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  1. 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.
  2. A Woman Was Arrested

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 20, 1882
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, FtMs
    Description: Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN.)
  3. Duluth News-Tribune

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 17, 1882
    Topics: Divorce, Essentialism, FtMs, Marriage, Transgender people
  4. A Strange Metamorphosis

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 28, 1882
    Topics: FtMs, Marriage, Separation, Transgender people
    Subject: Dubuque Times, E. W. Burnham, Major Powell, Tribune
  5. A Remarkable Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 31, 1882
    Topics: Appearance, Essentialism, Heteronormativity, Intersex people, Love, Marriage, Masculinities, Separation, Surgery
    Subject: Burnham Novelty Company, Major W. L. Powell, St Paul Pioneer Press, Tribune
  6. Hyde & Behman’s Theater.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 8, 1882
    Topics: LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Davene's Colossal Allied Attractions, Ella Wesner, Hyde & Behman's Theater, St. George Hussey, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" titled: "Hyde & Behman’s Theater." Detailing the acts at Hyde & Behamn's Theater, including Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  7. Wisconsin's Wonder

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 4, 1882
    Topics: Gossip, Marriage, Painting, Passing (Gender), Step parents
    Subject: Frank Dubois, Gertrude Dubois, Gertrude Fuller
    Description: The News and Herald (Winnsboro, SC)
  8. It's Dudish, You Know!

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Reed, Charlie
    Date: 1883
    Topics: LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Carroll Johnson, Chas. D. Blake & Co., Sam Devers
    Description: Sheet music for "It's Dudish, You Know!" by Charlie Reed. Cover art features a man accompanied by the speech bubble "Dear Boys don't cher know Our style's all the go."
  9. The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language (Vol. IV. Scream--Zythum)

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Ogilvie, John
    Date: 1883
    Topics: Transfemininity, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Sir Thomas Browne
    Description: On page 414, the words "Transexion" and "Transfeminate" are defined. Both terms are attributed to "Sir T. Browne" in reference to the physician and influential writer Sir Thomas Browne’s Pseudodoxi...
  10. STAGE WHISPERS.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 1, 1883
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Alma Stuart Stanley, Blanche Selwyn, Ella Wesner, St. George Hussey, The National Police Gazette
    Description: A clipping from "The National Police Gazette" titled: "STAGE WHISPERS," discussing a performance of Ella Wesner and other male impersonators. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  11. Married, Not Mated

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: The Denver Republican
    Date: Oct. 30, 1883
    Topics: Crossdressers, Femininities, Marriage
    Subject: Frank Dubois
  12. A Sorry Plight

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 6, 1883
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Pregnancy
    Subject: Frank Dubois, Gertrude Fuller, S. J. Hudson
    Description: Daily Evening Bulletin (Marysville, KY)
  13. A Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 9, 1883
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Marriage, Painting, Passing (Gender), Separation
    Subject: Frank Dubois, Gertrude Fuller, H. L. Morrison, S.J. Hudson
    Description: Cooperstown Courier (Cooperstown, ND)
  14. The Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 9, 1883
    Topics: Androgyny, Crossdressing, FtMs, Interviews, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Stealth (Transgender)
    Subject: Frank Dubois, Gertrude Fuller, H. L. Morrison
    Description: Press and Daily Dakotaian (Yankton, Dakota Territory, SD)
  15. History of the Woman Claiming to be a Man and Marrying Another Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 10, 1883
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Marriage, Meetings
    Subject: Delia Derthick, Frank Dubois, Tribune
    Description: The Benton Weekly Record (Benton, Montana)