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  1. Bertin

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Fialdo, Bertin, Robert
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Robert Bertin
    Description: Undivided verso imprinted “Tarjeta Postal / Union Universal de Correos / España / En e[s]te lado se escribe solamente la direccion” Hand-tinted in green with gold highlights. Foxing to verso.
  2. Louis Vernassier, l'homme protée musical dans son Travesti-dame

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Reutlinger, Vernassier, Louis
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Louis Vernassier
    Description: Undivided verso imprinted "Ce coté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse”
  3. Melle (Deux-sevres) - Paysanne poitevine

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Robuchon, Jules
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mademoiselle Legras Nadel. Brief message on recto (“Cordial Bonjour — Amitiés — Bonne Santé”) with illegible signature scrawled over head of model." Comic postcard of old...
  4. Monsieur R. Bertin dans son Imitation de Miette

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Bertin, Robert
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Robert Bertin
    Description: Verso imprinted "Ce coté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse”
  5. [Couple with fan and top hat] [Black couple]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1902
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Description: Apparently a promotional photo for the Nouveau Cirque show "Joyeux Nègres", which was filmed by Louis Lumière. Black couple with one man (Charles Gregory) dressed in formal wear and one dressed in ...
  6. Cleodinerie

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: A. Bergeret & Cie
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Skinny, homely man wearing a wig, pearls and a flowered tutu posing as a ballerina with arms in fifth position. The card is a spoof of the celebrated dancer and demimondaine Cléo de Mérode (1875–19...
  7. 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 ...
  8. 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.)"
  9. Mme Pipelet gate ses petits chats

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Clayette
    Date: 1904
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Louise Hautain. Brief, unsigned note in upper margin of recto of each card." Series of three postcards representing humorous scenes from the daily life of a frumpy old la...
  10. Mme Pipelet lit son feuilleton

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Clayette
    Date: 1904
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Louise Hautain. Brief, unsigned note in upper margin of recto of each card." Series of three postcards representing humorous scenes from the daily life of a frumpy old la...
  11. Mme Pipelet prend son moke

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Clayette
    Date: 1904
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Louise Hautain. Brief, unsigned note in upper margin of recto of each card." Series of three postcards representing humorous scenes from the daily life of a frumpy old la...
  12. Monsieur R. Bertin - Imitant "La Tortojada"

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Bertin, Robert
    Date: 1904
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Robert Bertin
    Description: Undivided verso.
  13. Monsieur R. Bertin dans son Imitation de l'Excentrique "Polaire"

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Bertin, Robert
    Date: 1904
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Robert Bertin
    Description: Undivided verso.
  14. Mr D'Hernonville

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: D'Hernonville
    Date: circa 1904
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: D'Hernonville
    Description: A noted music-hall "protean"performer who portrayed a series of female singing and speaking roles. Divided verso; imprinted at left on verso: "La Correspondance au recto n'est pas acceptée par tous...
  15. Mr. D'Hernonville imitateur

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Boespflug et Cie, R. Guilleminot, D'Hernonville
    Date: circa 1904
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: D'Hernonville
    Description: Divided verso. On verso: Logo of a bridled horse head framed in a horseshoe.