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  1. 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
  2. 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...
  3. Ella Weaner, Aged Actress, Dead.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 12, 1917
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Ella Wesner, London Theatre, The New York Times
    Description: A clipping from "The New York Times" titled: "Ella Weaner, Aged Actress, Dead" discussing the death of Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  4. England's Noted Woman-man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 27, 1901
    Topics: Army, Arrests, Death and dying, Femininities, FtMs, Passing (Gender), Physicians, Politics
    Subject: James Barry, Murray Hill
  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. English Woman in Odd Romance

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 12, 1910
    Topics: Educators, Families, FtMs, LGBTQ+ parents, Marriage
    Subject: Harry Lloyd, Marie Le Roy
    Description: The Calumet News (Calumet, Michigan)
  7. 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
  8. Fred Emney

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Gray, Campbell, Emeny, Fred, Sr.
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
    Subject: Fred Emeny
  9. Hetty King

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Philco Publishing Co., Brown, R., King, Hetty
    Date: 1906
    Topics:  
    Subject: Hetty King
    Description: King dressed as sailor with pipe.
  10. Hetty King and "Yuma" Next Week

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 7, 1911
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Drag kings
    Subject: Bessie Bonehill, Vesta Tilley
  11. 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
  12. I'm not so dispoged

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: C.W. Faulkner and Co.
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
  13. Lane? "La Maxixe."

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Hana Studios Ltd.
    Date: 1906
    Topics:  
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. Miss Edna May

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Philco Publishing Co., May, Edna
    Date: 1906
    Topics:  
    Subject: Edna May
  17. Miss Evelyn Millard "Robin Hood"

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Rotary Photo, E.C., Millard, Evelyn
    Date: 1907
    Topics:  
    Subject: Evelyn Millard
  18. Miss Gabrielle Ray

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Rotary Photo, E.C., Ray, Gabrielle, Cook, Gabriell Elizabeth Clifford
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
    Subject: Gabriell Elizabeth Clifford Cook, Gabrielle Ray
    Description: Ray dressed as sailor.
  19. Miss Gaby Deslys

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Record Press, Deslys, Gaby
    Date: 1915
    Topics:  
    Subject: Gaby Deslys
    Description: Gaby Deslys dressed in men's evening wear. The image was produced as a promotion for Deslys' appearing in London in Rosy Rapture, a one-act play by J.M. Barrie.
  20. Miss Gertie Millar

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Rotary Photo, E.C., Millar, Gertie
    Date: 1905
    Topics:  
    Subject: Gertie Millar
    Description: Promotional postcard for a 1905 London musical The Spring Chicken.
  21. Miss Hettie King

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Rotary Photo, Whitlock, King, Hetty
    Date: 1905
    Topics:  
    Subject: Hetty King
    Description: King wearing suit and boater hat.
  22. Miss Hetty King

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Philco Publishing Co., Whitlock, King, Hetty
    Date: 1907
    Topics:  
    Subject: Hetty King
    Description: King wearing suit and boater hat.
  23. Miss Hetty King

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Rotary Photo, King, Hetty
    Date: 1909
    Topics:  
    Subject: Hetty King
    Description: King wearing day suit and top hat.
  24. Miss Hetty King

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Philco Publishing Co., King, Hetty
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
    Subject: Hetty King
    Description: King wearing braided coat and cap with chin strap.
  25. Miss Rita Leggiero as "Little Hal" in "A White Man"

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Rotary Photo, E.C., Leggiero, Rita
    Date: 1908
    Topics:  
    Subject: Rita Leggiero
    Description: Promotional postcard for the 1908 London production of A White Man at the Lyric Theatre.
  26. Miss Sybil Arnudale

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Bromochrom, Arnudale, Sybil
    Date: 1909
    Topics:  
    Subject: Sybil Arnudale
    Description: Male impersonator dressed as 18th-century male aristocrat.
  27. Miss Vesta Tilley

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Rapid Photo Co., Tilley, Vesta, Powles, Matilda Alice
    Date: 1903
    Topics:  
    Subject: Matilda Alice Powles, Vesta Tilley
    Description: Tilley wearing top hat and carrying walking stick.
  28. Miss Vesta Tilley

