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M. de Sternac in drag as a geisha. Process print, ca. 1901.

M. de Sternac dans son imitation de Mme Sada Yacco. Cliché Le Ray, Montoire

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Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

Fernand de Sternac performing a burlesque of the extremely popular Japanese entertainer Sada Yacco, who had toured the world 1900-1903 and caused a sensation wherever she went. She seems to heve been as much a favourite with the drag queens of the 1900s as Marlene Dietrich and Judy Garland were later in the century

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Identifier
c534fp19p
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
Jan. 1, 1901
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photograph : photoprint ;
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