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  1. The Stage

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1897
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Darkest America, Florence Hines, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: Article in The Freeman mentioning Florence Hines, a Black male impersonator, and Willis Guaze, a female impersonator. The article contains a racist caricature.
  2. The Vodoo Profession

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 19, 1873
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Voodoo
    Description: An article in the Public Ledger that talks about the case of the State vs. Frances Thompson involving Voodoo.
  3. THE WIFE OF A WOMAN

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 2, 1892
    Topics: LGBTQ+ relationships, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Annie Hindle, Annie Ryan, Buffalo Evening News, Charles Hindle, Charles Vivian, Ella Wesner, Maggie Weston
    Description: A clipping from the "Buffalo Evening News" titled: "THE WIFE OF A WOMAN," discussing the relationship between Annie Hindel and Annie Ryan. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  4. The Woman in Battle: the adventures, exploits, and travels of Madame Loreta Juaneta Velasquez

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Duke University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1876
    Topics: Military, Soldiers, Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Biography, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female
    Subject: Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Loreta Juaneta Velasquez
    Description: Brochure advertising the publication of the book "The Woman in Battle" by Loreta Janeta Velazquez, who claims to have masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier during the Civil War. Includes highli...
  5. The Wonderful Male Prima Donna Mr. Fred Malcom

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1880
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel music, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Fred Malcolm
    Description: This illustration, which is likely the cover of a piece of sheet music, advertises a "Johnson & Slavin's Refined Minstrels" show featuring "The Wonderful Male Prima Donna Mr. Fred Malcom," who is d...
  6. Theatre Comique: Ernest Byne

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 29, 1874
    Topics: Actors, Female impersonators, Femininities, Theatre
    Subject: Ernest Byne, Gerard Byne, Josh Hart
    Description: The New York Herald (New York, New York)
  7. There is a Remarkable Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 14, 1886
    Topics: Army, Civil wars, Crimes, Crossdressing, Desertion, Military, Military, Soldiers
    Subject: Franklin Thompson, Sarah E. Edmonds, Sarah E. Seelye
    Description: Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner (Prescott, AZ)
  8. Thirty Years in Disguise

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 12, 1880
    Topics: Cancer, Death and dying, Passing (Gender), Transportation occupations
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst
    Description: Centre Democrat (Bellefonte, PA)
  9. This Woman Masqueraded as a Bandit

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 11, 1899
    Topics: Bars (Drinking establishments), Cowboys, Crossdressing, Outlaws
    Subject: Dick Wells, Helen Jackson, Jack Hall, Pearl Hart
  10. Thompson

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Memphis Daily Appeal
    Date: Jul. 13, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Police harassment, Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: American Civil War, Frances Thompson, Lucy Smith
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.
  11. Thompson's Joke

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 12, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.
  12. Three Chinese Get In

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, City of Alexandria (steamship), Fong, Chu, Yi, Chin
    Description: A newspaper article from the New York Herald detailing the arrest of a Chinese female impersonator.
  13. 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)
  14. Troy Herald

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 8, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.
  15. Truant Girl Coming Home

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 12, 1898
    Topics: Children, Gender dysphoria, Passing (Gender), Police
    Subject: Charles Kaiser, Frances Gould, Max Gould
    Description: Evening Star, Washington D.C.