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I. McCorker, Esq.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: McCorker, I. Date: 1891 Topics: Black people, Burlesque (Theater), LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows Subject: Florence Hines, Sam T. Jack's Creole Burlesque Company Description: Article in the Times-Observer that mentions Florence Hines, a Black male impersonator. -
An Interesting Case: The Countess Sarolta Vay's Marriage to a Pretty Young Maiden
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: London Daily News Date: Nov. 20, 1890 Topics: Crossdressing, FtMs, Legal process, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender) Subject: Krafft Ebing, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay Description: The Bossier Banner (Bellevue, LA) -
An Eccentric Countess
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Sep. 21, 1890 Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Assigned gender, Clothing, Crossdressing, Debt, Families, Femininities, Friendships, Gender identity, Gender role, Imprisonment, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Psychology, Upbringing Subject: Marie Engelhardt, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay Description: The Morning Call (San Francisco, CA) -
Fame's Favorites: How Notoriety or Honor Comes to Woman
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Women as Men
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: St. James Gazette Date: Aug. 8, 1890 Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Maritime occupations, Marriage, Military, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Physicians, Pirates Subject: Alexander Burke, Anne Bonny, Anne Jane Thornton, Hannah Snell, Hans Brandt, James Barry, Mary Parlour, Mary Read, Samuel Bundy -
Soldiers Who Were Women
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 24, 1890 Topics: Military, Military discharge--United States Subject: Charles D. Fuller, Frances Day, Franklin Thompson, L. M. Blaylock, Miss Seelye, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Company, Sergeant Frank Mayne Description: Democratic Northwest (Napoleon, Ohio) -
A Fatal Accident which Revealed a Mystery
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The Burglary that Led to the Chinese Battle
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A Bogus Man
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Apr. 4, 1890 Topics: Debt, Families, Gender, Gender role, Imprisonment, Marriage, Upbringing Subject: Marie Engelhardt, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay Description: Johnstown Weekly Democrat (Johnstown, PA) -
She Played Her Part
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Apr. 4, 1890 Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Baptism, Clothing, Debt, Gender identity, Imprisonment, Marriage, Masculinities, Upbringing Subject: Marie Engelhardt, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay -
Won't Stop Being a Man
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Feb. 28, 1890 Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Baptism, Debt, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Upbringing Subject: Marie Engelhardt, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay Description: The Washington Critic (Washington, DC) -
A Chinese Fight
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1890 Topics: Boxing, Female impersonators Subject: Ah Giang, Chinese People, Foo Jung, John L. Sullivan, Swintien Lok Company Description: This item is an article in the North Dakota newspaper Bismarck Daily Tribune about a staged fight between boxer John L. Sullivan and Ah Giang, a Chinese female impersonator. -
A Chinese Theater
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1890 Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Chinese People, Mr. Ah Gian Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to the use of racist language. -
A Photograph of Woman Dressed in Men's Clothing
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Roberts, G. Walter Date: 1890 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ people of color, QTPOC, Transmasculinity Description: A photograph of a woman dressed in men's clothing. -
Chinese John L. Sullivan His Name is Ah Giang and He Downed Foo Jung in
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: New York Evening Sun Date: 1890 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Ah Giang, Chinese People, Swintien Lok Company Description: Article published in the Omaha Sunday-World Herald about a fight between Foo Jung, an acrobat, and Ah Giang, a female impersonator. -
The Della Fox Little Trooper March
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A Woman Marries a Woman.
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Ona żuje i pali.
