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  1. A Photo Card of Mei Lanfang Holding a Flag

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: Photo Card of Mei Lanfang posing with a flag over her head.
  2. A Photograph of Mei Lanfang

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: Photograph of Mei Lanfang, a Chinese female impersonator.
  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. Bothwell Browne Postcard (1)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1919? to circa 1935?
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Postcards
    Subject: Bothwell Browne
  5. Britain's Foremost Female Impersonator Jimmy Slater

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1939
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Jimmy Slater
  6. California

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Conrad, Con, Friend, Cliff
    Date: 1921
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: Karyl Norman, The Creole Fashion Plate
  7. Clothes and the Woman! (1923)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 27, 1923
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressing, Male impersonators
    Subject: Hetty King
    Description: The fabulous Hetty King impersonates various contemporary male types - toff, cowboy, eastender, among others. "Here's a lady whom everybody knows - when on the stage - Guess - " M/S of a drawing...
  8. Discretion

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Martelle, Tom
    Date: 1923
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: Tom Martelle
  9. Dorothy, John, and Helen Putnam

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1920?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Siblings
    Subject: Dorothy Putnam, Helen Putnam, John Putnam
    Description: Siblings Dot (Dorothy), John, and Helen Putnam playing with crossdressing. Undated.
  10. Dorothy Putnam in Masculine Attire

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1920?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbians
    Description: Dorothy Putnam posing in masculine attire. Undated.
  11. Dorothy Putnam in Masculine Attire (2)

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1920?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbians
    Description: Dorothy Putnam posing in masculine attire. Undated.
  12. Dorothy Putnam in Masculine Attire (3)

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1920?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbians
    Description: Dorothy Putnam posing in masculine attire. Undated.
  13. Dorothy Putnam in Overcoat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1920?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbians
    Description: Dorothy Putnam in overcoat.
  14. Edith Crossdressing

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1920?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbians
    Description: Dorothy Putnam's friend Edith in masculine attire. Undated.
  15. Helen Crossdressing

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1920?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbians
    Description: Dorothy Putnam's friend Helen in masculine attire. Undated.