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Chevalier d'--n producing his evidence
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1769 Topics: Animals, Combat, Etching, Indigenous peoples, Politics, Wars Subject: Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andre Timothee d'Eon de Beaumont, Chevalier D'Eon Description: Two groups are depicted fighting, some in each group are depicted anthropomorphic animals. -
Lady S---- B------ habited as a clergyman
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1769 Topics: Appearance, Clergy, Clothing, Crossdressing, Etching, Social norms Subject: Sarah Bunbury Description: A women is pictured crossdressing as a clergyman. -
Lord W- G- habited as a milliner
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1769 Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Etching, Visual arts Subject: William Gordon Description: Lord William Gordon is depicted dressed as a Millener. -
The Wife Turned Good-Man
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1770? Topics: Ballads, Farmers, Gender diversity, Gender role, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Wood-engraving Description: In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; there are dividing ornamental rules between the first and second as well as between the third and fourth columns. -
Chevalier D-E-n returned, or, the Stock-Brokers outwitted
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1771 Topics: Etching, Gender diversity, Magazine illustration, Passing (Gender), Stockbrokers Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée -
The trial of M. d'Eon by a jury of matrons
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1771 Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Etching, Jury, Social norms, Visual arts Subject: Chevalier D'Eon Description: "The Chevalier d'Eon (l.), wearing a military hat and the order of St. Louis round his neck, stands, partly draped, on a pedestal before a jury of twelve ladies (r.) who are to decide upon his sex,... -
"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... -
Mademoiselle de Beaumont, or, the Chevalier d'Eon: Female Minister Plenipo. Capt of Dragoons
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: Sep. 1777 Topics: Clothing, Engraving, Etching, Gender bending, Gender diversity, Military, Portrait prints, British Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée Description: Full length portrait of D'Eon dressed half as a man and half as a woman. The left side of the figure wears a full and elegantly styled dress, with hair piled high in the pyramidal fashion of the ti... -
Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1778 Topics: Animals, Clothing, Social norms, Sports, Visual arts Description: Printed for Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London, publish'd as the Act directs [after January 1, 1778?] Two well-dressed young ladies meet before a farm house. On the left, ... -
Translation of the Chevalier's Farewell Letter to the Public
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: Jan. 28, 1778 Topics: Courts, Gender, Politics -
An Actress at her Toilet, or, Miss Brazen Just Breecht
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: Jun. 24, 1779 Topics: Actors, Animals, Clothing, Crossdressing, Visual arts Description: The interior of a well-furnished dressing-room. A young woman stands in the centre, arms akimbo, putting on a pair of breeches and looking towards the mirror which stands on a dressing-table (right... -
A morning frolic
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: Mar. 25, 1780 Topics: Animals, Appearance, Clothing, Couples, Crossdressing, Soldiers, Visual arts Description: Two people in a bedroom by a table set for tea. One is wearing a dress, along with a soldier's hat and a sword; conversely, the other is wearing soldier's vestments and has a women's wig and fan. -
Mr. Bannister in the Character of Miss Polly Peachum
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Sayers, James Date: 1781 Topics: Actors, Crossdressing, Etching, Opera Subject: Charles Bannister, John Gay -
The Metamorphosis
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Fielding, John Date: Sep. 1783 Topics: Clothing, Dating, Femininities, Gender, Love -
Delpini a la Rossi
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Sayers, James Date: Apr. 26, 1785 Topics: Crossdressing, Etching, Opera, Performing arts, Visual arts Description: "Delpini, dressed as a woman, both arms held above his head, runs forward in profile to the left imitating a dancer. Beneath the title is etched: "Grace was in all her Steps" &c."--British Muse... -
Scrub
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Sayers, James Date: Feb. 15, 1786 Topics: Actors, Crossdressing, Etching, Male impersonators, Theatre Subject: George Farquhar, Mrs. Abington, The Beaux' Stratagem Description: "Mrs. Abington stands facing three quarters to the right dressed as Scrub in Farquhar's 'Beaux' Stratagem', with her hair in tightly curled ringlets (resembling the wig worn by Weston in the part).... -
Which is the Man
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: May 30, 1786 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Etching, Pets Description: Two smartly dressed youths facing each other sit on a bench under a tree. A small poodle sits by the one on the right, who has a more delicate appearance and resembles a face seen before in caricat... -
The assaut or fencing match
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas Date: 1787 Topics: Etching, Fencing, Gender diversity, Sporting events, Sports, Stipple engraving Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée, Joseph Bologne, King George IV Description: A 1787 fencing match between a man and a woman in the elegant rooms of Carlton House, London. In the audience stands the Prince of Wales who had arranged this fencing demonstration between Mademois... -
The Feminine Gender
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Kingsbury, Henry Date: Feb. 2, 1787 Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Etching, Femininities, Gender, Visual arts Description: A rather feminine-looking man walks to the left. He has a protruding "derrière" which makes his coat tails stand out and a very prominant bosom of ruffles. A large hat is set on top of curled hair... -
The Masculine Gender
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Kingsbury, Henry Date: Feb. 2, 1787 Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Etching, Gender, Masculinities, Visual arts Description: A rather mannish-looking woman with a large hat and an enormous parasol walks away from us to the right, holding up her skirts in back with her left hand and revealing tall boots, stockings and a b... -