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"Ellis Glenn" in Jail
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Dec. 1, 1889 Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Assigned gender, Clothing, Crossdressing, Forgery, Imprisonment, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Siblings Subject: Ella Dukes, Ellis Glenn, Nellie Dukes -
Women in Male Attire
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Richards & Pringle's Famous Georgie Minstrels
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: The Greenville Times Date: Sep. 28, 1889 Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows Subject: Great Gauze, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze Description: A clipping from The Greenville advertising a performance by Richards & Pringle's Georgia Minstrels featuring The Great Gauze, a female impersonator. -
Romance of a Poor Young Woman
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Sep. 19, 1889 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Labour Subject: Frank James, Jesse James, Joseph Cox, Josephine Cox, Marshel Chappel Description: The Bottineau Pioneer (Bottineau, ND) -
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. -
The Costumer is the Boss
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Foo, Wong Chin Date: Aug. 23, 1889 Topics: BIPOC, Chinese, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing Description: A clipping from the Staunton Vindicator about the costuming of the Swintien Loh theater troupe mentioning Taka Wing, a female impersonator. -
Ta Ka Wing and the Whole Chinese Dramatic Troupe are Doomed
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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. -
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. -
A Chinese Play
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jun. 22, 1889 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Moo Sung Lee, Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing, Yaka Wing Description: Article published in The St. Louis Republic about a performance by Taka Wing, "the great female impersonator of China". -
China Stars Are Here
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: White, Charley Date: Jun. 22, 1889 Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Chinese People, Moo Sing Jee, Taka Wing Description: An article in The Evening World interviewing Chinese American female impersonator Taka Wing about a performance. -
High Jinks for Chinatown
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jun. 22, 1889 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Joss temple, Koong Ming, Shi Lou Tau Moo ("Loyal Slave"), Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing, Yaka Wing Description: This item includes a clipping from the Boston Herald detailing a performance starring Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator. -
In Men's Clothes
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Announcements
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Apr. 14, 1889 Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows Subject: Billy Gauze Description: An article in the Omaha Daily Bee mentioning Billy Gauze, a female impersonator of color. -
Go-Won-Go Mohawk
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier Date: Mar. 19, 1889 Topics: BIPOC, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Seneca Indians Subject: Gowongo Mohawk, The Indian Mail Carrier (Play) Description: A clipping from the New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier about Gowongo Mohawk's performance in the play "The Indian Mail Carrier," as a male impersonator. -
A Strange Career: The Remarkable Dual Existence of a Former Belle of Sandusky, O.
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A Comedy of Murder
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1889 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Chinese Theatrical Company, Taka Wing, Two Unfortunate Maidens Description: Article published in The New York Herald about a performance by Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator. -
"A Dark Conspiracy" in Chinese
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1889 Topics: Chinese drama, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: A Dark Conspiracy, Asian people, Chinese People, Koong Ming, Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing Description: This item is an article published in the New York Herald reporting on the performance of "A Dark Conspiracy" featuring Taka Wing, a female impersonator. -
Chinese Actors At The Windsor
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1889 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing Description: Article published in the New York Tribune about Tak-a-Wing, a Chinese female impersonator. It talks about the feminine clothing and calls Tak-a-Wing a "he-she". -
Joy Reigns In Chinatown
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1889 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Taka Wing, The Swintien Lok Chinese Dramatic Company, Troupe Description: Article published in the New-York Tribune about a performance by Taka Wing, a famous Chinese female impersonator. -
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. -
Portrait Ella Wesner
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Portrait of Ella Wesner
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Portrait of Ella Wesner
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Portrait of Ella Wesner
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Portrait of Ella Wesner
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Portrait of Ella Wesner
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Three Chinese Get In
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1889 Topics: Female impersonators Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, City of Alexandria (steamship), Fong, Chu, Yi, Chin Description: A newspaper article from the New York Herald detailing the arrest of a Chinese female impersonator. -
Neil Burgess (Amusements)
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A Rathmines Romance
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Feb. 4, 1888 Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Femininities, Masculinities, Role behavior, Roleplay, Transgender people, Widowed people Subject: Aouth Kensington School of Art, Freeman's Journal -
Disguised her Sex
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I Play the Part
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: 1888 Topics: Actors, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Portrait prints, Stipple engraving, English, Theatre, Visual arts Subject: Constant Couple, George Farquhar, Margaret Woffinton, William Hogarth Description: Portrait, half-length, looking at the viewer, with her hand in her waistcoat; in the character of Sir Harry Wildair in Farquhar's Constant couple.