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  1. 1er Avril

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: A & Cie
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Series of 2 April Fool’s Day (“poisson d’avril”) postcards. Two women dressed in 18th-century aristocratic garb, one as a man, one as woman: In this card (tinted), each is holding a colossal fish (...
  2. 1er Avril

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: A & Cie
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Series of 2 April Fool’s Day (“poisson d’avril”) postcards. Two women dressed in 18th-century aristocratic garb, one as a man, one as woman: In one card (untinted), both hold a basket filled with f...
  3. Amours Champetres

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery
    Date: circa 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Divided verso; notice printed full width indicating "Tous les pays étrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto. Se renseigner à la Poste”. Printed on verso: Two five-point stars followed b...
  4. Arrive a Chinon

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: ELD, Walery
    Date: circa 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Lucien Renault; signed “Ta soeurette [illegible]”. Historical scene showing Joan of Arc telling the dauphin of France that he will be crowned king at Reims. As is convent...
  5. de Brives (Varietes)

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Cautin et Berger, De Brives, Gabrielle
    Date: 1905
    Topics:  
    Subject: Gabrielle De Brives
    Description: Studio shot of Gabrielle De Brives dressed in 19th-century schoolboy garb for the revue Paris aux Variétés. De Brives (also spelled Debrives) was an actress and singer who appeared frequently at ...
  6. Les Soeurs Mante de l'Opera

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Boyer, Mante, Suzanne, Mante, Blanche
    Date: circa 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Subject: Blanche Mante, Suzanne Mante
    Description: Suzanne and Blanche Mante, lead dancers for the Opéra de Paris, enact a variation of an 18th-century galant scene with one dressed as a woman swooning onto the chest of the other dressed as a man. ...
  7. Theatre Marigny - Deslys

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery, Deslys, Gaby
    Date: 1905
    Topics:  
    Subject: Gaby Deslys
    Description: Gaby Deslys wearing the costume of a 17th-century male aristocrat.