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Two amateur actors, both in drag, confront each other on stage. Photographic postcard, ca. 1918.
The two characters perform a scene on a very detailed and furnished stage set. Amateur drag depicted without location on a British photographic postcard. One performer wears high fashion women's clothes and shoes ca. 1918, while the other is in hastily improvised costume with a headscarf and carpet slippers. A notice on stage left set says "Oratio est argentum" (Latin, "Speech is silver")
Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.
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- Collection
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James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
- Institution
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Wellcome Library
- Date Issued
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Jan. 1, 1918
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Photographs
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- Topic(s)
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Female impersonators
- Resource Type
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Still Image
- Analog Format
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1 photograph : photoprint ;
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