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  1. [Soldier]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1915
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Postcard of a young woman dressed in a World War I soldier’s uniform but with women’s high-heeled bottine-type shoes. The subject has a pipe clenched in her mouth and is sitting on a bench in a cou...
  2. SONG AND DANCE MEN.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 5, 1877
    Topics: Clothing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Masculinities, Performance art
    Subject: Annie Hindle, Ella Wesner, Harry Beckett
    Description: A clipping from "Troy Times" titled: "SONG AND DANCE MEN," discussing performances by Ella Wesner, Annie Hindle, and Harry Beckett. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  3. STAGE WHISPERS.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 1, 1883
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Alma Stuart Stanley, Blanche Selwyn, Ella Wesner, St. George Hussey, The National Police Gazette
    Description: A clipping from "The National Police Gazette" titled: "STAGE WHISPERS," discussing a performance of Ella Wesner and other male impersonators. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  4. Takarazuka Revue

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 1969
    Topics: Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Theater--Japan
    Subject: Takarazuka Grand Theatre, Takarazuka Revue
    Description: An event program for the drama "The Red-Haired Girl" and the musical comedy "A Splendid Lover" performing at the Takarazuka Grand Theater. The Takarazuka Revue was a Japanese all-women theater comp...
  5. That Mysterious Rag

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1911
    Topics: Male impersonators, Music, Musicians
    Subject: Seeman & Killian, The Tailor Made Girls
  6. The Captain

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Male impersonators, Music, Musicians, Vaudeville
    Subject: Ella Wesner
  7. The Dark Town Belles

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1900
    Topics: Black people, Male impersonators
    Subject: Black Sensation Company, Darktown Belle Minstrels, Florence Hines, Sam T. Jack's Creole Burlesque Company
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to racist language.
  8. The Della Fox Little Trooper March

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Johnson, W. O.
    Date: circa 1890
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: Della Fox
  9. The Famous Alabama Song Ending with the Refrain "Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield"

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Edwards, Gus, Cobb, William
    Date: 1901
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: I'll Be With You The Roses Bloom Again, Zelma Rawlston
  10. The Famous Song Success of Vesta Tilley

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Male impersonators, Music, Musicians
    Subject: Vesta Tilley
  11. The Fine Bill

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Fort Wayne Daily News
    Date: Feb. 22, 1896
    Topics: Drag kings, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Male impersonators, Theatre
    Subject: Bessie Bonnehill, Richard Harlow
  12. The Impersonator

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Carter, Harold
    Date: Feb. 12, 1917
    Topics: Clothing, Cowboys, Death and dying, Female impersonators, Femininities, Friends, Male impersonators, Passing (Gender), Performing arts, Prejudices, Transphobia, Violence
    Subject: Ethel Saunders, Harry Saunders
    Description: The Day Book (Chicago, IL)
  13. The Jubilee Duettists (1933)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag, Female impersonators, Male impersonators, Songs
    Description: The Jubilee Duettists perform the old-fashioned song 'Twickenham Ferry'.
  14. The Last Chap on Earth

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Male impersonators, Music, Musicians
    Subject: Vesta Tilley
  15. The Laughter Cure (1914-1918)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: 1914
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag, Male impersonators
    Subject: Ernie Lotinga, Hetty King
    Description: Ernie Lotinga and Hettie King amuse wounded. Wounded and convalescent soldiers watch two entertainers in grounds of large building. Lotinga dressed as comical sailor, King as a man in suit. Audienc...