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  1. Footlight Flickerings.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1885
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Ella Wesner, Indianapolis Sporting Life
    Description: A clipping from "Indianapolis Sporting Life" titled: "Footlight Flickerings," discussing the closure of Ella Wesner's co. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  2. Go-Won-Go Mohawk

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier
    Date: Mar. 19, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Seneca Indians
    Subject: Gowongo Mohawk, The Indian Mail Carrier (Play)
    Description: A clipping from the New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier about Gowongo Mohawk's performance in the play "The Indian Mail Carrier," as a male impersonator.
  3. Mr. or Miss?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The Inter Ocean
    Date: Jun. 8, 1887
    Topics: Drag kings, Male impersonators, Opera, Weddings
    Subject: Annie Hindle, Annie Ryan, Belle Kinsman, Charles Hindle, E.H. Brooks
  4. Yesterday’s Concerts.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 13, 1885
    Topics: LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Ella Wesner, Koster & Bial's
    Description: A clipping from "The New York Times" titled: "Yesterday’s Concerts." Details a performance given by Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to DTA by Hugh Ryan.