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  1. Danny Brown Presents Jene Cortez at the Torch Club

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 24, 1936
    Topics: Drag, Night life, Theatre shows
    Subject: Danny Brown, Jene Cortez, Julia Stevens, Lyle Mack
  2. Death Reveals "Woman" Cue Champion was Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 30, 1928
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Secrecy, Suicide
    Subject: Frances Anderson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide. Evening Star (Washington, D.C)
  3. DO YOU REMEMBER?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Gillen, Tom
    Date: Nov. 12, 1926
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Ella Wesner
    Description: A clipping from "The Vaudeville News and New York Star" titled: "DO YOU REMEMBER?," describing performances by Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  4. English 'Queen' Jailed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Mosley, Leonard O.
    Date: Jan. 4, 1932
    Topics: Crossdressing, Law, Marriage, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Augustine Joesph Hull, George Burrows, Justice Talbot, Norma Jackson
    Description: First page only of article published in Brevities: America's First National Tabloid Weekly, Vol. III, No. 10 on January 4, 1932.
  5. Explaining the Strange Mystery of Women becoming Men

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Fishbein, Morris
    Date: Oct. 11, 1936
    Topics: Intersex, Olympic games, Sports, Sportspersons
    Subject: Charles Hoffman, F. A. E. Crew, Inez Mitrani, Mark Weston, Mary Edith Louise Weston, Nesim Mitrani, Oscar Riddle, Ovid, Virgil, Yao Ching-Ping, Zdenek Koubek, Zdneka Koubkova
  6. Female Impersonator Found Guilty of Theft

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 28, 1929
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Female impersonators, Police, Theft
    Subject: Sam Jarvis
  7. Female Impersonator in Trouble

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 28, 1920
    Topics: Clothing, Criminalization, Female impersonators, Harassment
  8. Fifteen Arrested by Police as 'Fairies' Turn 'Em On

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Ray, Ebenezer
    Date: Mar. 5, 1938
    Topics: Arrests, Competitions, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Ethnic relations, Police
    Subject: Annual Masquerade and Civic Ball of Hamilton Lodge, Hamilton Lodge, The Fairies Ball
  9. Fine Display of Stage Talent at the Clifton Monday and Tuesday

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 29, 1932
    Topics: Crossdressers, Music, Theatre shows, Vaudeville
    Subject: Jean Barrios
  10. Flash! Welcome Fat Stock Show at Wagon Wheel Nite Club

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1936 to 1939
    Topics: Bars, Drag queens, Night life
    Subject: Dave Gold, Del Le Roy, Dot Williams, Golden Devine, Jeane Lane, Johnny Kaye, Lee Norre, Mickey Dell, Murry Pickford, Pete Van, Wagon Wheel
  11. Frankie Jaxon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 29, 1922
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag queens, Musicians
    Subject: Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
  12. Frankie Jaxon's Band Featured at Rainbow

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 24, 1933
    Topics: Drag, Music, Night life
    Subject: Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
  13. From The Columnist's Diary

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: May 16, 1936
    Topics: Musicians
    Subject: Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
  14. Gladys Bentley: A New Blues Star

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 26, 1928
    Topics: Blues, Male impersonators, Singers
    Subject: Gladys Bentley
  15. Gladys Bentley and her King's Terrace Revue

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 7, 1934
    Topics: Musical theatre, Musicians
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, King's Terrace Revue, Lafayette Theatre