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Costumes poitevins

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Inscription: "Addressed to Mademoiselle Gratecap. Brief message (“Affecteux souvenir”) with illegible signature." Couple dressed in quaint traditional garb of the Poitou region on the west coast of France: One is a man dressed as a man, the other a man cross-dressed as a woman. Scuff to upper right corner of recto.

Item Information:

Identifier
x633f134b
Collection
Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
Institution
Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
Creator(s)
N. Alix, Pap.- Tab.-Journaux
Date Created
1909
Genre
Ephemera
Places
Nouvelle-Aquitaine > Deux-Sèvres > Niort
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
14 x 8.8 (centimeters)
Language
French
Rights
No known copyright
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