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  1. A Big Hit! "The Flirting Flapper" with Howard Blair

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 21, 1925
    Topics: Drag queens, Singers, Theatre, Theatre shows, Vaudeville
    Subject: Howard Blair, Stanley James Stock Players

  2. All This Week: Howard Blair America's Greatest Female Impersonator, In "The Flirting Flapper"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 25, 1925
    Topics: Drag queens, Singers, Theatre, Theatre shows
    Subject: Howard Blair

  3. Around the Dance Halls

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 30, 1924
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Dance, Femininities, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Dorothy Ward, Polly Meadows, Reg Stone
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)

  4. Chic Boy, 16, in Role of Countess, Unmasked Trying to Add to Fine Wardrobe

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 23, 1925
    Topics: Actors, Clothing, Female impersonators, Police
    Subject: Jack McDonald, Zelden Letrovinski

  5. Columbia Bill Well Balanced

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 27, 1926
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Drag queens
    Subject: Bernadine De Graves, Karyl Norman, Lionel Ames, Paul Bernard

  6. Curtain Calls

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Soanes, Wood
    Date: Feb. 5, 1929
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressers, Drag kings
    Subject: Ben Dillon, Ella Shields

  7. Dancer is Returning Saturday

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 23, 1925
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Kitty Doner, Lady Be Good, Orpheum, Twenty Minutes in Paris
    Description: A clipping about Kitty Doner's performance at the Orpheum in Los Angeles.

  8. Death Reveals "Woman" Cue Champion was Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 30, 1928
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Secrecy, Suicide
    Subject: Frances Anderson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide. Evening Star (Washington, D.C)

  9. DO YOU REMEMBER?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Gillen, Tom
    Date: Nov. 12, 1926
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Ella Wesner
    Description: A clipping from "The Vaudeville News and New York Star" titled: "DO YOU REMEMBER?," describing performances by Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.

  10. Female Impersonator Found Guilty of Theft

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 28, 1929
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Female impersonators, Police, Theft
    Subject: Sam Jarvis

  11. Gladys Bentley: A New Blues Star

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 26, 1928
    Topics: Blues, Male impersonators, Singers
    Subject: Gladys Bentley

  12. Grand Gala Opening of Drake Theatre

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 25, 1928
    Topics: Crossdressers, Femininities, Theatre, Theatre shows
    Subject: Alan Parade, Mike Ames, University of Michigan

  13. Hamilton Lodge Ball An Unusual Spectacle

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 6, 1926
    Topics: Competitions, Drag, Drag balls, Ethnic relations
    Subject: Annual Masquerade and Civic Ball of Hamilton Lodge, Hamilton Lodge

  14. Hamilton Lodge, No. 710 In Annual Masquerade And Civic Ball

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 5, 1927
    Topics: Competitions, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls
    Subject: Annual Masquerade and Civic Ball of Hamilton Lodge, Hamilton Lodge

  15. Hetty King's Visit Next Week

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: May 8, 1925
    Topics: Animals, Crossdressers, Drag kings
    Subject: Hetty King