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  1. For Brother's Guilt

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 10, 1899
    Topics: Arrests, Crimes, Crossdressing, Imprisonment, LGBTQ+ partners, Police officers, Siblings
    Subject: Elbert Glenn, Ella Duke, Ellis Glenn, James Duke, Nellie Duke, T. H. Terry
  2. Grand Opening: Theatre Mascotte Saloon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 6, 1899
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators
    Subject: Jessie Thomas
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to racist language.
  3. Grandfather Brown (William) at a masquerade party

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Critcherson, G.P.
    Date: 1800 to 1899
    Topics: African Americans, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, Femininities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Masquerades
    Description: William Brown, a wealthy Black businessman in Worcester, MA in the 19th century, wearing a dress. Part of the Brown Family Papers Collection, call number Mss. Boxes B.
  4. "He" Is a Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 7, 1899
    Topics: Courts, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Ella Dukes, Ellis Glenn
    Description: Crawford Avalanche (Grayling, Michigan)
  5. He is the Greatest of the Chinese Actors

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1899
    Topics: Costumes, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Theater
    Subject: Ada Rehan, Chinese People, Fon Chong Mai, Merchant of Venice
    Description: This item is an article published in the Philadelphia Inquirer about China actor and female impersonator, Fon Chong Mai. This article talks about his talent as an actor, Chinese theater, and his im...
  6. In Marietta!

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 9, 1899
    Topics: Crossdressing, Imprisonment, Labour, Passing (Gender), Prisons
    Subject: Bert Glenn, Cora Alice Cunningham, Ellis Glenn, Jake Kauf
    Description: Marietta Daily Leader (Marietta, Ohio)
  7. Johnstone Bennet Cigarette Postcard

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Kinney Bros
    Date: 1890s
    Topics: Advertising--Cigarettes, Cigarettes, Crossdressing, French, Musicians, Transgender people
    Subject: Johnstone Bennet, Kinney Bros, Sweet Caporal cigarettes
  8. Many Years in Man's Attire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 27, 1899
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Occupations, Painting
    Subject: Catherine Coombs
    Description: Dakota Farmers' Leader (Canton, SD)
  9. Marie Høeg and an Unknown Individual Crossdressed

     
    Collection: Berg and Høeg Photographs
    Institution: Preus Museum
    Creator: Høeg, Marie, Berg, Bolette
    Date: circa 1895 to circa 1903
    Topics: Clothing, Gender non-conforming people, Gender roles, Photography
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg
    Description: Marie Høeg and an unknown individual pose crossdressed, expressing reversed gender roles for a portrait.
  10. Marie Høeg and an Unknown Person on a Boat

     
    Collection: Berg and Høeg Photographs
    Institution: Preus Museum
    Creator: Høeg, Marie, Berg, Bolette
    Date: circa 1895 to circa 1903
    Topics: Clothing, Gender non-conforming people, Gender roles, Photography
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg
    Description: Marie Høeg (left) is taking on the masculine gender role, dressed in traditional men's attire and rowing the boat.
  11. Marie Høeg and Three Others Drinking and Playing Cards

     
    Collection: Berg and Høeg Photographs
    Institution: Preus Museum
    Creator: Høeg, Marie, Berg, Bolette
    Date: circa 1895 to circa 1903
    Topics: Clothing, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Gender non-conforming people, Gender roles, Photography, Playing cards
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg
    Description: Marie Høeg (second from the right), in traditional men's attire, and three unknown people, in traditional women's attire, pose for a photograph while playing cards and drinking. Such behavior was c...
  12. Marie Høeg and Three Unknown People Drinking and Playing Cards

     
    Collection: Berg and Høeg Photographs
    Institution: Preus Museum
    Creator: Høeg, Marie, Berg, Bolette
    Date: circa 1895 to circa 1903
    Topics: Clothing, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Gender non-conforming people, Gender roles, Photography, Playing cards
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg, Tuss
    Description: Marie Høeg (second from the right), in what appears to be masculine attire, and three unknown people, in traditional women's attire, pose for a photograph while playing cards and drinking. Such beh...
  13. Marie Høeg as a Burglar with a Gun and Money

     
    Collection: Berg and Høeg Photographs
    Institution: Preus Museum
    Creator: Høeg, Marie, Berg, Bolette
    Date: circa 1895 to circa 1903
    Topics: Clothing, Firearms, Gender non-conforming people, Money, Photography, Thieves
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg
    Description: Marie Høeg dressed as a burglar, poses seated at a table counting money beside a gun from a seemingly successful burglary.
  14. Marie Høeg as a Young Boy with Cigarette

     
    Collection: Berg and Høeg Photographs
    Institution: Preus Museum
    Creator: Høeg, Marie, Berg, Bolette
    Date: circa 1895 to circa 1903
    Topics: Clothing, Gender non-conforming people, Gender roles, Photography, Smoking
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg
    Description: Marie Høeg poses dressed as a young boy with a cigarette.
  15. Marie Høeg Dressed in Full Fur Attire

     
    Collection: Berg and Høeg Photographs
    Institution: Preus Museum
    Creator: Høeg, Marie, Berg, Bolette
    Date: circa 1895 to circa 1903
    Topics: Clothing, Gender non-conforming people, Gender roles, Photography
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg
    Description: Marie Høeg is dressed like Norwegian polar heroes, Fritjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen.