{"response":{"docs":[{"id":"d791sg43m","system_create_dtsi":"2018-01-31T17:40:23Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2026-03-17T12:09:15Z","date_uploaded_dtsi":"2018-01-31T17:40:23Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2018-01-31T17:40:23Z","model_ssi":"GenericFile","has_model_ssim":["GenericFile"],"date_created_tesim":["2018-01-31"],"date_created_ssim":["2018-01-31"],"visibility_ssi":"public","new_model_ssi":"GenericObject","dta_altLabel_all_subject_ssim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"dta_all_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_lcsh_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"date_issued_search_tesim":["Jan January 1, 1929"],"date_issued_display_ssim":["Jan. 1, 1929"],"dta_dates_ssim":["1929"],"dta_sortable_date_dtsi":"1929-01-01T00:00:00Z","ident_tesi":"d791sg43m","identifier_ssim":["d791sg43m"],"collection_name_ssim":["James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards"],"institution_name_ssim":["Wellcome Collection"],"primary_institution_ssi":"Wellcome Collection","depositor_ssim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"depository_tesim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"title_tesim":["Billie Manders in drag; vignette portrait. Photographic postcard, 1929."],"title_ssim":["Billie Manders in drag; vignette portrait. Photographic postcard, 1929."],"label_tesim":["Billie Manders in drag; vignette portrait. Photographic postcard, 1929."],"description_tesim":["A close-up portrait of Billie Manders, late 1920s. The hair and make-up show Hollywood influence, with heavily plucked brows, false eye-lashes and precisely outlined lips","Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’."],"mime_type_tesim":["image/jpeg"],"resource_type_tesim":["Still Image"],"rights_tesim":["Copyright undetermined"],"isPartOf_ssim":["r207tp63d"],"isMemberOf_ssim":["m900nt595"],"date_issued_tesim":["1929-01-01"],"genre_tesim":["Photographs","Prints"],"genre_ssim":["Photographs","Prints"],"alternative_tesim":["Mr. Billie Manders."],"lcsh_subject_tesim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"lcsh_subject_ssim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"dta_subject_primary_searchable_tesim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_subject_alt_searchable_tesim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"date_start_dtsi":"1929-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1929-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_issued_search_ssim":["Jan January 1, 1929"],"analog_format_tesim":["1 photo : photoprint ;"],"is_shown_at_tesim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20449446"],"is_shown_at_ssim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20449446"],"hosted_elsewhere_ssi":"1","has_thumbnail_ssi":"true","blacklight_display_ssi":"generic_file","has_file_content_ssi":"true","_version_":1859911004746416128,"timestamp":"2026-03-17T12:09:16.028Z","score":1.0},{"id":"jm214p352","system_create_dtsi":"2018-01-31T17:34:54Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2026-03-17T12:07:52Z","date_uploaded_dtsi":"2018-01-31T17:34:54Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2018-01-31T17:34:54Z","model_ssi":"GenericFile","has_model_ssim":["GenericFile"],"date_created_tesim":["2018-01-31"],"date_created_ssim":["2018-01-31"],"visibility_ssi":"public","new_model_ssi":"GenericObject","dta_altLabel_all_subject_ssim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"dta_all_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_lcsh_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"date_issued_search_tesim":["Jan January 1, 1930"],"date_issued_display_ssim":["Jan. 1, 1930"],"dta_dates_ssim":["1930"],"dta_sortable_date_dtsi":"1930-01-01T00:00:00Z","ident_tesi":"jm214p352","identifier_ssim":["jm214p352"],"collection_name_ssim":["James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards"],"institution_name_ssim":["Wellcome Collection"],"primary_institution_ssi":"Wellcome Collection","depositor_ssim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"depository_tesim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"title_tesim":["Billy Lorraine in drag, posing for a portrait. Photographic postcard, ca. 1930."],"title_ssim":["Billy Lorraine in drag, posing for a portrait. Photographic postcard, ca. 1930."],"label_tesim":["Billy Lorraine in drag, posing for a portrait. Photographic postcard, ca. 1930."],"description_tesim":["Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.","He is