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A man in drag singing. Photographic postcard, 193-.
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A sailor holds hands with a man in elaborate drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.
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Actors in pantomime in Brighton: S. West playing King Robert of Remlaf and H. Taylor in drag as Queen Aggie of Remlaf. Photographic postcard.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1999 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Amateur theatricals in Brighton. The Queen was a popular Dame figure in pantomime. Identities of cast members from pencil inscription on verso of print catalogued. Remlaf is a palindrome of Falmer,... -
Bartlett and Ross in drag pose in profile, with matching hair and make-up. Photographic postcard, 1937/1938.
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Bert and Henri, in character; wearing evening dress, one of them in drag. Photographic postcard, 1936.
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Billie Manders in character. Photographic postcard by J.A. Harding, 193-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1930 to 1939? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Billie Manders wearing a black dress and raising the sides of his skirt. He was a popular Rhyl-based female impersonator: he and his troupe 'The Quaintesques' were concert party entertainers from t... -
German actors, some in drag, gather on stage at a party. Photographic postcard, 1930-45.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1930? to 1945? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actors, playing a variety of characters, are drinking and in conversation on stage, with lanterns hanging from the layered stage ceiling. A German amateur theatrical (presumably military) group... -
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... -
John Lindstrom in drag. Photographic postcard, 19--.
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Members of "Harry Gold's Margate Entertainers", one in drag, pose for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 1937.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1937 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The group pose together wearing matching white summer attire and the men also have straw hats. Harry Gold (born Patrick Ricks; 1866-1946) started a troupe of entertainers in Margate as early as 190... -
Members of "Harry Gold's Margate Entertainers", one in drag, pose for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 1937.
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Ralph Mellor in drag. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 19--.
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Reg Wright in drag. Photographic postcard by Dyche, 19--.
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Stanley Cooke in drag as Charley's aunt. Photographic postcard, 19-- (?).
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1999? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Publicity postcard for Stanley Cook in 'Charley's aunt', the phenomenally successful farce by Brandon Thomas, which broke all theatre records in London when, after its opening in 1893, it ran for 1... -
Terry Bartlett in drag. Photograph, 193-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1930 to circa 1940 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actor, in drag, wears a thin black dress and sits looking upwards smiling; with styled blonde hair. He holds his lower leg with one hand as his knee is upright, drawn in towards his torso. The ...