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  1. The Army and the Negros

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: National Anti-Slavery Standard
    Date: 1862
    Topics: African American soldiers, Clothing, Crossdressing, Slavery, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Description: A newspaper segment examining the role of Black people in the Union Army during the Civil War that includes an excerpt from a New York Times article in which the author describes people seeking ref...
  2. A Photograph of Person Wearing A Dress

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1885
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Portrait photography
    Description: A photograph of a person (given the time likely a performer) posing in a photography studio wearing a dress.
  3. A Photograph of Woman Dressed in Men's Clothing

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Roberts, G. Walter
    Date: 1890
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ people of color, QTPOC, Transmasculinity
    Description: A photograph of a woman dressed in men's clothing.
  4. THE TAILOR MADE GIRL.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1893
    Topics: Clothing, Femininities, Gender roles, Masculinities
    Subject: Johnstone Bennett, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" titled: "THE TAILOR MADE GIRL," discussing Johnstone Bennett's style. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  5. SONG AND DANCE MEN.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 5, 1877
    Topics: Clothing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Masculinities, Performance art
    Subject: Annie Hindle, Ella Wesner, Harry Beckett
    Description: A clipping from "Troy Times" titled: "SONG AND DANCE MEN," discussing performances by Ella Wesner, Annie Hindle, and Harry Beckett. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  6. New Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 17, 1895
    Topics: Clothing, Female masculinity, Femininities, Gender roles, Masculinities
    Subject: Brooklyn Life
    Description: A clipping from "Brooklyn Life" discussing gender roles, masculinity, and femininity.
  7. Mary Murdock Mason

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 27, 1876
    Topics: Clothing, Gender expression, Gender identity
    Subject: Mary Murdock Mason
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" titled: "Mary Murdock Mason." Details Mary Murdock Mason's ideas on gender. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  8. Betrayed By His Beard

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 26, 1895
    Topics: Clothing, Essentialism, Femininities, Indians of North America, MtFs, Native american religions, Passing (Gender), Priests, Role behavior, Transgender people, Tribe (The English word)
    Subject: Quatalno Tribe, Sackett, Saghalle Tyhee
  9. 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
  10. Goddesses in Disguise; Or, Women in Masquerade

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 15, 1870
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Ethics, Femininities, Gender role, History, Masculinities, Sexual offenses laws
    Subject: Boulton Masquerade
  11. 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
  12. A Cleveland Girl in Male Attire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 30, 1869
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Courts, Crossdressers, Police officers
    Subject: Mary Goldsborough
  13. Interviewing Dr. Mary Walker

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1875
    Topics: Clothing, Gender identity
    Subject: Mary Walker
  14. Free Love and Trousers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: May 27, 1871
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender role, Masculinities
    Subject: Mary Walker
  15. Women in Male Attire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 8, 1889
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, History, Navy, Prisoners, Wars, Women
    Subject: Harriet Muir, Henry James Muir
  16. The Morality of Masquerading

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Watts, James
    Date: Oct. 15, 1870
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender
  17. European News Items

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Weekly Alta California
    Date: Jul. 16, 1870
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing
  18. 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
  19. Cupid's Foibles, Follies, and Fancies

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1853
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crimes, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender role, Law, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Park and Boulton
  20. Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Once a Week
    Date: 1861
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: King George III, Louis XV, Queen Charlotte
  21. Plymouth County News

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 31, 1873
    Topics: Clothing, Gender identity, Institutional care facilities, LGBTQ+ lovers, LGBTQ+ relationships, Travel
  22. 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
  23. The Men in Petticoats in London

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 10, 1870
    Topics: Clothing, Crimes, Crossdressing, Femininities, Secrecy
  24. A Female "Husband" Robs His Wife and Decamps

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 22, 1865
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Theft
  25. "Harry" Stokes the Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 17, 1859
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender identity, Marriage, Masculinities, Sexual assault, Suicide
  26. Women in Men's Clothes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Philadelphia Ledger
    Date: Jun. 28, 1866
    Topics: Army, Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Crossdressing, Gender role, Physicians
    Subject: Mary Walker
    Description: The Public Ledger (Memphis, Tennessee)
  27. 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)
  28. Tom King is a Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 17, 1893
    Topics: Clothing, Cowboys, Crossdressing, Escapes, Passing (Gender), Prisoners
    Subject: Tom King
    Description: The Evening World (New York, NY)
  29. "Ellis Glenn" in Jail

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1, 1889
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Assigned gender, Clothing, Crossdressing, Forgery, Imprisonment, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Siblings
    Subject: Ella Dukes, Ellis Glenn, Nellie Dukes
  30. She Played Her Part

