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  1. A Female Impersonator: Man Disguised in Woman's Apparel Arrested at Austin

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 13, 1901
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Police, Social norms, Taboos
    Subject: Edgar Edwards

  2. Arrest Actor's Wife: Jesse Harris Is Dead of Morphine Poisoning

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Evansville Courier & Press
    Date: Nov. 6, 1911
    Topics: Actors, Arrests, Crimes, Female impersonators, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Theatre
    Subject: J.V. Thomas, Jesse Harris

  3. Charges Perjury in P.R.T. Damage Suit: Alleged Accident Victim Whose Case Failed Accused of Swearing Falsely in Own Behalf

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 20, 1908
    Topics: Arrests, Courts, Female impersonators, Harassment, Police
    Subject: Garfield Wallace

  4. Chic Boy, 16, in Role of Countess, Unmasked Trying to Add to Fine Wardrobe

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 23, 1925
    Topics: Actors, Clothing, Female impersonators, Police
    Subject: Jack McDonald, Zelden Letrovinski

  5. Cops and Robbers II: Transsexuals and the Police

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: American Archive of Public Broadcasting
    Creator: Pacifica Radio Archives
    Date: 1924 to Oct. 2006
    Topics: Gay rights, Identity, Law enforcement, Legal status, LGBT, Police, Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration, Transsexual people
    Subject: Conversion Our Goal (C.O.G.), Elliot Blackstone, Herb Kutchins, San Francisco Bail Project, San Francisco Police Department
    Description: Three transsexuals discuss police problems and their work as members of C.O.G., Conversion our Goal, with Police Community Relations Officer Elliot Blackstone of the San Francisco Police Department...

  6. Escaped Negro Convict is Captured Here as "Female Impersonator"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 21, 1913
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Clothing, Disguise, Female impersonators, Imprisonment, Police
    Subject: Willie Harris

  7. Female Impersonator Found Guilty of Theft

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 28, 1929
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Female impersonators, Police, Theft
    Subject: Sam Jarvis

  8. Fifteen Arrested by Police as 'Fairies' Turn 'Em On

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Ray, Ebenezer
    Date: Mar. 5, 1938
    Topics: Arrests, Competitions, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Ethnic relations, Police
    Subject: Annual Masquerade and Civic Ball of Hamilton Lodge, Hamilton Lodge, The Fairies Ball

  9. Gal with Slacks, Clever Ditties, Also 'Real Gone'

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Roy, Rob
    Date: Apr. 24, 1948
    Topics: Drag kings, Drag queens, Male impersonators, Musical theatre, Musicians, Police
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Nellie Lutcher, Ubangi Club

  10. It is Lady-Like to Look Like a Lady on Atlanta's Streets?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 24, 1913
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag queens, Femininities, Legal process, Police
    Subject: Auriema, Belva Lockwood, Lamar Poole, Mary Walker

  11. Little Waltz Fooled a Cop

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Cowan, J. Harold
    Date: Nov. 21, 1945
    Topics: Arrests, Female impersonators, Police
    Subject: Edward E. Kinney, John W. White

  12. Lived as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 26, 1901
    Topics: Adoption, Breast cancer, Clothing, Crossdressing, Death and dying, FtMs, Job placement, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Pawnbrokers, Pets, Police
    Subject: Minnie Hall, Murray Hall

  13. Los Angeles Permits Female Impersonation

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 10, 1940
    Topics: Actors, Female impersonators, Law, Police
    Subject: Julian Eltinge

  14. Man Held on Charge of Stealing Silk Dress

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 25, 1910
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Femininities, Masculinities, Police, Theatre
    Subject: La Nier Watts, Trixie

  15. "Margaret" Smith Proves to Be Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 5, 1911
    Topics: Androgyny, Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Harassment, Police, Theatre
    Subject: Clarence Westfall, Margaret Swift