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  1. Amusements

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1899
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Al. G. Fields Minstrels, Dallas Opera House
    Description: Article in the Dallas Morning News mentioning Black female impersonator.
  2. An Unknown Person In Traditional Women's Attire Holding an Umbrella

     
    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: An unknown person poses in traditional women's attire with an umbrella over their left shoulder.
  3. Bolette Berg Sitting in a Chair Holding a Fan

     
    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, Photography
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg
    Description: Bolette Berg poses seated, wearing traditional women's attire with a doleful expression.
  4. 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...
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Marie Høeg In a Suit with a Mustache

     
    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, Mustaches, Photography
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg
  13. Marie Høeg In Traditional Men's Attire

     
    Collection: Berg and Høeg Photographs
    Institution: Preus Museum
    Creator: Høeg, Marie, Berg, Bolette
    Date: circa 1895 to 1903
    Topics: Clothing, Gender non-conforming people, Gender roles, Photography
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg
    Description: Marie Høeg poses in traditional men's attire.
  14. Marie Høeg Looks Sternly at Tuss

     
    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, Pets, Photography
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg, Tuss
    Description: Marie Høeg looks sternly at Tuss while holding Tuss' front paws.
  15. Marie Høeg Proudly Wears a Sweater and Baggy Pants

     
    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 proudly poses wearing a shirt and baggy pants, which would be considered masculine attire in this time.
  16. Marie Høeg Scolds Tuss

     
    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, Pets, Photography
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg, Tuss
    Description: Marie Høeg, dressed in traditional women's attire, scolds Tuss, the dog.
  17. Marie Høeg Sits in a Chair Wearing a Modified Outfit

     
    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 poses seated, wearing a revealingly modified version of traditional women's attire.
  18. Marie Høeg Sits on a Boat with Tuss and Ingeborg Berg

     
    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, Pets, Photography, Smoking
    Subject: Ingeborg Berg, Marie Høeg
    Description: Marie Høeg (left) sits on a boat beside Tuss and Ingeborg Berg, while the people smoke.
  19. Marie Høeg Sits on a Pile of Rocks in Traditional Men's 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 poses seated on a pile of rocks, wearing a shirt and and pants. This outfit would have been considered men's clothing in this time.
  20. Marie Høeg sits with Tuss and an Unknown Individual at a Table

     
    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, Pets, Photography, Sewing
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg, Tuss
    Description: Marie Høeg (left) is seated beside Tuss, the dog. Across the table is an unknown person sewing what appears to be an apron. The photograph seems to have been taken in Høeg's home.
  21. Marie Høeg Sitting in a Chair Holding a Book

     
    Collection: Berg and Høeg Photographs
    Institution: Preus Museum
    Creator: Høeg, Marie, Berg, Bolette
    Date: circa 1895 to circa 1903
    Topics: Books, Clothing, Gender non-conforming people, Photography
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg
    Description: Marie Høeg poses seated in a chair holding a book while dressed in traditional women's attire.
  22. Marie Høeg Sitting in Underwear with a 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, Photography, Smoking, Underwear
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg
    Description: Marie Høeg sits crosslegged in underwear. A cigarette dangles from Marie's mouth.
  23. Marie Høeg Wearing a Man's Uniform

     
    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, Uniforms
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg
    Description: Marie Høeg poses in a traditional man's uniform.
  24. Marie Høeg Wearing a Sweater and Baggy Pants

     
    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 poses facing away from the camera in traditionally masculine clothing.
  25. Marie Høeg Wearing a Sweater and Pants with a Sword around the Waist

     
    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, Swords
    Subject: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg
    Description: Marie Høeg poses dressed in a sweater and pants with a sword. This would have been considered strictly men's attire in this time.
  26. Marie Høeg Wearing Pants and a Sweater

     
    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 poses in clothing that would have been considered strictly men's clothing in this time.
  27. Sunday Inquirer Magazine

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1899
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Fon Chong Mai
    Description: Article published in the Philadelphia Inquirer mentioning a performance by Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese actor and female impersonator.
  28. A Vivid Picture of a Great Actor Harassed by Century Old Traditions

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 2, 1898
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Fon Chong Mai
    Description: Article published in the New York Herald about Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese female impersonator; includes illustrations.
  29. China's Great Actor.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: New York Herald
    Date: Nov. 2, 1898
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Choy Ting Quoy, Fon Chong Mai, Son Fong Quon
    Description: Article published in the New York Herald about Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese female impersonator.
  30. Truant Girl Coming Home

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 12, 1898
    Topics: Children, Gender dysphoria, Passing (Gender), Police
    Subject: Charles Kaiser, Frances Gould, Max Gould
    Description: Evening Star, Washington D.C.
  31. Miss Babe Bean

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 21, 1898
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressing
    Subject: Babe Bean
    Description: The Argus (Holbrook, Arizona)
  32. Mysterious Lady

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 21, 1898
    Topics: Crossdressing, Disabilities, Traffic accident victims
    Subject: Babe Bean
    Description: The Argus (Holbrook, AZ)
  33. A Lucky Disaster

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 11, 1898
    Topics: Crossdressing
    Subject: Babe Bean
    Description: The Herald (Los Angeles, CA)
  34. Babe Bean: The Lady who Wears Male Attire Recovers her Speech

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 11, 1898
    Topics: Crossdressing, Disabilities, Traffic accident victims
    Subject: Babe Bean
    Description: The Herald (Los Angeles, CA)
  35. The Minstrel Show

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 18, 1898
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze
    Description: An article in the Kinsley Graphic about a show featuring the great Gauze.
  36. Fon Chong Mai Sees Ada Rehan as Portia

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1898
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Choy Ting Quoy, Fon Chong Mai
    Description: Article published in The St. Louis Republic detailing Fon Cong Mai's response to a production of "The Merchant of Venice."
  37. Rehan In Chinese Eyes: An Oriental Criticism

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Fon Chong Mai
    Date: 1898
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Choy Ting Quoy, Daly's Theater, Fon Chong Mai
    Description: Article published in the New York Herald and written by Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese female impersonator, about Ada Rehan's performance in "The Merchant of Venice".
  38. In Man's Attire: Catherine Coombs Worked with Men for Years

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 12, 1897
    Topics: Artists, Crossdressing, Femininities, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Masculinities
    Subject: Catherine Coombs, Charley Wilson, London Telegraph
  39. Stranger Than Fiction: Authenticated Story of a Singular Woman's Life

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: London Telegraph
    Date: Nov. 3, 1897
    Topics: Clothing, FtMs, Gender segregation in labour, Labour, Masculinities, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Catherine Coombs, Charley Wilson
  40. Story of a Modern Rosalind

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 27, 1897
    Topics: Childhood, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Families, Gender diversity, Marriage, Monasteries, Mute persons, Passing (Gender), Police, Travel
    Subject: Babe Bean
  41. In Man's Attire Tenants an Ark

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 24, 1897
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender diversity, Passing (Gender), Police
    Subject: Babe Bean
  42. Annie Hindle, Male Impersonator, in Critical Condition

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The Cincinnati Post
    Date: Jul. 14, 1897
    Topics: Drag kings, Male impersonators, Marriage
    Subject: Annie Hindle, Jennie Kramer
  43. A Bonny Lady Pirate

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Black Hills Union
    Date: Jul. 9, 1897
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Murderers, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Pirates
    Subject: Anne Bonny, Mary Reed
    Description: Black Hills Union (Rapid City, South Dakota)
  44. In Japanese Theaters

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Hageman, Maurice
    Date: 1897
    Topics: Costumes, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Hanshira, Hiakunoskeh, Japanese People
    Description: Minneapolis Journal article discussing Japan's best female impersonators, Hanshira and Hiakunoskeh.
  45. PEOPLE'S—Gowongo Mohawk

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1897
    Topics: Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Native American LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Gowongo Mohawk, Wep-Ton-No-Mah
    Description: A short article published in 1897 in the Philadelphia Inquirer detailing Gowongo Mohawk, an Indigenous male impersonator acting as the leading role in the play "Wep-Ton-No-Mah."
  46. The Midnight "Son"

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Rogers, E.W.
    Date: 1897
    Topics: Male impersonators, Music, Musicians
    Subject: Vesta Tilley
  47. The Song That Will Live For Ever

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: McGlennon, Felix, Browne, Tom
    Date: 1897
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: Helene Mora
  48. The Stage

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1897
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Darkest America, Florence Hines, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: Article in The Freeman mentioning Florence Hines, a Black male impersonator, and Willis Guaze, a female impersonator. This item has been marked as explicit for racist imagery.
  49. Zelma Rawlston Advertisement

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (Pre-1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1897
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressing, Entertainers, Male impersonators
    Subject: Leona Lewis, Mademoiselle Ani, Zelma Rawlston
    Description: This Advertisement features three pictures of performers: Zelma Rawlston, Leona Lewis, and Mademoiselle Ani.
  50. Amusements

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 31, 1896
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators
    Subject: Florence Hines
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to racist language.