St. George and the Dragon
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac Date: Oct. 12, 1789 Topics: Boxing, Etching, Politics, Social norms, Visual arts Subject: Chevalier D'Eon Description: "A boxing scene (two couples): the Prince of Wales and Hanger are worsted by d'Eon and St. George. In the foreground (right) Hanger staggers backwards under the attack of St. George; his hat and bl... -
The Famous Flower of Serving-Men; or, the Lady Turned Serving Man
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1795? Topics: Change of name, Crossdressing, Household employees, LGBTQ+ poetry, Passing (Gender), Royalty, Wood-engraving -
See here presented to your view
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1799 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Etching, Soldiers, Visual arts Description: Two people are depicted in a room, one is a Captain and one is dressing herself. -
Biography – Madam Chevalier D'Eon
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Watters, James Date: Mar. 23, 1799 Topics: Crossdressers -
Biographical Memoirs of the Late Chevalier D'Eon
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: 1810 Topics: Biographies, Courts, Crimes, Death and dying, Lawyers, Marriage, Secrecy -
Eccentric Character
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: 1812 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Epitaphs, Gender role, Theft Subject: Mary Frith -
Mary Frith, Alias Moll Cutpurse
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: Sep. 3, 1817 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender, LGBTQ+ poetry Subject: Mary Frith -
Exquisite Dandies
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Robert, Cruikshank Date: Dec. 8, 1818 Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender, Social norms, Visual arts Description: Two men, referred to in the image as "dandies" are pictured dressing themselves. They speak to one another of their appearances. The men are depicted satirically. -
Portrait of Abigail Allen; Portrait of the Female Husband!
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1829? Topics: Drawings, Gender diversity, Marriage, Married people, Passing (Gender), Stealth (Transgender) Subject: Abigail Allen, James Allen Description: Captions below images read: "Portrait of Abigail Allen, Wife to the pretended James Allen, she resided with her Associate for more than 21 years, ignorant of her real sex! and what is more astonis... -
Extraordinary Cause of a Female Husband
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Sep. 1, 1836 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, FtMs, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Prisoners Subject: Eliza Cummings, George Moore Wilson, James Walker, Jane Walker Description: The North Carolina Standard (Raleigh, North Carolina) -
An Odd Connexion
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Meacham, R. Date: Jun. 1, 1838 Topics: Appearance, Crossdressing, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender) -
A Woman Husband
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Manchester Guardian Date: Jun. 23, 1838 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Lesbians, Passing (Gender) Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, James Davis Description: Columbus Democrat (Columbus, Mississippi) -
Curious Deception – A Female Husband
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Brother Jonathan Date: 1839 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities, Marriage -
Fanny Campbell The Female Pirate Captain: A Tale of The Revolution
Collection: Dime Novels Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Lieutenant Murray Date: 1846 Topics: Body image, Chivalry, Colonies, Colonization, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discovery and exploration, Femininities, Gender bending, Indians of North America, LGBTQ+ relationships, Pirates, Prisoners, Sailing, Sailing ships, Sailors, Ship captains, Ship models, Women Subject: Fanny Campbell, Jack Herbert, Terrence Mooney, William Lovell -
"Harry" Stokes, the Man-Woman
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: Dec. 17, 1859 Topics: Appearance, Crossdressing, Gender role, Masculinities, Poverty, Suicide Subject: Harry Stokes -
A Singular Character
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: 1855 to 1865 Topics: Crossdressing, Secrecy, Soldiers Subject: Hannah Snell -
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 Female Soldier
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: Feb. 11, 1865 Topics: Crossdressing, Secrecy, Soldiers Subject: Hannah Snell -
Life and Examination of the Would-Be Ladies
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: circa 1870 Topics: Courts, Crossdressing Subject: Frederick William Park, Thomas Ernest Boulton -
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 -
Foreign
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: May 14, 1870 Topics: Arrests, Courts, Crossdressing Subject: Frederick William Park, Thomas Ernest Boulton Description: Public Ledger (Memphis, Tenn.) -
What is it?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: May 21, 1870 Topics: Arrests, Courts, Crossdressing, Medical examinations, Prisoners -
The Charge Against "Gentlemen" Personating Women
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: Jun. 4, 1870 Topics: Arrests, Criminalization, Crossdressers, Crossdressing -
The Men in Petticoats in London
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jun. 10, 1870 Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Cosmetics, Courts, Crossdressing, Jewelry, Passing (Gender), Police Subject: Arthur Clinton Description: Alexandria Gazette (Alexandra, D.C.) -
England.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: London Telegraph, Cork Reporter Date: Jun. 22, 1870 Topics: Courts, Crimes, Crossdressing, Prejudices Subject: Arthur Clinton, Ernest Boulton, Frederick William Park, Montagu Williams, The London Globe -
The Boulton Masquerade
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Detroit Advertiser and Tribune Date: Jun. 30, 1870 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Passing (Gender) Subject: Arthur Clinton, Park and Boulton -
The Boulton Masquerade
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: Jun. 30, 1870 Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Clothing, Crimes, Gatherings, Gender, Secrecy -