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 4, 1890
    Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Baptism, Clothing, Debt, Gender identity, Imprisonment, Marriage, Masculinities, Upbringing
    Subject: Marie Engelhardt, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay
  31. "Annie Morris" Guilty

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 29, 1893
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Annie Morris, Frank Blunt, J.G. Perkins
    Description: Watertown Republican (Watertown, Wisconsin)
  32. 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)
  33. The Man Countess Again

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 29, 1891
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Marriage, Masculinities, Medical examinations, Passing (Gender), Upbringing
    Subject: Marie Engelhardt, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay
    Description: The Sun (New York, NY)
  34. An Eccentric Countess

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 21, 1890
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Assigned gender, Clothing, Crossdressing, Debt, Families, Femininities, Friendships, Gender identity, Gender role, Imprisonment, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Psychology, Upbringing
    Subject: Marie Engelhardt, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay
    Description: The Morning Call (San Francisco, CA)
  35. Women in Trousers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 6, 1893
    Topics: Clothing, Courts, Crimes, Crossdressing, Daughters, Femininities, Gender role, Labour, Marriage, Masculinities, Mothers, Police, Smoking, Travel, Upbringing
    Subject: Emily Paxton, George Sand, Jane Dieulafoy, Josephine Cox, Louis Herman Tobush, Mary Walker, Robert Murdock Smith, Rosa Bonheur, Sarah Bernhardt, Sarolta Vay, Tom King
    Description: St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, Minnesota)
  36. Tom King

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 7, 1894
    Topics: Appearance, Childhood, Clothing, Crossdressing, Escaped prisoners, Marriage, Police officers, Theft
    Subject: Tom King
    Description: Sierra County Advocate (Kingston, NM)
  37. Eventful Life of Famous Rosa Bonheur

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 11, 1899
    Topics: Animals, Artists, Childhood, Clothing, Crossdressing, Families, Painting, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Rosa Bonheur, The Horse Fair
  38. In Man's Attire Tenants an Ark

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 24, 1897
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender diversity, Passing (Gender), Police
    Subject: Babe Bean
  39. 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
  40. The Reported Man-Woman Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 3, 1880
    Topics: Clothing, Death and dying, Femininities, FtMs, Gender diversity, Masculinities, Medical examinations, Passing (Gender), Physicians, Soldiers, Transportation occupations
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst, Chevalier D'Eon
  41. Mrs. E. E. Seeyle the Female Soldier

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Fredonia Times
    Date: Oct. 16, 1884
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Combat, Passing (Gender), Soldiers
    Subject: Battle of Bull Run, Company F. Second Regiment Michigan Infantry, E. E. Seelye, Franklin Thompson, Sanitary Commission
    Description: Phillpsburg Herald (Phillipsburg, Kansas)
  42. Fame's Favorites: How Notoriety or Honor Comes to Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 16, 1890
    Topics: Appearance, Boys, Clothing, Passing (Gender), Siblings, Weddings
    Subject: Princess Lilukalani, Sarolta Vay, Simon Breser, Sophie Furst
  43. In Men's Clothes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 8, 1889
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Courts, Crossdressing
    Subject: Mme. Libert, Palace of Justice
    Description: The Lafayette Advertiser (Lafayette, LA)
  44. A Strange Life History: The Death of a Modern Diana-Lucy Slater's Thrilling Adventures

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The New York Times
    Date: Oct. 8, 1879
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Clothing, Health, Hunting, Marriage, Social classes
    Subject: Female Hunter of Long Eddy, George Slater, Joseph Israel Lobdell, Lucy Ann Lobdell Slater, Marie Louise Perry Wilson
  45. Baby Bran A Bonny Boy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 17, 1899
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Journalists, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Babe Bean, Bertie Bean
    Description: Evening Bulletin (Honolulu, HI)
  46. Ella Wesner Postcard

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Sarony, Napoleon
    Date: circa 1870 to circa 1900
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Male impersonators
    Subject: Ella Wesner
    Description: A postcard of Ella Wesner in men's formal attire holding a top hat.
  47. 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)
  48. A Wild Woman's Story

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 26, 1878
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Firearms, Hunting, Marriage, Occupations, Social classes, Trapping, Woods
    Subject: Female Hunter of Long Eddy, Harry Slater, Joseph Lobdell, Lucy Ann Lobdell, Mary Ann Slater, Mrs.Wilson
    Description: The Cambria Freeman (Ebensburg, PA)
  49. A Crack Shot: The Story of the Female Hunter of Long Eddy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 17, 1881
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Firearms, Hunting, Marriage, Occupations, Social classes, Trapping
    Subject: Female Hunter of Long Eddy, George W. Slater, Lucy Ann Lobdell
    Description: Butler Citizen (Butler, PA)
  50. 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)