberg Film Library Creator: Date: 1934 Topics: Crossdressing, Dance, Drag, Performing arts Subject: Lyla Roberti, Mae West Description: VS row of stockinged chorus line legs dancing / Pan up legs to reveal that the dancers are all men in tutus and stockings / CU man in blond wig, earrings, feather boa, and hat (Mae West) sings / MS... -
'Brain Sweat' Due Here on Wednesday
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Mar. 29, 1934 Topics: Female impersonators Subject: Andrew Tribble, Are You Decent? (Play), Brain Sweat, Broadway, Longacre Theater, Wife Insurance Description: New York Times clipping announcing changes in theatre schedule, mentioning Andrew Tribble, a Black female impersonator. -
Gladys Bentley and her King's Terrace Revue
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New York Police's War on Cafes Ends
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Lafayette Theatre
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In the Name of Art
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Bothwell Browne Postcard (2)
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New York Inside Out
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Robinson Disguised As Woman
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Gladys Bentley and Willie Bryant
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Here's What Happens at Harlem's Famous Ubangi Club
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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. -
Fifteen Arrested by Police as 'Fairies' Turn 'Em On
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Ray, Ebenezer Date: Mar. 5, 1938 Topics: Arrests, Competitions, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Ethnic relations, Police Subject: Annual Masquerade and Civic Ball of Hamilton Lodge, Hamilton Lodge, The Fairies Ball -
Gladys Bentley
Collection: Academic Papers and Publications Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Young, Wilbur Date: Sep. 1938 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ musicians, Male impersonators Subject: Gladys Bentley, Ubangi Club Description: This item is an essay about Gladys Bentley written by Wilbur Young as a part of the "Sketches of Colorful Harlem Characters." This item portrays Bentley in a negative light. -
Julian Eltinge, 57, Dies; Began Stage Career in Hub
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To be, or...?
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The All New Jewel Box Revue Starring Lynne Carter
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Francis Renault Poster
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Francis Renault: World's Foremost Female Impersonator
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Gal with Slacks, Clever Ditties, Also 'Real Gone'
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I Am A Woman Again