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  1. Louis Vernassier - l'homme protee musical dans son Travesti Dame

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: R. Riviere, Vernassier, Louis
    Date: circa 1905
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Louis Vernassier
    Description: opular music-hall performer Louis Vernaissier, who played a wide variety of musical instruments while cross-dressed as a grand dame. Divided recto overprinted with a period promotional text for “A ...
  2. Louis Vernassier - l'homme protee musical dans son Travesti Dame

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: R. Riviere, Vernassier, Louis
    Date: 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Louis Vernassier
    Description: Small chips (1 cm x 1 cm maximum) and tape mark to upper margin; stamp and postmark on recto. Louis Vernassier had a long and prolific career as a music-hall female impersonator whose act involved ...
  3. Louis Vernassier - l'homme protee musical excentrique dans ses Travesti-Dame

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Vernassier, Louis
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Louis Vernassier
    Description: Montage of three portraits of Vernassier showing his transformation from middle-aged man to grand dame. Divided verso; notice printed full width indicating “Carte Postale / La Correspondance au rec...
  4. Louis Vernassier, l'homme protée musical dans son Travesti-dame

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Reutlinger, Vernassier, Louis
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Louis Vernassier
    Description: Undivided verso imprinted "Ce coté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse”
  5. Louis Vernassier, l'homme protée musical excentrique dans son travesti-dame jouant

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Vernassier, Louis
    Date: circa 1907
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Louis Vernassier
    Description: Divided verso; notice printed full width indicating "Tous les pays étrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto (Se renseigner à la poste)”
  6. Louis Vernassier protée musical excentrique dans son travesti-dame

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Vernassier, Louis
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Louis Vernassier
    Description: Inscription: Written in black ink: Mes remerciements. Black rubber-stamp impression of signature: Vernassier L. Paired portaits of Vernassier in men's clothing and in costume as grand dame. Divided...
  7. M. de Sternac dans son imitation de Mme Sada Yacco

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Imprimeries Reunies, Cliché Le Ray, Montoire, Fernand de Sternac
    Date: circa 1907
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Fernand de Sternac
    Description: Divided verso; notice printed full width indicating "Tous les pays étrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto (Se renseigner à la poste)"
  8. M. de Sternac dans son imitation de Mme Yvette Guilbert

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Imprimeries Reunies, Cliché Le Ray, Montoire, Fernand de Sternac
    Date: circa 1907
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Fernand de Sternac
    Description: Divided verso; notice printed full width indicating "Tous les pays étrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto (Se renseigner à la poste)"
  9. M. Defreyn (Sarah Yacco)

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Le Carnet Mondain, G. Dupont, Henri Defreyn
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Henri Defreyn
    Description: An operetta star who later developed a recording and film career. In the postcard offered here, Defreyn imitates Sadda Yacco (Kawakami Sadayakko; 1871-1946), a Japanese kabuki artist who performed ...
  10. M. Pol Simon - dans ses repaides transformations

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Imp. M. Massenet, Simon, Pol
    Date: circa 1904
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Pol Simon
    Description: Divided verso; imprinted across top: “Carte Postale / La correspondance au recto n’est pas acceptée par tous les pays étrangers. (Se renseigner à la poste.)"
  11. Ma belle Marquise

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Set of 2 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. "Male"aristocrat woos and kisses a marquise in a studio-set salon. Divided verso; stamp and postmark on recto. Series no. 1549.
  12. Ma belle Marquise

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Set of 2 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. "Male"aristocrat woos and kisses a marquise in a studio-set salon. Divided verso; stamp and postmark on recto. Series no. 1549.
  13. Mademoiselle, ecoutez-moi donc!

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Complete series of 6 postcards showing a woman dressed as a sporty young man approaching a properly dressed young woman in the street and convincing her to learn how to ride the young man’s bicycle...
  14. Mademoiselle, ecoutez-moi donc!

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Complete series of 6 postcards showing a woman dressed as a sporty young man approaching a properly dressed young woman in the street and convincing her to learn how to ride the young man’s bicycle...
  15. Mademoiselle, ecoutez-moi donc!

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Complete series of 6 postcards showing a woman dressed as a sporty young man approaching a properly dressed young woman in the street and convincing her to learn how to ride the young man’s bicycle...