Edna Thomas ("Mary Jones"): "A Tenderness I Have Never Known," 1937, by Jonathan Ned Katz

An introduction to the 1937 case history of “Mary Jones,” who scholars have identified as African American actress Edna Thomas. First published on OutHistory in 2015.

Four Soldiers

Snapshot, 3 3/4" x 3 3/4", four soldiers, ca. 1942. Verso: "Armstead[.] Ballard[,] Johns[.]R&R[.]First."

Portrait of Young Men

Machine portrait, 1 1/2" x 2 1/8", two young men, ca. 1940.

Two Soldiers

Real photo postcard, snapshot, two soldiers holding hands, ca. 1918.

Two Sailors

Real photo postcard, snapshot, two sailors with arms around each other, ca. 1920. Addressed to Mr. John W. Wakefield, RFD # [illegible], Box 80, Hartwell, Georgia.

Studio Portrait of Two Men

studio portrait, 4" x 6", two men, ca. 1930. Photographer R.D. Jones..

Studio Portrait of Two Men

Real photo postcard, studio portrait, two men, ca. 1920.

Studio Portrait of Two Men

Real photo postcard. studio portrait, two men, ca. 1925.

Picturing African American Men with Men, 1918-1942, by John Ibson

A collection John Ibson's images of African American men with other men that appear in his 2002 book, Picturing Men: A Century of Male Relationships in Everyday American Photography. First published on OutHistory in 2015.

Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens

Alexander Hamilton

John Laurens

Portrait of John Laurens

Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens, 1779-1782, by Jonathan Ned Katz

An exhibit on eighteenth century U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton and his relationship with John Laurens. Multiple historians consider how to interpret the intimacy between Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens during the American Revolution.…

M. Carey Thomas

M. Carey Thomas, Feminist Educator

Dean Martin: "Pretty Baby." 1962

Composed by Tony Jackson, Dean Martin performs "Pretty Baby"

Edith Ellis in Chicago

In Chicago, Edith Ellis, the lesbian wife of the British sexologist Havelock Ellis, presents a public lecture at Orchestra Hall consisting of two essays, “Masculinism and Feminism” and “Sexuality and Eugenics.” Her lecture is among the earliest…

Police raid in South Africa

A headline in the Rand Daily Mail, a major South African newspaper, announces “350 in Mass Sex Orgy!” The article described a large gay party raided by the police in a suburb of Johannesburg. The incident led to proposals by the South African…

Alice Mitchell Murders Freda Ward in Memphis, 1892

On January 25, 1892, on a riverfront railroad track, in Memphis, Tennessee, Alice Mitchell slit the throat of Freda Ward. Mitchell explained: "I killed Freda because I loved her, and she refused to marry me." The murder and subsequent trial…

Williams murder, Charleston News, 2/25/1895

Charleston News & Courier (Charleston,SC), February 25, 1892, page 1.

Freda Ward picture 2