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  1. McMahon and King, two actors made up as blackface minstrels, with King in drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators, Minstrel music
    Description: King looks over his shoulder, whilst McMahon in a top hat holds out his finger, pointing. Blackface minstrels (white actors with faces blackened to represent and mock Black people) were a form of e...

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Miss Vesta Tilley's Silver Wedding

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 17, 1915
    Topics: Drag kings, Weddings
    Subject: Harry Ball, Vesta Tilley, Walter de Frece

  5. New York City

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1915
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Vaudeville
    Subject: Augustus Stevens, Julian Eltinge
    Description: Article in The Freeman about Augustus Stevens, a Black female impersonator.

  6. Novelty's imitateur a transformations

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1915
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Full length photo of a man in showgirl dress; vignette headshot of same performer in white tie. Divided verso.

  7. Oh, The Baa-Baa-Baa-Lambs!

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Hargreaves, Willaim, Godfrey, Fred
    Date: 1915
    Topics: Composers, Drag queens, Music, Singers
    Subject: Ella Shields

  8. Pauli Murray's Family Photograph Album, ca. 1919-1950

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: Murray, Pauli
    Date: 1910 to 1950
    Topics: African American transgender people, Transgender people, World War, 1939-1945
    Subject: Pauli Murray
    Description: Photograph album entitled, "The 'Life and Times' of An American Called Pauli Murray," featuring photos of Pauli Murray through the years, Murray's family and friends, and experiences during Murray'...

  9. Portrait of James Watts

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1900 to circa 1929
    Topics: Crossdressing, Photography
    Subject: James Watts

  10. Portrait of Julian Eltinge (2)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1915
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge

  11. Portrait of Julian Eltinge (3)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1915
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Julian Eltinge

  12. Portrait of Kitty Doner (1)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1900 to circa 1925
    Topics: Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Kitty Doner

  13. Posed as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 4, 1915
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Educators, FtMs, Marriage, Masculinities
    Subject: Eugene de Forest, May Bradley

  14. Ready for the Mummer's Parade

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 31, 1915
    Topics: Costumes, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Parades
    Subject: Frank Carter
    Description: An article in the Evening Ledger featuring Frank Carter, a female impersonator who will be marching in a New Year's parade.

  15. Richards & Pringle's Famous Minstrels

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 19, 1915
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: A clipping from the Ashland Tidings about the Richards & Pringle's Famous Minstrels show programme mentioning the Great Gauze, a female impersonator.