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  1. Just Like in Pekin

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Joss temple, Shi Lou Tau Moo ("Loyal Slave"), Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing
    Description: This item is an article published in the New York Herald with that mentions Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator. Uses extensive racist language.

  2. Kunkel's Opera Troupe Listing

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Cleveland Leader
    Date: Mar. 17, 1855
    Topics: Dance, Dancers, Female impersonators, Minstrel shows, Theatre, Theatre groups
    Subject: T.L. Floyd

  3. Matinee Christmas Day

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 18, 1872
    Topics: Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Neil Burgess

  4. Men Who Portray Women in Plays

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: New York Herald
    Date: Dec. 10, 1893
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Labour, Performing arts, Students, Theatre
    Subject: Charley Wykeham, Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez, Etienne Girardot, Richard Harlow

  5. Mongols Badly Duped.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1893
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Charles Waldstein, Chinese People, Gaelic (ship)
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to enslavement.

  6. Mongols Badly Duped

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1893
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Bow Wah, Charles Waldstein, Chinese People
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to enslavement.

  7. Mott Street's Sharp Critics

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 9, 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing
    Description: A clipping from the Omaha Daily Bee mentioning Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator.

  8. Mourning for His Cat

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 16, 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Taka Wing
    Description: Article published in The Boston Herald that explains shows featuring Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator, have been canceled because Wing is sick.

  9. Neil Burgess (Amusements)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 7, 1888
    Topics: Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Neil Burgess, Vim

  10. Neil Burgess Is Now Playing The County Fair

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 18, 1891
    Topics: Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Neil Burgess

  11. Neil Burgess (Week of March 6)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 5, 1899
    Topics: Comedy, Female impersonators, Theatre shows, Vaudeville
    Subject: Neil Burgess

  12. New York Deserted

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 6, 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Taka Wing
    Description: A clipping from The Evening Star mentioning Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator.

  13. New York's Favorite Slumming Expedition

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 12, 1899
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Choy Ting Quoy, Fon Chong Mai
    Description: Article published in the Colorado Springs Gazette about Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese actor and female impersonator; includes illustrations.

  14. No Japanese Actresses

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1895
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Danjuro, Ichikawa Danjuro, Japanese Actor, Japanese People
    Description: A Omaha World-Herald newspaper article about a Japanese actor and female impersonator, Ichikawa Danjuro.

  15. Owl Pharmacy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 6, 1887
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Description: Article in The Abilene Reflector about "the best colored female impersonators in the business."