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An Actress at her Toilet, or, Miss Brazen Just Breecht
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: Jun. 24, 1779 Topics: Actors, Animals, Clothing, Crossdressing, Visual arts Description: The interior of a well-furnished dressing-room. A young woman stands in the centre, arms akimbo, putting on a pair of breeches and looking towards the mirror which stands on a dressing-table (right... -
An Adventure Towards Normalization
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Whitman, Rebecca Lynn Date: Dec. 14, 1990 Topics: Coming out, Crossdressing, Stealth (Transgender), Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Erika Erinwulf, Kathryn McGuire, Leslie Perez, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Renee Richards, Texas A&M University, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self Description: Clipping from pages 45 and 47 of volume 16, number 20 issue of This Week in Texas, published by Texas Weekly Times Newspaper Co. -
An All-Male Review at the Paddock
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An Amalgamationist in Limbo for the Second Time
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: New York Herald Date: Mar. 9, 1842 Topics: Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Prisons, Racism Subject: Beefsteak Pete, John Brown, Peter Sewally Description: Content warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to racist and transphobic language. -
An Amalgamationist in Limbo for the Second Time
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Mar. 9, 1842 Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Peter Sewally Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to the use of racist language. -
An amateur actor in drag, holding flowers and a parasol, poses in front of delicately painted backdrop. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A man in drag poses wearing light robes and an ornate hat. A World War I concert party comedy drag act. The unidentified drag character is wearing androgynous 'Chinese' outfit and carrying chrysant... -
An amateur actor in drag holds up his impressive folded dress to one side. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The man in drag is posing with his right leg side-on as he holds up his dress. Amateur theatrical performer Mr. Vic Thorne, at Hyde, Cheshire, photographed in front of a painted drop at the studio ... -
An amateur actor in drag poses with an open parasol, in front of painted scenery. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Amateur drag behind the lines, early in World War I. An unidentified performer twirls a Japanese parasol and wears a plain and printed lawn summer outfit posed before a painted drop. Dressed as a g... -
An amateur actor in drag, posing as as 'Ninon', wearing a white dress and hat. Photographic postcard, 192-.
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An amateur actor in drag, wearing a flapper dress and white footwear. Photographic postcard, 1925-1928.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1925? to 1928? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Mr. R. Morrell in drag is standing on rough ground. He poses in a 'flapper' style dress at an unidentified location, most likely an army camp. The fashion details (long ear pendants, sautoir neckla... -
An Announcement for a Demonstration Demanding Justice for Marsha P. Johnson
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Queer Nation Description: A leaflet from the "Justice for Marsha" group formed by Queer Nation announcing a demonstration to demand justice for Marsha P. Johnson's death. -
AN APPEAL FOR AN OLD TIMER.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: De Lulsi, Louise Date: 1911 to Jul. 22, 1912 Topics: Family members, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art Subject: Ella Wesner, Mary Wesner, Orpheum Theater, The New York Clipper Description: A clipping from "The New York Clipper" titled: "AN APPEAL FOR AN OLD TIMER," discussing Ella Wesner and her sister Mary Wesner. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
An Eccentric Countess
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Sep. 21, 1890 Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Assigned gender, Clothing, Crossdressing, Debt, Families, Femininities, Friendships, Gender identity, Gender role, Imprisonment, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Psychology, Upbringing Subject: Marie Engelhardt, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay Description: The Morning Call (San Francisco, CA) -
An ensemble cast of British soldiers, some in drag, pose on stage. Photographic postcard, 1919.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1919 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The characters are in a long line across the stage, some are seated, others standing, in a variety of costumes including 'realistic' and comic drag. Lanterns hang from the stage set. An unidentifie... -
An Evening in Copenhagen with Rae Bourbon (UTC 1)
Collection: Ephemera Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art Description: Two page program with writing " 'A bit of old San Francisco' best wishes" on the left, a photo of a person in a dress, with words underneath: "José, Nightingale Montgomery Street."