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A man in drag, wearing a kimono; posing from behind a screen. Photographic postcard, 1906.
Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
A private photo postcard from 1906 showing a young man in Japanese-style drag, a floral kimono and a paper fan, posed against an embroidered screen. The wig is dressed in the fashionable 'cottage loaf' style popularised by the musical comedy actress Camille Clifford in her most famous role 'The Gibson girl'
Item Actions
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- https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20445404
- Citation
- Cite
- Identifier
- 2v23vt68b
- Collection
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James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
- Institution
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Wellcome Library
- Date Issued
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Jan. 1, 1906
- Genre
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Photographs
Prints
- Topic(s)
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Female impersonators
- Resource Type
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Still Image
- Analog Format
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1 photograph : photoprint ;
- Language
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English
- Rights
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Copyright undetermined
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