Digital Transgender Archive
Comic actor and singer Jeanne Bloch (1858–1916) dressed as a portly, bearded man wearing a top hat and carrying a cane. The word “Scala” appears at upper left on the recto, indicating that Bloch was appearing at La Scala, a music hall in Paris open from 1874 to 1936. Divided verso, indicating that the card was produced after 1903. Light spotting to recto.
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- https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:24416070
- Citation
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- Identifier
- np193946c
- Collection
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Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
- Institution
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Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
- Creator(s)
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Jeanne Bloch
- Date Created
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circa 1910
- Genre
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Ephemera
- Subject(s)
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Jeanne Bloch
- Places
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France
- Topic(s)
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Male impersonators
- Resource Type
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Still Image
- Analog Format
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14.6 x 9 (centimeters)
- Language
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French
- Rights
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No known copyright
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