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  1. A Photograph of Mei Lanfang

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: Photograph of Mei Lanfang, a Chinese female impersonator.
  2. A Photograph of Mei Lanfang Holding a Sword

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Mei Lanfang
    Description: A picture of Mei Lanfang. She is in costume and holding a sword.
  3. A Photograph of Mei Lanfang Wearing a Headdress

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Mei Lanfang
    Description: A photograph of Mei Lanfang wearing a headdress.
  4. A Photograph of Mei Lanfang with Two Unknown People

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Mei Lanfang
    Description: A black and white photograph with Mei Lanfang pictured with two unknown people.
  5. A sailor holds hands with a man in elaborate drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1999?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A naval officer holds hand with a man in an exotic dancer's costume. Location unidentified.
  6. And Unkissed!

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 3, 1923
    Topics: Kissing, Transgender people
    Subject: Lionel Ames
  7. Bothwell Browne Postcard (1)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1919? to circa 1935?
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Postcards
    Subject: Bothwell Browne
  8. Britain's Foremost Female Impersonator Jimmy Slater

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1939
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Jimmy Slater
  9. British Sexological Society: An Inventory of Its Records at the Harry Ransom Center

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
    Creator: Workman, Richard, Sibley, Joan, Bordy, Stephanie
    Date: circa 1913 to circa 1945
    Topics: Account books, Correspondence, Homosexuality, Letters, Notebooks, Personal papers
    Subject: British Sexological Society, Edward Carpenter, Edward Westermarck, Georg Groddeck, George Ives, Havelock Ellis, Laurence Housman, Magnus Hirschfeld, Stella Browne
  10. Broadway Brevities & Society Gossip: June 1923 Cover

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 1923
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: George Bronson Howard, Julian Eltinge, Teddy Gerard, Theda Bara
    Description: Cover of June 1923 issue of Broadway Brevities & Social Gossip, which features a cut-out image of Julian Eltinge in a sequined gown on the left. On the right, the following topics are listed: "Is T...
  11. Clothes and the Woman! (1923)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 27, 1923
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressing, Male impersonators
    Subject: Hetty King
    Description: The fabulous Hetty King impersonates various contemporary male types - toff, cowboy, eastender, among others. "Here's a lady whom everybody knows - when on the stage - Guess - " M/S of a drawing...
  12. Club Chesterfield Presents: Mr. Roby Landers

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1900s
    Topics: Clubs, Drag, Events, Female impersonators
    Subject: Club Chesterfielf, Roby Landers
  13. dekonstrukt jendur

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1900s
    Topics: Education, FtMs, Gender diversity, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Description: Circular black button with an orange interior and an image of a wrench, text in black and white. The button reads " [email protected] dekonstruct jendur FtM Safer Shelter Research Project"
  14. Discretion

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Martelle, Tom
    Date: 1923
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: Tom Martelle
  15. 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.