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  1. A Female Impersonator: Man Disguised in Woman's Apparel Arrested at Austin

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 13, 1901
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Police, Social norms, Taboos
    Subject: Edgar Edwards

  2. "Advanced" Surgery

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 30, 1931
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Marriage
    Subject: Doctor Warnekross, Lili Elbe

  3. 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

  4. Astounding Case of the Man Who Was Changed Into a Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 22, 1933
    Topics: Artists, Clothing, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Anna Larson, Grete Wegener, H. J. Stening, Lili Elbe, Man into Woman, Niels Hoyer

  5. Bothwell Browne as "Miss Jack"

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1919
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musicals, Photographs, Stage fencing
    Subject: Bothwell Browne
    Description: Bothwell Browne photograph for the Broadway production, Miss Jack at the Herald Square Theatre.

  6. Bothwell Browne Posing with Sword

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1919
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musical theatre, Photographs, Stage fencing
    Subject: Bothwell Browne
    Description: Bothwell Browne photograph for the Broadway production, Miss Jack at the Herald Square Theatre.

  7. 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

  8. Browne With His Beauties to Top Orpheum

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 23, 1921
    Topics: Female impersonators, Theatre
    Subject: Bothwell Browne

  9. Can Sex in Humans Be Changed?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Wickets, Donald Furthman
    Date: Jan. 1937
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Intersex, Law, Physical characteristics, Sports, Sportspersons, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Lili Elbe, Mark Weston, Norman Haire, Zdenek Koubkov

  10. Charges Perjury in P.R.T. Damage Suit: Alleged Accident Victim Whose Case Failed Accused of Swearing Falsely in Own Behalf

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 20, 1908
    Topics: Arrests, Courts, Female impersonators, Harassment, Police
    Subject: Garfield Wallace

  11. Chic Boy, 16, in Role of Countess, Unmasked Trying to Add to Fine Wardrobe

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 23, 1925
    Topics: Actors, Clothing, Female impersonators, Police
    Subject: Jack McDonald, Zelden Letrovinski

  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. 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

  14. Female Impersonator Found Guilty of Theft

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 28, 1929
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Female impersonators, Police, Theft
    Subject: Sam Jarvis

  15. Female Impersonator in Trouble

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 28, 1920
    Topics: Clothing, Criminalization, Female impersonators, Harassment

  16. 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

  17. Fooled the Reubens: Coldwater Boys Played Girl at Batavia Dance

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 30, 1903
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Female impersonators, Social norms, Taboos
    Subject: Hal Johnson, James Bowersby

  18. Georgina Turtle at Work

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1948? to 1959?
    Topics: Dental offices, Intersex people, Transsexual people, Work
    Subject: Georgina Carol Turtle
    Description: Georgina Turtle taking an x-ray of a patient in a dental office.

  19. 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

  20. Impersonator Found Slain

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: May 28, 1937
    Topics: Female impersonators, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Violence
    Subject: Edward F. Dolan
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.

  21. 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

  22. Julian Eltinge, 57, Dies; Began Stage Career in Hub

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Mar. 7, 1941
    Topics: Actors, Death and dying, Female impersonators, Revues, Theatre
    Subject: Julian Eltinge

  23. 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

  24. Julian Eltinge Will Introduce New Revue Here

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1, 1933
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Female impersonators, Femininities, Theatre
    Subject: Harvard Dramatic Club, Julian Eltinge, Lillian Russell

  25. Karyl Norman Posing in Dress 1

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Apeda N.Y.
    Date: circa 1919
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Lyricists, Musical theater, Singers, Theater
    Subject: Karyl Norman

  26. Karyl Norman Posing in Dress 2

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Apeda N.Y.
    Date: circa 1919
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Lyricists, Musical theater, Singers, Theater
    Subject: Karyl Norman

  27. Little Waltz Fooled a Cop

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Cowan, J. Harold
    Date: Nov. 21, 1945
    Topics: Arrests, Female impersonators, Police
    Subject: Edward E. Kinney, John W. White

  28. 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

  29. Los Angeles Permits Female Impersonation

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 10, 1940
    Topics: Actors, Female impersonators, Law, Police
    Subject: Julian Eltinge

  30. 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

  31. Man in Woman's Garb Beans Negro with Gun

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 2, 1922
    Topics: Arrests, Assault and battery, Clothing, Female impersonators, Violence
    Subject: Will Thomas

  32. "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

  33. Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case
    Date: 1942
    Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Transgender people
    Subject: Mildred M.
    Description: Photograph of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic.

  34. Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942) (2)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case
    Date: 1942
    Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Transgender people
    Subject: Mildred M.
    Description: Photograph of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic.

