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  1. A black chevalier...

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Evening Star
    Date: Jul. 28, 1870
    Topics: Black people, Crossdressing
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Lizzie
    Description: Evening Star (Washington, DC)
  2. A Black Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 5, 1870
    Topics: Black people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender identity
    Subject: Dick Montgomery
  3. A Cleveland Girl in Male Attire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 30, 1869
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Courts, Crossdressers, Police officers
    Subject: Mary Goldsborough
  4. A Disguised Female Becomes Pugilistic in a New York Bar-Room

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 4, 1869
    Topics: Crossdressing, Masculinities
  5. A London Correspondence

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The New York Times
    Date: Aug. 26, 1870
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Arthur Clinton, J.S. Fiske, The New York Times
    Description: Burlington Weekly Free Press (Burlington, VT)
  6. A Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 25, 1868
    Topics: Families, Gender identity, Marriage, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Edgar Burnham
  7. About a Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 5, 1871
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Gender dysphoria, Gender role
    Subject: Samuel Buck
  8. ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 15, 1874
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Academy of Music, Ella Wesner
    Description: A clipping from "The Chicago Daily Tribune" titled: "ACADEMY OF MUSIC," discussing Ella Wesner's performance at the Academy of Music. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  9. British "Masquerading."

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: London Globe
    Date: Jun. 23, 1870
    Topics: Bail, Courts, Indictments, Prisoners
    Subject: Ernest Boulton, Justice Blackburn, Lord Arthur Pelham Clinton, Sergeant Ballantine, Sergeant Perry, William Park
  10. City Summary

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 21, 1874
    Topics: Crossdressing, Femininities, Masculinities, Theatre
  11. Crossdressing in London and Texas

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 27, 1870
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Clothing, Crossdressing, Slavery
    Subject: Dick Montgomery
    Description: Nashville Union and American (Nashville, Tennessee)
  12. Dance to the [slur] - Saukie

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Catlin, George
    Date: 1861 to 1869
    Topics: BIPOC, Colonialism, Gender minorities, Native americans, Painting, Sauk Indians, Two-Spirit people
    Description: Note the term in the title is censored because it is a historical slur against Native American people who now commonly identify as "Two Spirit."
  13. Edwards St. Stephen

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Yale University Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1850 to 1910
    Topics: Gender expression, Gender identity
  14. Eight People in Suits

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Yale University Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1850 to 1910
    Topics: Female masculinity, Gender expression
  15. Ella Wesner Postcard

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Sarony, Napoleon
    Date: circa 1870 to circa 1900
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Male impersonators
    Subject: Ella Wesner
    Description: A postcard of Ella Wesner in men's formal attire holding a top hat.