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James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
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Female impersonators
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Wellcome Library
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1950 to 1974
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Willie Manders in drag and in men's attire. Photographic postcard, 1914.
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Fred Hutchings in character; performing on stage. Process print, 191-.
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George Scholey in drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.
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Tiki Carpenter in drag as "The dancing Australian". Photographic postcard, ca. 1927.
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A man in drag wearing a very large hat with a veil, stands in front of a painted backdrop, with dense foliage. Photographic postcard, 1911.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1911 Topics: Female impersonators Description: He is holding a plush velvet muff and is wearing very distinctive costume. Very sophisticated amateur drag at Stratford-on-Avon in 1911. This man makes a convincing woman, although the costume is r... -
Maitland Cecil Melville Wills, in drag, posing in a black corset and heavy skirt; on Shrove Tuesday 1911. Photographic postcard, 1911.
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Three actors, two in drag, posing in cowboy costumes. Photographic postcard, 1911.
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A family, all members wearing grotesque masks, the father in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
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A man in drag, posing in a dark hat in front of a brick wall. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
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An actor in drag poses on stage as "Sulmary". Process print, ca. 1910.
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An man dressed as a parlour-maid. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
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Arthur Stigant in drag. Photographic postcard, 1910 (?).
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Clem Matthews in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
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Four Dutch servicemen, one in drag, standing on snowy ground near residential property. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
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Lawrie in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
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Lawrie in male clothes. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
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R. Bertin in character as Mademoiselle Foscolo. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1910 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Robert Bertin was a skilled impersonator of some of the most stars of the French popular theatre. Here he is in drag wearing a flowery dress and holding a perfume spray-bottle in the character of M... -
Robert Bertin in drag as a geisha. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
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Three actors (George, Joey and Jock Preston), one in drag, pose lighting cigarettes. Photographic postcard, 1910.
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Two men in drag wearing face masks and patterned robes, holding fans. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
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A performer in drag, wearing a large flowery dress, poses with a cigarette on stage. Photographic postcard, ca. 1908-1910.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1908 to 1910 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The performer is leaning against a small table with a door and curtain in the background. A charming (and almost certainly professional) young man wearing a typical soubrette's outfit, circa 1908-1... -
An man in drag is wearing a revealing dress and holding a staff, posing with his other hand on his hip. Photographic postcard, 1909.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1909 Topics: Female impersonators Description: An unidentified man wears a large hat and appears to be standing on a rug with plants either side. He wears elaborate theatrical drag, in which the draped frock is daringly (for the time) slashed ... -
Arthur Grayson, dressed as a bride, for "The Jollity Boys". Photographic postcard, 1909.
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E. Leslie Lloyd in drag as a Pierrette. Photographic postcard, 1909.
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An actor in drag, known as "Maurice"; poses on stage mid-dance. Photographic postcard, 1908.