  35. Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942) (3)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case
    Date: circa 1942
    Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Transgender people
    Subject: Mildred M.
    Description: Photograph of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic.

  36. Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942) (4)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case
    Date: circa 1942
    Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Psychiatric institutions, Transgender people
    Subject: Mildred M.
    Description: Photographs of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic.

  37. Mugshot of Neville McQuade and Lewis Stanley Keith (1942)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: North Sydney Australia Police Station
    Date: Jun. 1942
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Transgender prostitutes
    Subject: Lewis Stanley Keith, Neville McQuade

  38. Not Manners of a Lady: Impersonator Wears Frills and Ruffles, but Uses Fists - Is Charged with Attack on Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 18, 1905
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Harassment, Police, Violence
    Subject: Percy Yarick

  39. Photos d'outre-mer (Le Regiment May 23, 1918)

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: May 23, 1918
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Navy, Plays, Sailors
    Description: The text on the page reads: "Photos d’outre-mer Vous voyez cette jeune actrice américaine qui fait des grâces devant l’objectif, n’est-ce pas qu’elle est jolie? … Eh bien c’est… …un jeune ...

  40. Police Raiders Arrest Ten in S.F. Night Club: Patrons Rush for Exits as Officers Visit Finocchio's

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 20, 1936
    Topics: Arrests, Bars, Female impersonators, Physical violence, Police, Theatre
    Subject: Finocchio's Club

  41. Roberta Cowell in the Kitchen

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1945 to 1957
    Topics: Cooking, Kitchens, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Women biographers
    Subject: Picture Post, Roberta Cowell
    Description: Below the photo the following quote appears: "'Cooking was unexpectedly exciting.'"

  42. Roberta Cowell in World War II (1947)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1947
    Topics: Air pilots, Military, Military uniforms, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people, World War, 1939-1945
    Subject: Roberta Cowell

  43. Roberta Cowell in World War II (1947) (2)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1947
    Topics: Air pilots, Military, Military uniforms, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people, World War, 1939-1945
    Subject: Roberta Cowell

  44. Roberta Cowell with Her Father

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Ernest Marshall Cowell, Roberta Cowell

  45. Shot Female Impersonator: Negro in Woman's Garb Slashes Policemen and Is Killed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 22, 1908
    Topics: Black people, Clothing, Female impersonators, Mass media, Police, Race relations, Violence
    Subject: George Thompson

  46. 'Silly Kid' Tries to Dupe Sleuths: "Female Impersonator" Objects to Being Arrested by Men Not in Uniform

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 18, 1908
    Topics: Actors, Arrests, Courts, Female impersonators, Harassment, Police, Theatre
    Subject: Jean D'Arville

  47. The Man Who Was a "Perfect Lady"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Blackmar, K.K.
    Date: Mar. 16, 1913
    Topics: Actors, Arrests, Female impersonators, Opera, Theatre
    Subject: Annie Butcher, Charles Heywood, Frank Butcher, The Great Heywood

  48. The Why of He-Men Who Play Women

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Steinman, Samuel
    Date: May 5, 1929
    Topics: Clothing, Female impersonators, Femininities, Mental disorders, Photography, Physical characteristics, Psychologists, Psychology, Sportspersons, Students, Theatre, Theatre shows
    Subject: George Pease, Haresfoot, Mimics of Michigan, Walter Koppisch, William Sheldon

  49. Thompson Held to Grand Jury

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Evansville Courier & Press
    Date: Jun. 28, 1923
    Topics: Clothing, Courts, Murders of LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Fred Thomspon, Richard Tesmer

  50. Voo-Doo Laying Down

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1918 to circa 1921
    Topics: Cabaret, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Voo-Doo

  51. Voo-Doo Performing

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1918 to circa 1921
    Topics: Cabaret, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Voo-Doo

  52. Winsor M'Cay Draws Impressions of Mr. Julian Eltinge at Orpheum

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: McCay, Winsor
    Date: Feb. 21, 1910
    Topics: Cartoons, Clothing, Dance, Drawings, Female impersonators, Gender swapping, Theatre
    Subject: Julian Eltinge

  53. Woman Dresses as Man; Other Poses as "Wife" to Earn Living for Both

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press
    Date: Feb. 8, 1915
    Topics: FtMs, Gender identity, Marriage
    Subject: Ben Rosenstein, Ida Weinstein

  54. Women's Clothes Bring $20 Fines

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 22, 1930
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Female impersonators, Femininities, Law, Masculinities, Police, Social norms
    Subject: Albert Cushman, Wilbur Guyette