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Which? A Man in Woman's Dress
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 1, 1875 Topics: Clothing, Courts, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Government, Law, Monarchy, Passing (Gender) Subject: Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andre Timothee d'Eon de Beaumont, Chevalier D'Eon, Horace Walpole, Louis XV, Milwaukee Sentinel Description: Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN) -
An Old Story Revived
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: The New York Times Date: Jul. 26, 1875 Topics: Censorship, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Government, Passing (Gender) Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Count de Guerchy, duc de Nivernois, Empress Elizabeth, James Barry, Louis XV, Madame de Pompadour, Prince de Conti, Queen Charlotte, Walpole Description: The Daily Argus (Rock Island, IL) -
Concealment of Sex
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The Chevalier D'Eon – A Correction
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The Third Sex
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Sep. 3, 1878 Topics: Army, Courts, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Femininities, Fencing, Gender identity, Politics Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Louis XV, Louis XVI, National Assembly Description: Staunton Spectator (Staunton, VA) -
I Play the Part
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1888 Topics: Actors, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Portrait prints, Stipple engraving, English, Theatre, Visual arts Subject: Constant Couple, George Farquhar, Margaret Woffinton, William Hogarth Description: Portrait, half-length, looking at the viewer, with her hand in her waistcoat; in the character of Sir Harry Wildair in Farquhar's Constant couple. -
A Rathmines Romance
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Feb. 4, 1888 Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Femininities, Masculinities, Role behavior, Roleplay, Transgender people, Widowed people Subject: Aouth Kensington School of Art, Freeman's Journal -
Portrait Ella Wesner
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Portrait of Ella Wesner
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Portrait of Ella Wesner
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Portrait of Ella Wesner
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A Fatal Accident which Revealed a Mystery
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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 -
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 -
News of the Theatres
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: The Sun Date: Aug. 7, 1892 Topics: BIPOC, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Seneca Indians Subject: Gowongo Mohawk Description: A clipping from The Sun sharing various theater news stories, including Gowongo Mohawk's upcoming performance tour in England. -
Women With Records
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Elmore Bulletin Date: Nov. 13, 1892 Topics: Crossdressing, Marriage, Military, Passing (Gender), Physicians, Romanticism, Sailors Subject: Alexander Burke, Ann Bonny, Anne Jane Thornton, Hannah Snell, Hans Brandt, James Barry, Mary Anne Taylor, Mary Parlour, Mary Read, William Talbot Description: Elmore Bulletin (Rocky Bar, Idaho) -
A Woman Warrior.
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IN THE WINGS.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: May 5, 1893 Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art Subject: Ella Wesner, The New York Dramatic Mirror, Tony Pastor's, Vesta Tilley Description: A clipping from "The New York Dramatic Mirror" titled: "IN THE WINGS," discussing Vesta Tilley. This item was contributed to DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
Theatrical Notes
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jun. 25, 1893 Topics: BIPOC, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Seneca Indians Subject: Gowongo Mohawk Description: An article in the Herald on Gowongo Mohawk, a Seneca male impersonator, sucessfully performing in England. -
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 -
PEOPLE'S—Gowongo Mohawk
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1897 Topics: Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Native American LGBTQ+ people Subject: Gowongo Mohawk, Wep-Ton-No-Mah Description: A short article published in 1897 in the Philadelphia Inquirer detailing Gowongo Mohawk, an Indigenous male impersonator acting as the leading role in the play "Wep-Ton-No-Mah." -
Stranger Than Fiction: Authenticated Story of a Singular Woman's Life
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In Man's Attire: Catherine Coombs Worked with Men for Years
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Fifty Years in Trousers
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Prescott, Augusta Date: Jul. 29, 1899 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Marriage, Military, Physicians, Retirement, Wars Subject: Mary Walker Description: Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury, CT) -
Molly Poulton
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Molly Poulton
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Russell Wallett Postcard
Collection: Ephemera Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: J., Charles, J., Russell Date: circa 1900 Topics: Crossdressing Subject: Russell Wallett Description: A postcard featuring an image of Russell Wallett as well as their signature. The text reads, "Russell Wallett, 'The Lady In Black' 'How are yer?'" -
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 -
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 -
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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Lived as a Man
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England's Noted Woman-man
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Woman Played Man Forty Years
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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 -
Women Warriors
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I Want Mine
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Male impersonators in suits on porch
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Miss Vesta Tilley
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Rapid Photo Co., Tilley, Vesta, Powles, Matilda Alice Date: 1903 Topics: Subject: Matilda Alice Powles, Vesta Tilley Description: Tilley wearing top hat and carrying walking stick. -
Mr. Herbert Campbell
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My Lady Molly Act I
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Vesta Tilley
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Rotary Photo, E.C., Tilley, Vesta, Powles, Matilda Alice Date: 1903 Topics: Subject: Matilda Alice Powles, Vesta Tilley Description: Tilley wearing top hat and carrying walking stick. -
Bessie Bonehill
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Miss Vesta Tilley
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Rotary Photo, E.C., Tilley, Vesta, Powles, Matilda Alice Date: 1904 Topics: Subject: Matilda Alice Powles, Vesta Tilley Description: Tilley dressed as a sailor. -
Georgie Wood as Vesta Tilley
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Male and female impersonators in day wear
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Male impersonators playing fiddles
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Miss Gertie Millar