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  1. City Authorities Send Watson Home

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1922
    Topics: Black people, Criminalization, Female impersonators, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Rachael, Richard Watson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to racist language.
  2. Cole & Johnson—Gennett

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 2, 1906
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators
    Subject: Andrew Tribble, Cole & Johnson, Gennett, The Shoo-Fly Regiment
    Description: An article in the Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram mentioning a performance by Andrew Tribble, a Black female impersonator.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Doings of Stage People

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1900
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Florence Hines, Rig Minstrel Festival, Vesta Tilley
    Description: Article in the Colored American that mentions Florence Hines, a Black male impersonator.
  7. Doings of Stage People

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 13, 1900
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Florence Hines, Vesta Tilley
    Description: An article in The Colored American about Florence Hines, a Black male impersonator.
  8. 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
  9. In Man's Attire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1902
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Criminalization, Transmasculine people
    Description: Article in the Kalamazoo Gazette about a Black "woman wearing men's clothing".
  10. LOUISVILLE.--The Ninaweb Park goes big

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1901
    Topics: Black people, Male impersonators
    Subject: Florence Hines
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to racist language.
  11. Mabel G. Johnson

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1901
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators
    Subject: Mabel G. Johnson, Ragtime, Songstress
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to racist language.
  12. MISS FLORENCE HINES.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Thompson, R. W.
    Date: Sep. 10, 1904
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Florence Hines, The Indianapolis Freeman, Tom Logan, Vesta Tilley
    Description: A clipping from "The Indianapolis Freeman" titled: "MISS FLORENCE HINES," discussing the work of Florence Hines. This item was contributed to DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  13. Miss Florence Hines.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1904
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators
    Subject: Florence Hines, Metropolitan Club, Sam T. Jack's Creole Burlesque Company, Vesta Tilley
    Description: Article in The Freeman about Florence Hines, a Black male impersonator.
  14. 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.
  15. Negro Must Wear Men's Clothing

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 30, 1922
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Criminalization, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Rachel Watson, Richard Watson
    Description: An article in The Dispatch News about Rachael Watson, a Black person living as a woman who was arrested and forced to wear men's clothing.