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  1. Play Me a Good Old Fashioned Melody

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Grant, Charles N., Murrissey, Will
    Date: 1912
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: Elida Morris
  2. 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
  3. Portrait of Ella Wesner

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870 to 1908
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators
    Subject: Ella Wesner
  4. Posed as a girl

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Ballwe, Howard
    Date: Nov. 7, 1944
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Police stations
    Subject: C.L. Knapp, James Barlow, Jeri Ryan
    Description: James Barlow, left, also known as Jeri Ryan, being fingerprinted by C. L. Knapp at city hall police station after he was caught making love to a man in a parked car at 12th Street and Central Avenu...
  5. Posed as girls

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Ballew, Howard
    Date: Nov. 7, 1944
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Police stations
    Subject: August Coy, Irene Paston, James Barlow, Jeri Ryan
    Description: James Barlow, left, also known as Jeri Ryan, and August Coy, also known as Irene Paston, at the city hall police station after they were caught making love to two men in a parked car at 12th Street...
  6. Posed as girls

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Ballew, Howard
    Date: Nov. 7, 1944
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Police stations
    Subject: August Coy, Irene Paston, James Barlow, Jeri Ryan
    Description: Photograph caption dated November 27, 1944 reads, "Nab 2 men dressed in women's clothes. James Barlow, left, and August Coy. Their feminine attire failed to fool the police." Officers found Barlow ...
  7. Princeton's Triangle Club Performance with Male Students Dressed as Cowboys and Dancing Girls

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Sherman Grinberg Film Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1930
    Topics: Crossdressers, Dancers, Drag, Musicals, Performing arts
    Description: Title card: "Princeton's 'Fair Sex' star in show!" / high angle view of stage with men dressed as cowboys and Latina women dancing onto stage / ground level of dancers in unison with dancing feet /...
  8. "She's" a Groom

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 29, 1924
    Topics: Crossdressers, Marriage, Partners of transgender people
    Subject: Lionel Ames
  9. Since Hiram Went To Yale

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Van Alstyne, Egbert, Williams, Harry
    Date: 1906
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: Della Fox
  10. Some Bus Driver Notes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 20, 1931
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, LGBTQ+ partners, Performances, Travel
    Subject: Gladys Swarthout, Joyce Coffee, Julian Eltinge, Lois Hood, Mike Ames
  11. Souvenir Number of Naughty Mam'zelle

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Martelle, Tom
    Date: 1924
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: Earl Carroll Theatre Building, Tom Martelle
  12. 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
  13. The Florida Bar

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 1942
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag queens
    Subject: Billie McAllister
  14. The Gay Young Bride

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Martell, Tom
    Date: 1923
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: A. C. Minahaw, Earl Carroll Theatre Building, The Gay Young Bride, Tom Martell
  15. Watchin' the Moon Rise

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Whiting, Richard A., Egan, Raymond B., Kahn, Gus
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musical theatre