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Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
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Chasse-croise
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Date: circa 1900 Topics: Male impersonators Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mesdemoiselles Bonnet; signed on recto of each card: Henriette."Â Series of 5 postcards number I through V showing an 18thcentury picnic with two women being courted by t... -
Chasse-croise
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Date: circa 1900 Topics: Male impersonators Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mesdemoiselles Bonnet; signed on recto of each card: Henriette."Â Series of 5 postcards number I through V showing an 18thcentury picnic with two women being courted by t... -
Chavarny
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: D.P., Gricelly, Chavarney Date: 1904 Topics: Male impersonators Subject: Chavarney Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Isabelle Garon; signature of sender illegible." Performer dressed as an 18th-century male aristocrat in a beribboned outfit and an enormous feathered cavalier hat. The wo... -
Chinese Actor impersonating a female character, Chinese Theatre, 623 Jackson Street, San Francisco
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Date: 1906 Topics: BIPOC -
Cleodinerie
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: A. Bergeret & Cie Date: 1903 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Skinny, homely man wearing a wig, pearls and a flowered tutu posing as a ballerina with arms in fifth position. The card is a spoof of the celebrated dancer and demimondaine Cléo de Mérode (1875–19... -
Colin et Jeannette
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Date: 1905 Topics: Male impersonators -
Colin et Jeannette
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Date: 1905 Topics: Male impersonators -
Costumes poitevins
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: N. Alix, Pap.- Tab.-Journaux Date: 1909 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mademoiselle Gratecap. Brief message (“Affecteux souvenir”) with illegible signature." Couple dressed in quaint traditional garb of the Poitou region on the west coast of... -
[Couple in fancy dress]
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Date: circa 1905 Topics: Male impersonators Description: Postcard of a middle-aged woman dressed as an 18th-century male aristocrat and a younger woman dressed in an 18th-century-style summer gown. The two women are standing side by side, holding hands i... -
[Couple with fan and top hat] [Black couple]
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Date: 1902 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color Description: Apparently a promotional photo for the Nouveau Cirque show "Joyeux Nègres", which was filmed by Louis Lumière. Black couple with one man (Charles Gregory) dressed in formal wear and one dressed in ... -
[Cricket on the Hearth]
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Ed. Lasseron Date: circa 1910 Topics: Male impersonators Description: Seven performers with both male and female cross-dressing standing on a lawn in front of a painted backdrop representing a bower. Based on the indication of the roles noted on the verso, the actors... -
Damimitator John Graffton
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Svenska Litografisk, Graffton, John Date: 1905 Topics: Subject: John Graffton -
Damimitator John Graffton
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Svenska Litografisk, Hertzberg, Oscar, Graffton, John Date: circa 1910 Topics: Female impersonators Subject: John Grafton Description: A rather plain music-hall female impersonator with little makeup, but an elaborate off-the-shoulder showgirl dress. Divided verso.Minor staining to upper margin of recto. -
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 ... -
Declos Gaity
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Declos and Gaity Date: 1903 Topics: Male impersonators Subject: Declos and Gaity Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Clara (?) Boissier. Brief message with illegible signature on recto." Two female performers flirting in a coupled dance pose, one dressed as woman in folkloric springtime...
