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K. Scott-Barrie in character as "The entertainer". Photographic postcard, 191-.
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La bretagne pittoresque - la plus belle fille de Pont-Aven
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: A. Waron Date: 1915 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Monsieur Dumont; signed Horace (?). Message refers teasingly to representation of gender on postcard: “Comment-latrouves tu ?” Older man with gray hair and handlebar mous... -
Liseron Parisiana
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Parisiana, Liseron Date: circa 1915 Topics: Female impersonators Subject: Liseron Description: Minor wear to margins. A particularly young and boyish performer; this postcard is scarce — I have seen no other examples. -
Lyell Johnson & Fred Groome, music hall performers, one in drag, pose as a bride and a clergyman. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The bride smiles and the clergyman looks somewhat surprised, looking in the direction of the viewer. Professionally produced publicity card for Lyell Johnson and Fred Groome, circa 1910. An obscure... -
Malcolm Scott in character as a "Gibson Girl". Photographic postcard, 191-.
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Malcolm Scott in character as an English queen. Photographic postcard, 191-.
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Malcolm Scott in character as Boadicea. Photographic postcard, 191-.
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Malcolm Scott in character as "Salome". Photographic postcard, 191-.
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Malcolm Scott, smoking a cigarette. Photographic postcard by J.G. Capstaff, 191-.
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Max Jenss, in drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.
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McMahon and King, two actors made up as blackface minstrels, with King in drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators, Minstrel music Description: King looks over his shoulder, whilst McMahon in a top hat holds out his finger, pointing. Blackface minstrels (white actors with faces blackened to represent and mock Black people) were a form of e... -
Men on a large stage set. Photographic postcard. 191- - 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A beautiful large chorus group on an ambitiously painted 'neo-classical' stage set with painted pillars, curtains and flats, and a small battleship painted on the 'proscenium arch'. Ten of the perf... -
Morris Harvey and H. G. Pélissier in "Count Hannibal". Photographic postcard, 191-.
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Morris Harvey, H. G. Pélissier, and Lewis Sydney in "Count Hannibal". Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actors during a scene of the play, within an elaborate stage setThey are in drag playing characters in the "potted" (condensed) 1911 play by Pelissier based on the 1901 novel Count Hannibal: a ... -
New York City
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1915 Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Vaudeville Subject: Augustus Stevens, Julian Eltinge Description: Article in The Freeman about Augustus Stevens, a Black female impersonator.