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  1. $500,000 for a Corset

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 28, 1915
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Labour, Theatre
    Subject: Edward Kynaston, Julian Eltinge
  2. 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
  3. Britain's Foremost Female Impersonator Jimmy Slater

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1939
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Jimmy Slater
  4. Clothes and the Woman! (1923)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 27, 1923
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressing, Male impersonators
    Subject: Hetty King
    Description: The fabulous Hetty King impersonates various contemporary male types - toff, cowboy, eastender, among others. "Here's a lady whom everybody knows - when on the stage - Guess - " M/S of a drawing...
  5. English 'Queen' Jailed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Mosley, Leonard O.
    Date: Jan. 4, 1932
    Topics: Crossdressing, Law, Marriage, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Augustine Joesph Hull, George Burrows, Justice Talbot, Norma Jackson
    Description: First page only of article published in Brevities: America's First National Tabloid Weekly, Vol. III, No. 10 on January 4, 1932.
  6. Females Posed As Men

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 3, 1901
    Topics: Arrests, Classification of diseases, Crossdressing, Diplomats, FtMs, Gender bending, Gender role, Hairdressers, Labour, Masculinities, Military, Military discharge, Miners, Passing (Gender), Popes, Sailors
    Subject: Beebe Bean, Catherine Coombs, Charles D. Fuller, Charles Morgan, Charlie Wilson, Chevalier D'Eon, Christian Cavanagh, Christian Welsh, Ellis Glenn, Frank Blunt, Frank Mayne, Frank Morris, Franklin Thompson, James Barry, Jane Westover, John Forest, Julia Forest, L. M. Blaylock, Louis HErman, Louise Watson, Maggie Curley, Marie Engelhardt, Mary Anne Talbot, Mary East, Minnie Briggs, Murray Hall, Nora Smith, Otto Schaffer, Sandor Vay, Sappho, Sarolta Vay, Tommy Lindley, Toniana Marinello, Tony Leesa
  7. Human Curios: Mary East

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 16, 1920
    Topics: Blackmail, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: James How, Mary East
    Description: Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA)
  8. I Want Mine

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Everettfay, John, Oliver, James B.
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: Al. G. Fields Minstrels, W.M. Atkinson, Zelma Rawlston
  9. Lived as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 26, 1901
    Topics: Adoption, Breast cancer, Clothing, Crossdressing, Death and dying, FtMs, Job placement, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Pawnbrokers, Pets, Police
    Subject: Minnie Hall, Murray Hall
  10. Lived as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 7, 1901
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, FtMs, Labour, Marriage, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Catherine Coombs
  11. Mary Read and Ann Bonny First and Only Women Pirates

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 12, 1905
    Topics: Crossdressing, Imprisonment, Maritime occupations, Marriage, Military, Pirates
    Subject: Anne Bonny, Captain Avery, Captain Johnson, Marryat J. Clarke, Mary Read, Robert Louis Stevenson, Russell Pyle, William J. Le Moyne, Wood Rogers
  12. Passed Off as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 5, 1908
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities, FtMs, Immigration, Law, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Travel
    Subject: Frank Woodhull, Mary Johnson
    Description: Evening Star (Washington, DC)
  13. Portrait Ella Wesner

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870 to 1908
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators
    Subject: Ella Wesner
  14. Portrait of Ella Wesner

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (Pre-1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870 to 1908
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Ella Wesner
  15. Portrait of Ella Wesner

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (Pre-1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870 to 1908
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Ella Wesner
  16. Portrait of Ella Wesner

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870 to 1908
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Central Music Hall, Ella Wesner, Harrison Collection
  17. Remarkable Career of Woman in Trousers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 9, 1910
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mental disorders, Military, Motherhood, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: A Modern Sphinx, A.L. Martinez, All the Year Round, Basil Brooke, Daily Mail, Elena Smith, Harry Lloyd, James Barry, Josias Cleote, Marie Le Roy, Sandwell Clerke
    Description: Bisbee Daily Review (Bisbee, AZ)
  18. Ringing The Changes (1922)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 20, 1922
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressing, Drag, Female impersonators
    Subject: Bert Errol
    Description: Drag act Bert Errol is seen in his dressing room - he changes from men's clothes to women's. C/U of Bert in his dressing room. He looks into a hand mirror and primps his hair whilst a woman atte...
  19. Russell Wallett Postcard

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: J., Charles, J., Russell
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Crossdressing
    Subject: Russell Wallett
    Description: A postcard featuring an image of Russell Wallett as well as their signature. The text reads, "Russell Wallett, 'The Lady In Black' 'How are yer?'"
  20. Story of "Murray Hall" Told by Her Adopted Daughter

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 20, 1901
    Topics: Artists, Clothing, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Elections, Fishers, FtMs, Marriage, Masculinities, Miners, Politics
    Subject: Catherine Coombs, Celia Hall, Charlie Wilson, Chevalier D'Eon, Christina Becrens, Felix Francoine, Laure Bernard, Max Finegold, Minnie Hall, Murray Hall, Pierro Loganani
  21. Strange Romance Revealed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 12, 1910
    Topics: Crossdressing, Families, FtMs, LGBTQ+ relationships, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Charles Bradlaugh, Harry Lloyd, Marie Le Roy
    Description: The Wenatchee Daily World (Wenatchee, Washington)
  22. Studies in Trousers Men and Women as They Appeared to a Masquerading Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1, 1910
    Topics: Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Gender relations, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Elena Smith
    Description: Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ)
  23. The Murray Hall Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 14, 1901
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities, Harassment, Marriage, Masculinities
    Subject: Murray Hall
  24. The Women Pirates of America

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Spillane, R.
    Date: Nov. 14, 1909
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Femininities, Masculinities, Pirates
    Subject: Anne Bonny, John Rackam, Mary Reed
  25. Two Female Buccaneers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 14, 1909
    Topics: Crossdressing, Imprisonment, Marriage, Pirates, Right to vote, Soldiers
    Subject: Ann Bonny, Mary Read
  26. When Women Pirates Were Abroad

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Boston Post
    Date: Jul. 25, 1906
    Topics: Books, Crossdressing, Historical periods, Imprisonment, Maritime occupations, Marriage, Military, Passing (Gender), Pirates
    Subject: Anne Bonny, Mary Read
    Description: The Star (Reynoldsville, PA)
  27. Woman Played Man Forty Years

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 3, 1901
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, FtMs, Marriage, Sailors
    Subject: Catherine Coombe
    Description: The Abbeville Press and Banner (Abbeville, SC)
  28. Woman's Queer Masquerade

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 15, 1911
    Topics: Crossdressing, Divorce, Employment discrimination, Painting
    Description: The Donaldsonville Chief (Donaldsonville, LA)