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French prisoners of war performing "Mam'zelle Totoche" 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. -
French prisoners of war performing a play at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 1916-1917.
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. -
German soldiers, some in drag, pose round a table at a concert party. 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. -
French prisoners of war, one in drag, gather round a small wooden table. Photographic postcard, 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 a white veil. Prisoner of war camp theatricals: three of the men are wearing French military uniform; one is dressed as a street tough. Unidentified location, World War I -
German prisoners of war, one in drag, propose a toast during a performance at Leigh prisoner of war camp, Lancashire. Photographic postcard by H. Attenborough, 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 hoisted up in the centre of the stage, as lots of male characters lift their tankards. At the start of 1914 the Lilford Weaving Company began building a new mill in Leigh, Lancas... -
French prisoners of war, one in drag, performing a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus, with an elaborate stage set. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A man with a top hat looks over towards a couple (one is in drag) who are sitting on a bench. A group of very well costumed French POWs performing in a painted 'salon' set -
Harold Chapman in drag poses with Mark Leslie dressed as a Golliwog, in an act for the Bow Bells. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators, Golliwogs Description: Harold Chapman, in drag, stands looking askance at the camera with one hand raised wearing a floral and lace dress, heels, and a pearl necklace. Mark Leslie is sitting on the floor wearing all blac... -
Four soldiers posing, three in drag, with an injured soldier 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 unidentified costume party group standing around a central seated man in a dressing gown with a bandaged foot. The hastily improvised drag worn by three of the subjects would indicate a less wel... -
Harold Chapman and Mark Leslie performing a revue for the Bow Bells. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Harold Chapman appears in drag wearing a dark dress with a white ruffled collar and sleeves, and heeled black lace-up boots. Chapman, who was very popular in drag, stands across from Mark Leslie wh... -
French prisoners of war performing a show 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: An unusually intimate scene, romantically posed with one figure in drag being embraced by two uniformed soldiers. -
Fred Penley dressed as a clown holding a wreath, 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. -
French or Belgian soldiers performing "Les phares Soubigou". Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: French or Belgian soldiers performing a scene from Les Phares Soubigou, a popular comedy in three acts by Tristan Bernard, first produced in 1913. -
Four British servicemen performing a sketch with vehicles. Photograph, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A British concert party somewhere in the Middle East towards the end of World War I, performing a tableau entitled 'The picnic on Highgate Hill' (according to inscription on verso). On the left a m... -
Ernest Rees in character as an old lady. 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: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
Entertainers, one in drag, pose in a line in front of foliage. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The men are dressed in all white attire looking towards the viewer. A well-dressed and -organized concert party called 'The Victory Boys', World War I. Unit/division unidentified