The Masqueraders.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: English Lord and American Consul Date: Jul. 5, 1870 Topics: Arrests, Courts, Crimes, Crossdressing, Navy, Sodomy laws Subject: Arthur Pelham Clinton, C. H. Thomas, Edward I, Edward XIX, George II, John S. Fisk, Louis Charles Hurt, Martin Luther Cumming, New York World, William Summerville -
Crossdressing in London and Texas
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 27, 1870 Topics: Arrests, Black people, Clothing, Crossdressing, Slavery Subject: Dick Montgomery Description: Nashville Union and American (Nashville, Tennessee) -
England
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: May 9, 1871 Topics: Arrests, Courts, Crimes, Crossdressing Subject: Frederick William Park, Thomas Ernest Boulton Description: Public Ledger (Memphis, Tenn.) -
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
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: Jul. 18, 1876 Topics: Autopsy, Clothing, Crossdressing, Law Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Dr. Copeland, Lord Mansfield, Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, The Country Wife -
The Chevalier D'Eon – A Correction
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: Jul. 20, 1876 Topics: Crossdressers, Gender identity, Politics Subject: Chevalier D'Eon -
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
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: circa 1870 to 1908 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators Subject: Ella Wesner -
Portrait of Ella Wesner
Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (Pre-1900) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: circa 1870 to 1908 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography Subject: Ella Wesner -
Portrait of Ella Wesner
Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (Pre-1900) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: circa 1870 to 1908 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography Subject: Ella Wesner -
Portrait of Ella Wesner
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: circa 1870 to 1908 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography Subject: Central Music Hall, Ella Wesner, Harrison Collection -
A Fatal Accident which Revealed a Mystery
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Evening Bulletin Date: Jun. 16, 1890 Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Sailors Subject: Hans Brandt Description: The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY) -
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.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Feb. 5, 1893 Topics: Crossdressing, Marines, Military Subject: Hannah Snell -
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
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: London Telegraph Date: Nov. 3, 1897 Topics: Clothing, FtMs, Gender segregation in labour, Labour, Masculinities, Passing (Gender) Subject: Catherine Coombs, Charley Wilson -
In Man's Attire: Catherine Coombs Worked with Men for Years
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Nov. 12, 1897 Topics: Artists, Crossdressing, Femininities, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Masculinities Subject: Catherine Coombs, Charley Wilson, London Telegraph -
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
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Hana Photo, Poulton, Molly Date: 1900 Topics: Subject: Molly Poulton Description: Poulton dressed in white bow tie and top hat. -
Molly Poulton
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Hana Photo, Poulton, Molly Date: 1900 Topics: Subject: Molly Poulton Description: Poulton dressed in white bow tie and top hat. -
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
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Feb. 9, 1901 Topics: Death and dying, LGBTQ+ relationships, Politics Subject: Murray Hamilton Hall Description: The Irish Standard (Minneapolis, Minnesota) -
The Murray Hall Case
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Feb. 14, 1901 Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities, Harassment, Marriage, Masculinities Subject: Murray Hall -
Lived as a Man
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Mar. 7, 1901 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, FtMs, Labour, Marriage, Passing (Gender) Subject: Catherine Coombs -
England's Noted Woman-man
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Mar. 27, 1901 Topics: Army, Arrests, Death and dying, Femininities, FtMs, Passing (Gender), Physicians, Politics Subject: James Barry, Murray Hill -
Woman Played Man Forty Years
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Apr. 3, 1901 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, FtMs, Marriage, Sailors Subject: Catherine Coombe Description: The Abbeville Press and Banner (Abbeville, SC) -
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
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Nov. 13, 1902 Topics: Clothing, Military, Passing (Gender) Subject: Christian Cavanagh, James Barry Description: Rosebud County News (Forsyth, Montana) -
I Want Mine
Collection: Sheet Music Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Everettfay, John, Oliver, James B. Date: 1903 Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Musical theatre Subject: Al. G. Fields Minstrels, W.M. Atkinson, Zelma Rawlston -
Male impersonators in suits on porch
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Date: 1903 Topics: -
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
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Campbell, Herbert Date: 1903 Topics: Subject: Herbert Campbell -
My Lady Molly Act I
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: J. Beagles & Co. Date: 1903 Topics: -
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
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Bonehill, Bessie Date: 1904 Topics: Subject: Bessie Bonehill -
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
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Wood, George Date: 1905 Topics: Subject: George Wood -
Male and female impersonators in day wear
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Date: 1905 Topics: -
Male impersonators playing fiddles
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Date: 1905 Topics: -
Miss Gertie Millar
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Rotary Photo, E.C., Millar, Gertie Date: 1905 Topics: Subject: Gertie Millar Description: Promotional postcard for a 1905 London musical The Spring Chicken.