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Rotary Photo, E.C., Tilley, Vesta, Powles, Matilda Alice
    Date: 1904
    Topics:  
    Subject: Matilda Alice Powles, Vesta Tilley
    Description: Tilley dressed as a sailor.
  29. Miss Vesta Tilley

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Rotary Photo, E.C., Tilley, Vesta, Powles, Matilda Alice
    Date: 1905
    Topics:  
    Subject: Matilda Alice Powles, Vesta Tilley
  30. Miss Vesta Tilley

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Philco Publishing Co., Tilley, Vesta, Powles, Matilda Alice
    Date: 1905
    Topics:  
    Subject: Matilda Alice Powles, Vesta Tilley
  31. Miss Vesta Tilley

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Rapid Photo Co., Tilley, Vesta, Powles, Matilda Alice
    Date: 1905
    Topics:  
    Subject: Matilda Alice Powles, Vesta Tilley
  32. Miss Vesta Tilley

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Rotary Photo, E.C., Tilley, Vesta, Powles, Matilda Alice
    Date: 1906
    Topics:  
    Subject: Matilda Alice Powles, Vesta Tilley
  33. Miss Vesta Tilley

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: J. Beagles & Co., Tilley, Vesta, Powles, Matilda Alice
    Date: 1906
    Topics:  
    Subject: Matilda Alice Powles, Vesta Tilley
  34. Miss Vesta Tilley

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Philco Publishing Co., Tilley, Vesta, Powles, Matilda Alice
    Date: 1908
    Topics:  
    Subject: Matilda Alice Powles, Vesta Tilley
  35. Miss Vesta Tilley

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Tilley, Vesta, Powles, Matilda Alice
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
    Subject: Matilda Alice Powles, Vesta Tilley
    Description: Tilley in day gown climbing out of town car. Part of "The Star Series" by G.D. & D., London
  36. Miss Vesta Tilley in Khaki

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: David Allen & Sons, Tilley, Vesta, Powles, Matilda Alice
    Date: 1915
    Topics:  
    Subject: Matilda Alice Powles, Vesta Tilley
    Description: Sale of these postcards was intended for donation to the War Relief Funds.
  37. Miss Zena Dare as Duc de Richelieu in The Dashing Little Duke

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Rotary Photo, E.C., Dare, Zena
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
    Subject: Zena Dare
  38. Miss Zena Dare in Peter Pan

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Davidson Brothers, Dare, Zena
    Date: 1906
    Topics:  
    Subject: Zena Dare
  39. Molly Poulton

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Hana Photo, Poulton, Molly
    Date: 1900
    Topics:  
    Subject: Molly Poulton
    Description: Poulton dressed in white bow tie and top hat.
  40. Molly Poulton

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Hana Photo, Poulton, Molly
    Date: 1900
    Topics:  
    Subject: Molly Poulton
    Description: Poulton dressed in white bow tie and top hat.
  41. Mr. George Robey

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Rotary Photo, E.C., Robey, George, Wade, Sir George Edward
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
    Subject: George Robey, Sir George Edward Wade
  42. Mr. Harry Randall

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Rotary Photo, E.C., Randall, Harry, Randall, Thomas William
    Date: 1905
    Topics:  
    Subject: Harry Randall, Thomas William Randall
  43. Mr. Harry Randall

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Rotary Photo, E.C., Randall, Harry, Randall, Thomas William
    Date: 1907
    Topics:  
    Subject: Harry Randall, Thomas William Randall
  44. Mr. Wilkie Bard

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Rotary Photo, E.C., Bard, Wilkie
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
    Subject: Wilkie Bard
  45. My Lady Molly Act I

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: J. Beagles & Co.
    Date: 1903
    Topics:  
  46. 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)
  47. 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...
  48. 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)
  49. 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)
  50. The Jubilee Duettists (1933)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag, Female impersonators, Male impersonators, Songs
    Description: The Jubilee Duettists perform the old-fashioned song 'Twickenham Ferry'.