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Estudiantina
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Stebbing Date: circa 1907 Topics: Male impersonators Description: Series of three postcards. The title may refer to a waltz made popular by an 1883 arrangement by Emile Waldteufel. Further research might therefore identify these images as relating to a theatrical... -
Fils a papa
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Date: 1907 Topics: Male impersonators Description: Inscription: Message on verso addressed to "Mon cher Pierre" and signed "Jeanne." Novelty card montage of three photos of the same woman dressed in top hat, tails and knee britches gesturing to a r... -
Five People in Suits
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Fred Sinclair in drag and Gracie Whiteford pose in character. Photographic postcard, 1907.
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George Lashwood in drag performing a song about two lovers at twilight. Photographic postcard, 190-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1909 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Popular music-hall songs were often publicised on postcards which featured the lyrics with some illustration, either artist drawn or photographic. This unusual card presents a combination of both, ... -
George Robey in character. Photographic postcard by Foulsham & Banfield, ca. 1905-1910.
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George Robey in drag. Photographic postcard, 190-.
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Gustav Luzernow, an actor, in drag, posing in several small inset portraits. Process print, 1907.
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Henri Defreyn in drag as a geisha. Process print after G. Dupont, 19--.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1999? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Henri Defreyn performing a parody of Sada Yacco, geisha and actress. The extremely popular Japanese entertainer Sada Yacco had toured the world 1900-1903 and caused a sensation wherever she went. S... -
Herbert Campbell and Dan Leno in character. Photographic postcard by Hana Studios, 190-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1909? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Herbert Campbell, dressed as a woman dressed as a man, addresses Dan Leno in the costume of one of the Guards' regiments. Herbert Campbell and Dan Leno were an extremely popular duo, appearing in s... -
I'd Like to Know When You Can
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"I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark."
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Je suis épris de toi
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John Lindstrom in drag. Photographic postcard, 19--.
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Julian Eltinge in drag. Coloured photographic postcard, ca. 1907.