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Actors, one in drag, pose as "The Scottish Dons". Photographic postcard, 1915.

"The Scottish Dons" 1915

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

The group pose together (on stage?) with men standing wearing evening attire; a man in drag is seated next to two women, in front of the four gentlemen. An amateur concert party group from World War I period. The group includes two female performers. The one drag performer is well dressed, in a draped satin dress, and osprey-trimmed toque hat of the kind popularised at the time of this photograph by Queen Mary

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Identifier
gm80hv55w
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
Jan. 1, 1915
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photograph : photoprint ;
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