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  1. Adventurous Lives of Women in Trousers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Neville, Rupert
    Date: Jul. 31, 1910
    Topics: Army, Arrests, Children, Clothing, Crossdressing, FtMs, Hospitals, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Suffragettes
    Subject: Bill Edwards, Catherine Coombs, Charlie Wilson, Christian Davis, Hannah Snell, Harry Lloyd, Harry T. Buford, John Taylor, Madame Velasquez, Marie Le Roy, Mary Anne Talbot
  2. Aftermath of a Musical Fete

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Randolph, Oliver
    Date: Jul. 1, 1911
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Andrew Tribble
    Description: An article in The Twin City Star mentioning Andrew Tribble, a renown female impersonator.
  3. Amazing Double Life of Girl Who Lived for Years as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: McGlone Gibson, Idah
    Date: May 13, 1914
    Topics: Arrests, Bellhops, Clothing, Courts, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, FtMs, Labour, Marriage, Masculinities, Native americans, Passing (Gender), Racism, Sexism
    Subject: Cora Anderson, Dorothy Klenowski, Marie White, Ralph Kerwinieo
    Description: The Day Book (Chicago, IL)
  4. Andrew Tribble Skipped with Money

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1916
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Vaudeville
    Subject: Andrew Tribble, Fairyland Theater
    Description: Article published in The Freeman about Andrew Tribble, a Black female impersonator, being wanted for theft.
  5. Arrest Actor's Wife: Jesse Harris Is Dead of Morphine Poisoning

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Evansville Courier & Press
    Date: Nov. 6, 1911
    Topics: Actors, Arrests, Crimes, Female impersonators, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Theatre
    Subject: J.V. Thomas, Jesse Harris
  6. Arrest Girl Hobo Dressed Male Attire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 18, 1913
    Topics: Crossdressing
    Subject: Ella Llewellyn
    Description: Medford Mail Tribune (Medford, OR)
  7. Bathing Beauties Revue

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: May 12, 1919
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Bothwell Browne, Dorothy Haver, Elsie B. Ware, Jane Allen, Mack Sennett, Mildred Maisson, Mollie McGowan, The Circle, Virginia Eastman
  8. Bothwell Browne Tells Real Name and Age

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Daw, Marjorie
    Date: Jun. 5, 1919
    Topics: Actors, Female impersonators, Theatre
    Subject: Bothwell Browne, Gloria Swanson, Oscar Olafsson
  9. Boxing Card at Coliseum Here Monday Night

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 12, 1918
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Andrew Tribble
    Description: An article in the Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram mentioning a performance by Andrew Trimble, a female impersonator of color.
  10. Boy Who Was a Girl Wedded to Milwaukee Girl

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 4, 1914
    Topics: Courts, Crossdressing, Marriage
    Subject: Cora Anderson, Dorothy Klenowski, Ralph Kerwinieo
    Description: The Day Book (Chicago, Illinois)
  11. Chicago Girl in Garb of Boy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 11, 1914
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Travel
    Subject: Ruth Myers
    Description: The Day Book (Chicago, IL)
  12. China Has High-Salaried Female Impersonator

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: May 6, 1917
    Topics: Actors, Female impersonators, Footbinding, Theatre
    Subject: Cha Pih Yung
  13. Colored Boxer Put on Bout Here in Two Weeks

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 28, 1918
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows, Vaudeville
    Subject: Andrew Tribble
    Description: A clipping from The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram mentioning Andrew Tribble, a Black female impersonator.
  14. Colored Boxer to Give Exhibition on April 15

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 3, 1918
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators
    Subject: Andrew Tribble
    Description: An article in the Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram mentioning a performance by Andrew Tribble, a female impersonator of color.
  15. Cora Anderson Good Husband, Say Wives; I Still Love Him, Bride Sobs

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: McGlone Gibson, Idah
    Date: May 13, 1914
    Topics: Being in love, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Marriage, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Cora Anderson, Dorothy Klenowski, Marie White
  16. Cora Anderson Was a Good Man to Both Her Wives -How She Fooled Second One

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: McGlone Gibson, Idah
    Date: May 14, 1914
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Dating, LGBTQ+ partners, Passing (Gender), Sexual harassment
    Subject: Cora Anderson, Dorothy Klenowski, Marie White
    Description: The Day Book (Chicago, IL)
  17. De Raylan's Diary

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 14, 1911
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Diaries, FtMs, Immigration, Inheritances, Passing (Gender), Stealth (Transgender)
    Subject: Louise Ratone, Nicolai De Raylan, Zaney Rosdorhney
    Description: The Roundup Record (Roundup, MT)
  18. 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.
  19. Deport Mexican "Eltinge" El Paso, Tex., March 11

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 11, 1918
    Topics: Crossdressers, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Immigration, Latino/a/x people
    Description: Article in the Tuscon Citizen about the deportation of "a Mexican man dressed as a woman."
  20. Dr. Mary Walker Looks Like "A Gentleman of the Old School"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 4, 1912
    Topics: Crossdressing, Gender bending, Law, Military occupations, Physicians
    Subject: Mary Walker, William Howard Taft
    Description: The Day Book (Chicago, Illinois)
  21. Dudley Liddell Again in Hands of Police

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The Pittsburgh Press
    Date: Feb. 14, 1915
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Clothing, Gender expression
    Subject: Dudley Liddell, H. C. Andrist, John Beck, Martin's Women's Apparel Store
    Description: A short article from the Pittsburgh Press, published on February 14, 1915. The text discusses Dudley Liddell's second arrest involving "women's clothing."
  22. Dudley Liddell, Female Impersonator, Released

