A performer in drag, wearing a large flowery dress, poses with a cigarette on stage. Photographic postcard, ca. 1908-1910.

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The performer is leaning against a small table with a door and curtain in the background. A charming (and almost certainly professional) young man wearing a typical soubrette's outfit, circa 1908-1910, designed to show off a tightly cinched and possibly corseted waist. Cigarette held aloft, she flirts with the camera, and looks as if about to burst into song. Unidentified (British) performer and photographer

Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

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Item Information:

Identifier: dr26xx67k
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution: Wellcome Library
Date Issued: 1908 to 1910
Genre: Photographs
Prints
Topic(s): Female impersonators
Resource Type: Still Image
Analog Format: 1 photograph : photoprint ;
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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