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  1. RAF Vet, Father of 2, Changes Into Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: International News Service
    Date: Mar. 6, 1954
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Military, MtFs, Plastic surgery, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
  2. Tax Snag Halts Male Dancer's Trip For Sex Change

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Jet
    Date: Oct. 15, 1953
    Topics: Black people, Dancers, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Military, MtFs, National government
    Subject: Charles Robert Brown
  3. Shake Dancer Postpones Sex Change For Face Lifting

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Jet
    Date: Aug. 6, 1953
    Topics: Black people, Dancers, Female impersonators, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Military, Plastic surgery
    Subject: Charles Robert Brown
  4. Sylvia Sidney in a White Dress

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The History Project
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: Drag bars, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ night life
    Subject: Sylvia Sidney
    Description: Photograph of the legendary Boston drag performer, Sylvia Sidney, in a white fluffy dress.
  5. Julian Eltinge, 57, Dies; Began Stage Career in Hub

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Mar. 7, 1941
    Topics: Actors, Death and dying, Female impersonators, Revues, Theatre
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
  6. Women's Clothes Bring $20 Fines

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 22, 1930
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Female impersonators, Femininities, Law, Masculinities, Police, Social norms
    Subject: Albert Cushman, Wilbur Guyette
  7. Holyoke's Popular Theatre Playhouse

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 19, 1928
    Topics: Drag queens, Theatre shows
    Subject: Howard Blair, Julian Eltinge
  8. London's Ideal of Ideals: Ella Shields

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 19, 1928
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag kings
    Subject: Ella Shields
  9. James Thatcher Presents The Big Burlesque Extravaganza

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 30, 1927
    Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Drag queens, Theatre shows
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. "Wife" Denies She Knew "Husband" Was Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 30, 1921
    Topics: Arrests, Courts, Crossdressing, FtMs, Marriage
    Subject: Ethel M. Kimball, James Hathaway, Louise Margaret Aechtler
    Description: The Democratic Advocate (Westminster, Maryland)
  13. "Wife" Denies She Knew "Husband" Was Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 29, 1921
    Topics: Crossdressing, Marriage
    Subject: Ethel M. Kimball, James Hathaway, Louise Margaret Aechtler
  14. 'Biff, Bing, Bang' At The Wilbur

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 23, 1921
    Topics: Drag, Musical theatre, Theatre shows, Vaudeville
    Subject: The Dumbells
  15. China Has High-Salaried Female Impersonator

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: May 6, 1917
    Topics: Actors, Female impersonators, Footbinding, Theatre
    Subject: Cha Pih Yung
  16. Girl Posed Six Years as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 9, 1915
    Topics: FtMs, Health, Marriage, Tuberculosis
    Subject: Ben Rosenstein, Ida Weinstein
  17. De Raylan's Diary

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 14, 1911
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Diaries, FtMs, Immigration, Inheritances, Passing (Gender), Stealth (Transgender)
    Subject: Louise Ratone, Nicolai De Raylan, Zaney Rosdorhney
    Description: The Roundup Record (Roundup, MT)
  18. Masquerade As Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 29, 1911
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Labour, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Harriet Kelley
  19. The management of the Fulton Theater

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 8, 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: Julian Eltinge, The Fulton Theater
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle," detailing performances by Julian Eltinge. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  20. The Fascinating Widow

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators, Theater
    Subject: Ann Kingsley, Dwight Meade, Empire Theater Players, Julian Eltinge, The Fascinating Widow, Tommie Martelle
    Description: Advertisement for the play "The Fascinating Widow" starring female impersonator Tommie Martelle in a role originated by Julian Eltinge.
  21. On Professional Stage: Julian D. Eltinge, Famous Impersonator of Female Roles, to Abandon Amateur Work

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: May 8, 1904
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Performing arts
    Subject: Harry Lehr, Julian Eltinge
  22. Austin & Stone's

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators
    Subject: Austin & Stone's, Jessie Thomas
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to racist language.
  23. A Yankee Amazon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 7, 1902
    Topics: Burial ceremonies, Crossdressing, Military, Soldiers, Stealth (Transgender)
    Subject: Deborah Sampson, Robert Shurtlieff
    Description: Western Kansas World (WaKeeney, Kansas)
  24. Forty-Three Women Who Have Posed As Men

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 27, 1902
    Topics: Death and dying, Families, Fathers, FtMs, Marriage, Masculinities, Military, Passing (Gender), Smoking, Soldiers
    Subject: Alice Howard, Anna Talbot, Carlotta May, Caroline Hall, Charles D. Fuller, Chevalier D'Eon, Christian Cavanagh, Christian Walsh, Felix Francoine, Frank Wayne, Franklin Thompson, George Green, James Barry, John Taylor, L.N. Blaylock, Murray Hall, Tony Teesa, William Howard
  25. Woman Who Passes as a Man for Years

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 27, 1901
    Topics: Burial ceremonies, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Wills
    Subject: Cecilia Florence Lowe, Murray Hall