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The Pittsburgh Press
    Date: Aug. 10, 1914
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Clothing, Female impersonators, Gender expression
    Subject: D. Hazlett, Dudley Liddell, Edward Dillon
    Description: A short article in the Pittsburgh Press, published August 10, 1914. The text declares that Dudley Liddell, arrested for wearing "women's apparel," has been released.
  23. Dudley Liddell Still Detained at Central

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The Pittsburgh Press
    Date: Aug. 9, 1914
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Clothing, Gender expression
    Subject: Dudley Liddell
    Description: A short article from The Pittsburgh Press, published August 9, 1914. The text details Dudley Liddell's arrest for "masquerading in girl's clothes."
  24. 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.
  25. Escaped Negro Convict is Captured Here as "Female Impersonator"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 21, 1913
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Clothing, Disguise, Female impersonators, Imprisonment, Police
    Subject: Willie Harris
  26. Female Impersonator is Betrayed by Feet

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 30, 1916
    Topics: Clothing, Criminalization, Female impersonators, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture)
    Subject: Clement Sonsin
  27. Find 'Lazy Husband' In Reality Is Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 19, 1916
    Topics: Children, Courts, Crossdressing, Marriage, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Margaret A. Gaffney, Robert A. Gaffney
    Description: The Tacoma Times (Tacoma, Washington)
  28. For Eight Years Posed as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: United Press
    Date: May 4, 1915
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, FtMs, Marriage
    Subject: Cora Anderson, Ralph Kerwinieo
    Description: The Daily Gate City (Keokuk, Iowa)
  29. Girl Gets Eugenic License as Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 9, 1914
    Topics: Crossdressing, Discrimination, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Wages
    Subject: Cora Anderson, Dorothy Klenowski, Ralph Kerwinieo
    Description: Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Illinois)
  30. Girl Lives 13 Years as Man and Has Two Wives

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: McGlone Gibson, Idah
    Date: May 12, 1914
    Topics: Being in love, Courts, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Cora Anderson, Marie White, Ralph Kerwinieo
  31. Girl Posed Six Years as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 9, 1915
    Topics: FtMs, Health, Marriage, Tuberculosis
    Subject: Ben Rosenstein, Ida Weinstein
  32. "Gus" Seib, Girl, Throws aside Mask

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 8, 1911
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Festivals, LGBTQ+ partners, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: August A. Seib, Gus Seib, Joahan Hoch
    Description: The Wahpeton Times (Wahpeton, ND)
  33. Here and There

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Berliner, L. T.
    Date: Jan. 19, 1917
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Theatre
    Subject: Leon Finch, The Girl Who Smiles
  34. Hetty Urma at Piedmont

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 15, 1914
    Topics: Drag kings, Male impersonators, Musical theatre, Vaudeville
    Subject: Hetty Urma
  35. It is Lady-Like to Look Like a Lady on Atlanta's Streets?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 24, 1913
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag queens, Femininities, Legal process, Police
    Subject: Auriema, Belva Lockwood, Lamar Poole, Mary Walker
  36. Jail Breaker is Headliner This Week at Liberty

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 22, 1917
    Topics: Crossdressers, Music, Theatre, Theatre shows
    Subject: Jean Barrios, Rago
  37. Jean Barrios (December 5, 1917)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 5, 1917
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Music, Theatre shows, Vaudeville
    Subject: Jean Barrios
  38. John Lind, Clever Female Impersonator

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: May 13, 1919
    Topics: Dancers, Female impersonators, Theatre, Travel
    Subject: Bijou, John Lind
  39. Julian Eltinge Has Big Reception Here

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Sayre, J. Willis
    Date: Oct. 14, 1912
    Topics: Androgyny, Female impersonators, Femininities, Gender swapping, Theatre, Theatre shows
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
  40. Lived as Man to Help Her Friend

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 8, 1915
    Topics: FtMs, Gender identity, Health, Marriage, Tuberculosis
    Subject: Ben Rosenstein, Ida Weinstein
  41. Man Held on Charge of Stealing Silk Dress

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 25, 1910
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Femininities, Masculinities, Police, Theatre
    Subject: La Nier Watts, Trixie
  42. Man-Woman Says Man Out in the World Is A Hunter of Women

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Anderson, Cora
    Date: May 15, 1914
    Topics: Beauty standards, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Essentialism, Gender, Passing (Gender), Patriarchy, Rape, Sexual harassment
    Subject: Cora Anderson
    Description: The Day Book (Chicago, IL)
  43. "Margaret" Smith Proves to Be Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 5, 1911
    Topics: Androgyny, Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Harassment, Police, Theatre
    Subject: Clarence Westfall, Margaret Swift
  44. Masquerade As Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 29, 1911
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Labour, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Harriet Kelley
  45. Mob Pursues Man in Woman's Dress

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 28, 1910
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Physical violence
    Subject: E. C. Heffner, H. F. Pederson, Joe Swanson, L. B. Delano, Tom Ferrell, Walter Waller
  46. 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.
  47. Neil Burgess Passes Into Great Beyond

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 19, 1910
    Topics: Actors, Death and dying, Drag queens, Theatre shows
    Subject: Neil Burgess & Co.
  48. 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.
  49. Posed as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 4, 1915
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Educators, FtMs, Marriage, Masculinities
    Subject: Eugene de Forest, May Bradley
  50. Richards & Pringle's Famous Minstrels

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 19, 1915
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: A clipping from the Ashland Tidings about the Richards & Pringle's Famous Minstrels show programme mentioning the Great Gauze, a female impersonator.