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  1. M. de Sternac in drag as a geisha. Process print, ca. 1901.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1901
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
  2. M. de Sternac in drag as one of the Barrison sisters. Process print, ca. 1901.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1901
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Fernand de Sternac performing a parody of the scandalous Danish-American dancer Gertrude Barrison
  3. M. Defreyn (Sarah Yacco)

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Le Carnet Mondain, G. Dupont, Henri Defreyn
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Henri Defreyn
    Description: An operetta star who later developed a recording and film career. In the postcard offered here, Defreyn imitates Sadda Yacco (Kawakami Sadayakko; 1871-1946), a Japanese kabuki artist who performed ...
  4. M. Pol Simon - dans ses repaides transformations

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Imp. M. Massenet, Simon, Pol
    Date: circa 1904
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Pol Simon
    Description: Divided verso; imprinted across top: “Carte Postale / La correspondance au recto n’est pas acceptée par tous les pays étrangers. (Se renseigner à la poste.)"
  5. Ma belle Marquise

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Set of 2 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. "Male"aristocrat woos and kisses a marquise in a studio-set salon. Divided verso; stamp and postmark on recto. Series no. 1549.
  6. Ma belle Marquise

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Set of 2 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. "Male"aristocrat woos and kisses a marquise in a studio-set salon. Divided verso; stamp and postmark on recto. Series no. 1549.
  7. Mabel G. Johnson

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1901
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators
    Subject: Mabel G. Johnson, Ragtime, Songstress
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to racist language.
  8. Mademoiselle, ecoutez-moi donc!

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Complete series of 6 postcards showing a woman dressed as a sporty young man approaching a properly dressed young woman in the street and convincing her to learn how to ride the young man’s bicycle...
  9. Mademoiselle, ecoutez-moi donc!

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Complete series of 6 postcards showing a woman dressed as a sporty young man approaching a properly dressed young woman in the street and convincing her to learn how to ride the young man’s bicycle...
  10. Mademoiselle, ecoutez-moi donc!

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Complete series of 6 postcards showing a woman dressed as a sporty young man approaching a properly dressed young woman in the street and convincing her to learn how to ride the young man’s bicycle...
  11. Mademoiselle, ecoutez-moi donc!

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Complete series of 6 postcards showing a woman dressed as a sporty young man approaching a properly dressed young woman in the street and convincing her to learn how to ride the young man’s bicycle...
  12. Mademoiselle, ecoutez-moi donc!

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Complete series of 6 postcards showing a woman dressed as a sporty young man approaching a properly dressed young woman in the street and convincing her to learn how to ride the young man’s bicycle...
  13. Mademoiselle, ecoutez-moi donc!

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Complete series of 6 postcards showing a woman dressed as a sporty young man approaching a properly dressed young woman in the street and convincing her to learn how to ride the young man’s bicycle...
  14. Maitland Cecil Melville Wills, in drag, posing in a black corset and heavy skirt; on Shrove Tuesday 1911. Photographic postcard, 1911.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1911
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
  15. Malcolm Scott in character as a "Gibson Girl". Photographic postcard, 1908.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1908
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.