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A prisoner of war acting in an internment camp in Dülmen, performing in drag, wearing a white dress and a dark hat. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A man in drag poses in front of a painted leafy background, holding a parasol (?) across his back. A convincing drag act at Dülmen internment camp. The subject 'Launay' is possibly a semi-professio... -
A prisoner of war dressed in drag. Photographic postcard by L. Soudan, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag. -
A prisoner of war in drag, wearing a dress and white cloak, poses mid-movement with arms outstretched. Photographic postcard by Albert Melzer, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The man in drag is wearing small heels and a decorative head garment on stage. Unidentified prisoner of war camp drag. The costume is rather amateurishly produced using expensive materials: silk, m... -
A quick-change performer known as "Lanzetta"; inset in many small portraits. Photographic postcard by F. Célis, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A montage of French (?) female impersonator 'Lanzetta', presumably a quick-change artist from the large number (twenty) of female characters making up the composite -
A sailor called William Mills in drag and in naval uniform. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Unusual World War I period photograph showing Able Seaman William Mills in and out of costume as Lady Poppam. The image of William Mills ain drag appears to have been cutout and placed on a pencil-... -
A sailor in drag leans on a high stool, in front of patterned scenery. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: He is wearing a plain dress and a hat, whilst leaning on a stool -
A sailor in drag sits on the deck of a ship in bright sunlight. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A good-looking and distinctly masculine young sailor sits on a deckchair on the deck of a ship wearing fashionable ladies' clothes of the 1900s. The outfit includes a wide silk skirt, well-made hat... -
A Ukrainian prisoner of war performing a dance at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag. -
A ventriloquist in drag, known as "Thora ?". Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators, Ventriloquists Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
Actors dressed as a clowns, performing for "The Timbertown Follies", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag. -
Actors gathered around a man in drag. Photographic postcard by The Fancy Dress Studio, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919 Topics: Female impersonators Description: A group of men dressed in ragged working clothes gather round a matronly figure in drag as a cook with apron and mob cap. One of the men (third from left) is dressed as the popular music-hall perfo... -
Actors performing French theatre at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Two men are in drag and the other men are wearing smart attire. They are performing a scene on a very elaborate set -
Actors performing French theatre at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actors pose for a group portrait around a table, some are in drag -
Actors performing 'L'idée de Françoise'. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag. -
Actors sitting in front of an ambulance train, some in drag. Photograph, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag. -
Actors, some in drag, performing at a prisoner of war camp in Belgium. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag. -
Actors, some in drag, pose for a group portrait, in front of a large wooden doorway. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actors are dressed in a variety of costumes as they sit and stand in rows facing the viewer. Probably a touring company of professional actors, ca. 1918-1920. A couple of them may be men in dra... -
Actors, some in drag; with the attention focused on a character sitting at a table. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Several characters look towards a man (in drag?) who sits at a small table. An elaborately constructed and painted set in an unidentified location. Theatrical performers are wearing a variety of co... -
Amateur actors in drag, pose on stage as "The Blackthorns". Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The four men all wear feathered head garments and particularly attractive 'exotic' drag: two are seated in the centre and two stand either side of the bench. They are members of 'The Blackthorns' c... -
Amateur actors in drag, wearing white dresses and dancing on stage. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Four men in drag dressed as fairies, posing in a line with their right arms pointing up and their left pointing downwards. Amateur theatricals in Bradford -
Amateur actors, one in drag, known as "The Bowbells"; posing for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Several men dressed as clowns surround the man in drag, sittiing either side; the man in drag has long pigtails. Four men are in army uniform -
Amateur actors, one in drag, perform a scene on stage. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Three animated actors are facing another character (a man in drag?), who stands in an open doorway. An amateur theatrical production circa 1920s, quite possibly of the perennially popular 'Charley'... -
Amateur actors performing "Carry On". Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Three actors (one in drag, another playing a clown) known as "The Buskers" perform 'Carry On'. 'The Buskers' may be the name of a military concert party in World War I, but not a professional troup... -
Amateur actors sitting down, surrounding a man in drag seated in the centre. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: An attractive group wearing different fancy dress costumes, with a central seated figure in summer drag. The man in drag wears the fashionable (circa 1915) white tiered lawn frock matched with a br... -
Amateur actors, some in drag, on stage attending to the death of a female character. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Some characters are dressed in military costume and all appear in profile, gazing towards the dying individual. Amateur theatricals at Worthing, with men and women both cross-dressed. Possibly at E...
