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James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
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1919
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Amateur actors, some in drag, posing on stage for "Miquette & sa mere"; at Sennelager prisoner of war camp in Germany. Photographic postcard, 191-.
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An actor in drag, known as "Gertie", poses mid-movement in a white dress. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: 'Gertie' has styled hair and is wearing white shoes as he looks directly at the viewer. A member of The Temple Belles concert party in France, World War I. We do not know which unit this troupe was... -
An actor, in drag, performing English theatre at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard, 191-.
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An actor in drag, wearing a white fluffy-trim coat. Photographic postcard by Relph, ca. 1917-1918.
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An actor performing in drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.
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An actor performing in drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.
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An actor poses in character, as "Auntie Casey" (?). Process print, 191-.
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An amateur actor in drag, holding flowers and a parasol, poses in front of delicately painted backdrop. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A man in drag poses wearing light robes and an ornate hat. A World War I concert party comedy drag act. The unidentified drag character is wearing androgynous 'Chinese' outfit and carrying chrysant... -
An amateur actor in drag holds up his impressive folded dress to one side. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The man in drag is posing with his right leg side-on as he holds up his dress. Amateur theatrical performer Mr. Vic Thorne, at Hyde, Cheshire, photographed in front of a painted drop at the studio ... -
An amateur actor in drag poses with an open parasol, in front of painted scenery. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Amateur drag behind the lines, early in World War I. An unidentified performer twirls a Japanese parasol and wears a plain and printed lawn summer outfit posed before a painted drop. Dressed as a g... -
An ensemble cast of British soldiers, some in drag, pose on stage. Photographic postcard, 1919.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1919 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The characters are in a long line across the stage, some are seated, others standing, in a variety of costumes including 'realistic' and comic drag. Lanterns hang from the stage set. An unidentifie... -
An man in drag, wearing a large hat and veil, posing in a garden. Colour process print, 191-.
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An sailor poses in drag, wearing heavy fabric and a headband. Photographic postcard, ca. 1915-1916.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: He stands, head tilted, in front of a white screen. A Royal Navy seaman attached to HMS Colossus, in a costume heavily influenced by the revue star Gaby Deslys, and entitled 'Gaby'. Mlle. Deslys wa... -
An soldier in a concert party poses in drag, wearing white and holding a chair, standing in front of a train. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A young man in lacy tiered summer dress with a wide crowned hat. He has his face partly in shadow, with one foot on the chair, almost on top of the railway lines. Unlocated, but from the wooden hut... -
An soldier in drag, dressed in a bonnet and holding an umbrella. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Unidentified subject and location. A heavily made-up man in drag outdoor dress leans on an umbrella. He wags a finger at a stuffed toy dog seated on a bentwood chair. This is obviously an army camp...