People at Rickmansworth, Herts., some in drag, gather outside at a swimmming gala. Photographic postcard, 1908.

Swimming sports 1908

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

Four of the men wear fancy costumes, the one in the centre is dressed as a pierrot, and there are also children within the crowd. Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, swimming sports gala, 1908. Two men are dragged up as suffragettes, wearing sashes supporting votes for womenPrint catalogued was postally sent from Rickmansworth to Newport on 1 August 1908 with message saying that "..they swam in these costumes, and the man dressed as a woman had first prize"

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Identifier: j38607235
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution: Wellcome Library
Date Issued: Jan. 1, 1908
Genre: Photographs
Prints
Topic(s): Female impersonators
Resource Type: Still Image
Analog Format: 1 photograph : photoprint ;
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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