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  1. On Professional Stage: Julian D. Eltinge, Famous Impersonator of Female Roles, to Abandon Amateur Work

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: May 8, 1904
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Performing arts
    Subject: Harry Lehr, Julian Eltinge
  2. Sylvia Sidney in a White Dress

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The History Project
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: Drag bars, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ night life
    Subject: Sylvia Sidney
    Description: Photograph of the legendary Boston drag performer, Sylvia Sidney, in a white fluffy dress.
  3. The Fascinating Widow

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators, Theater
    Subject: Ann Kingsley, Dwight Meade, Empire Theater Players, Julian Eltinge, The Fascinating Widow, Tommie Martelle
    Description: Advertisement for the play "The Fascinating Widow" starring female impersonator Tommie Martelle in a role originated by Julian Eltinge.
  4. The management of the Fulton Theater

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 8, 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: Julian Eltinge, The Fulton Theater
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle," detailing performances by Julian Eltinge. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  5. "Wife" Denies She Knew "Husband" Was Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 29, 1921
    Topics: Crossdressing, Marriage
    Subject: Ethel M. Kimball, James Hathaway, Louise Margaret Aechtler
  6. "Wife" Denies She Knew "Husband" Was Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 30, 1921
    Topics: Arrests, Courts, Crossdressing, FtMs, Marriage
    Subject: Ethel M. Kimball, James Hathaway, Louise Margaret Aechtler
    Description: The Democratic Advocate (Westminster, Maryland)
  7. Woman Who Passes as a Man for Years

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 27, 1901
    Topics: Burial ceremonies, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Wills
    Subject: Cecilia Florence Lowe, Murray Hall
  8. 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