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  1. A Queer Composition

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1892
    Topics: Assigned male at birth, Contractors, Femininities, Gender expression, Transfeminine people
    Description: Article in the Langston City Herald about someone assigned male at birth who dresses "as a woman" after work.
  2. 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...
  3. Czar's Officials as Flirts

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 2, 1894
    Topics: Arrests, Crimes, FtMs
    Subject: A. E. Rachatte, George Burns, John Hayes, Nicolai De Raylan
    Description: Watertown Republican (Watertown, WI)
  4. "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
  5. Fame's Favorites: How Notoriety or Honor Comes to Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 16, 1890
    Topics: Appearance, Boys, Clothing, Passing (Gender), Siblings, Weddings
    Subject: Princess Lilukalani, Sarolta Vay, Simon Breser, Sophie Furst
  6. Portrait of Ella Wesner

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870 to 1908
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Central Music Hall, Ella Wesner, Harrison Collection
  7. Six Years for Harry Mortimer: The Nimble-Fingered Female Impersonator Must Go to Prison

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Inter Ocean
    Date: Oct. 19, 1895
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Body adornment, Courts, Female impersonators, Police, Sentencing
    Subject: Harry Mortimer
  8. The Memphis Massacre

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 28, 1866
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Police harassment, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Lucy Hunt, Lucy Smith
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to racist language and sexual assault.
  9. 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.
  10. Thompson's Joke

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 12, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.