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  1. 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)
  2. A Boom at the Dime

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1891
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Dockstader's Colored Minstrel Troupe, Ethiopian, Ninth and Arch Dime Museum, William Campbell
    Description: Article in The Philadelphia Inquirer discussing Black female impersonators.
  3. A Chinese Actor

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Evening News
    Date: 1891
    Topics: Bail, Defense (Civil procedure), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: C.D. Wright, Chinese People, Ga Bing, J.D. Edson
    Description: Article in the Evening News about Ga Bing who was arrested for not fulfilling his contract and getting paid in advance.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. A Fatal Accident which Revealed a Mystery

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Evening Bulletin
    Date: Jun. 16, 1890
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Sailors
    Subject: Hans Brandt
    Description: The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY)
  7. 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.
  8. 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)
  9. 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)
  10. At the Post and Will Win By More than a Head! Who? Miss Florence Hines

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 7, 1891
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Florence Hines, The New York Clipper
    Description: A clipping from "The New York Clipper" titled: "At the Post and Will Win By More than a Head! Who? Miss Florence Hines," advertising a performance by Florence Hines. This item was contributed to DT...
  11. 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.
  12. Dr. Harry Benjamin lecture, undated

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Benjamin, Harry
    Date: 1885 to 1986
    Topics: Endocrinology, Gender realignment surgery, Lectures, Transgender people
    Subject: Harry Benjamin, Society for the Scientific Study of Sex
    Description: Dr. Harry Benjamin lecture on transsexual surgery at Society for the Scientific Study of Sex meeting, undated.
  13. Edwards St. Stephen

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Yale University Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1850 to 1910
    Topics: Gender expression, Gender identity
  14. Eight People in Suits

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Yale University Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1850 to 1910
    Topics: Female masculinity, Gender expression
  15. Ella Wesner Postcard

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Sarony, Napoleon
    Date: circa 1870 to circa 1900
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Male impersonators
    Subject: Ella Wesner
    Description: A postcard of Ella Wesner in men's formal attire holding a top hat.