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An actor performing in drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
An actor performing in drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
An actor poses in character, as "Auntie Casey" (?). Process print, 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 wearing a long dress and a white hat, and has a long single pigtail -
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 amateur actor in drag, posing as as 'Ninon', wearing a white dress and hat. Photographic postcard, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag. -
An amateur actor in drag, wearing a flapper dress and white footwear. Photographic postcard, 1925-1928.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1925? to 1928? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Mr. R. Morrell in drag is standing on rough ground. He poses in a 'flapper' style dress at an unidentified location, most likely an army camp. The fashion details (long ear pendants, sautoir neckla... -
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 dressed as a parlour-maid. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1910 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
An man in drag as "Gertie" wearing a checked coat. Photographic postcard, 1916.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1916 Topics: Female impersonators Description: A man in drag with dark hair poses for a portrait, which is cropped and smudged. A portrait of 'Gertie', an otherwise unidentified concert party drag performer, dated 1916 -
An man in drag is wearing a revealing dress and holding a staff, posing with his other hand on his hip. Photographic postcard, 1909.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1909 Topics: Female impersonators Description: An unidentified man wears a large hat and appears to be standing on a rug with plants either side. He wears elaborate theatrical drag, in which the draped frock is daringly (for the time) slashed ... -
An man in drag posing side-on. Photograph, 1862.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1862 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album. -
An man in drag, wearing a large hat and veil, posing in a garden. Colour process print, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
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...