wearing a black hat with lipstick and beaded necklaces; with a soft-focus plain background. Billy Lorraine in convincing 'passing' drag. By 1930 much heavier make-up was being worn by women of fashion, highly influenced by Hollywood films, which, since the advent of 'Talkies' in 1927-1928, were more popular than ever. The hair and make-up seen here is similar to that worn by Greta Garbo, at this time at the height of her fame"],"mime_type_tesim":["image/jpeg"],"resource_type_tesim":["Still Image"],"rights_tesim":["Copyright undetermined"],"isPartOf_ssim":["r207tp63d"],"isMemberOf_ssim":["m900nt595"],"date_issued_tesim":["1930-01-01"],"genre_tesim":["Photographs","Prints"],"genre_ssim":["Photographs","Prints"],"alternative_tesim":["To dear David. Yours as ever Billy Lorraine. 1930"],"lcsh_subject_tesim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"lcsh_subject_ssim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"dta_subject_primary_searchable_tesim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_subject_alt_searchable_tesim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"date_start_dtsi":"1930-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1930-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_issued_search_ssim":["Jan January 1, 1930"],"analog_format_tesim":["1 photograph : photoprint ;"],"is_shown_at_tesim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20448843"],"is_shown_at_ssim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20448843"],"hosted_elsewhere_ssi":"1","has_thumbnail_ssi":"true","blacklight_display_ssi":"generic_file","has_file_content_ssi":"true","_version_":1859910916845338624,"timestamp":"2026-03-17T12:07:52.199Z","score":1.0},{"id":"gb19f6043","system_create_dtsi":"2018-01-31T19:11:13Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2026-03-17T12:13:50Z","date_uploaded_dtsi":"2018-01-31T19:11:13Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2018-01-31T19:11:13Z","model_ssi":"GenericFile","has_model_ssim":["GenericFile"],"date_created_tesim":["2018-01-31"],"date_created_ssim":["2018-01-31"],"visibility_ssi":"public","new_model_ssi":"GenericObject","dta_altLabel_all_subject_ssim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"dta_all_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_lcsh_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"date_issued_search_tesim":["Jan January 1, 1918"],"date_issued_display_ssim":["Jan. 1, 1918"],"dta_dates_ssim":["1918"],"dta_sortable_date_dtsi":"1918-01-01T00:00:00Z","ident_tesi":"gb19f6043","identifier_ssim":["gb19f6043"],"collection_name_ssim":["James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards"],"institution_name_ssim":["Wellcome Collection"],"primary_institution_ssi":"Wellcome Collection","depositor_ssim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"depository_tesim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"title_tesim":["British airforce servicemen performing a sketch, striking an animated pose. Photograph, 1918."],"title_ssim":["British airforce servicemen performing a sketch, striking an animated pose. Photograph, 1918."],"label_tesim":["British airforce servicemen performing a sketch, striking an animated pose. Photograph, 1918."],"description_tesim":["A British concert party somewhere in the Middle East towards the end of World War I. Men in drag performing 'The giddy Pasha', with a fabric backdrop. The Pasha and his wives have joined forces with one of the cats from the sketch 'Picnic on Highgate Hill'. Two servicemen wearing uniforms of the RAF are assisting: the RAF played an important part in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I","Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag."],"mime_type_tesim":["image/jpeg"],"resource_type_tesim":["Still Image"],"rights_tesim":["Copyright undetermined"],"isPartOf_ssim":["r207tp63d"],"isMemberOf_ssim":["m900nt595"],"date_issued_tesim":["1918-01-01"],"genre_tesim":["Photographs","Prints"],"genre_ssim":["Photographs","Prints"],"lcsh_subject_tesim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"lcsh_subject_ssim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"dta_subject_primary_searchable_tesim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_subject_alt_searchable_tesim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"date_start_dtsi":"1918-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1918-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_issued_search_ssim":["Jan January 1, 1918"],"analog_format_tesim":["1 photograph : photoprint ;"],"is_shown_at_tesim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20430723"],"is_shown_at_ssim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20430723"],"hosted_elsewhere_ssi":"1","has_thumbnail_ssi":"true","blacklight_display_ssi":"generic_file","has_file_content_ssi":"true","_version_":1859911292440018944,"timestamp":"2026-03-17T12:13:50.394Z","score":1.0},{"id":"p5547r634","system_create_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:08:25Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2026-03-17T12:06:50Z","date_uploaded_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:08:25Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:08:25Z","model_ssi":"GenericFile","has_model_ssim":["GenericFile"],"date_created_tesim":["2018-01-31"],"date_created_ssim":["2018-01-31"],"visibility_ssi":"public","new_model_ssi":"GenericObject","dta_altLabel_all_subject_ssim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"dta_all_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_lcsh_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"date_issued_search_tesim":["1910 to 1919?"],"date_issued_display_ssim":["1910 to 1919?"],"dta_dates_ssim":["1910","1911","1912","1913","1914","1915","1916","1917","1918","1919"],"dta_sortable_date_dtsi":"1914-01-01T00:00:00Z","ident_tesi":"p5547r634","identifier_ssim":["p5547r634"],"collection_name_ssim":["James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards"],"institution_name_ssim":["Wellcome Collection"],"primary_institution_ssi":"Wellcome Collection","depositor_ssim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"depository_tesim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"title_tesim":["British prisoners of war in cowboy and cowgirl costumes posing at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 191-."],"title_ssim":["British prisoners of war in cowboy and cowgirl costumes posing at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 191-."],"label_tesim":["British prisoners of war in cowboy and cowgirl costumes posing at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 191-."],"description_tesim":["A man in cowgirl costume poses with a man in cowboy costume in front of a sparsely painted backdrop. Commercially produced Western films from Hollywood enjoyed great popularity in Europe from 1911 onwards, and in William S. Hart had their first true cowboy star. The man's costume in this photograph is reminiscent of many worn by Hart, incuding his signature leather cuffs. The cowgirl is particularly pretty, and makes a convincing lady","Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag."],"mime_type_tesim":["image/jpeg"],"resource_type_tesim":["Still Image"],"rights_tesim":["Copyright undetermined"],"isPartOf_ssim":["r207tp63d"],"isMemberOf_ssim":["m900nt595"],"date_issued_tesim":["1910/1919?"],"genre_tesim":["Photographs","Prints"],"genre_ssim":["Photographs","Prints"],"alternative_tesim":["Aus dem Gefangenenlager Cottbus. Engl. Gefangene als Cow-boys"],"lcsh_subject_tesim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"lcsh_subject_ssim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"dta_subject_primary_searchable_tesim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_subject_alt_searchable_tesim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"date_start_dtsi":"1910-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1919-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_issued_search_ssim":["1910 to 1919?"],"analog_format_tesim":["1 photograph : photoprint ;"],"is_shown_at_tesim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20432914"],"is_shown_at_ssim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20432914"],"hosted_elsewhere_ssi":"1","has_thumbnail_ssi":"true","blacklight_display_ssi":"generic_file","has_file_content_ssi":"true","_version_":1859910851855646720,"timestamp":"2026-03-17T12:06:50.220Z","score":1.0},{"id":"df65v8067","system_create_dtsi":"2018-01-31T19:26:48Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2026-03-17T12:15:06Z","date_uploaded_dtsi":"2018-01-31T19:26:48Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2018-01-31T19:26:48Z","model_ssi":"GenericFile","has_model_ssim":["GenericFile"],"date_created_tesim":["2018-01-31"],"date_created_ssim":["2018-01-31"],"visibility_ssi":"public","new_model_ssi":"GenericObject","dta_altLabel_all_subject_ssim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag","Seashore resorts"],"dta_all_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators","Seaside resorts"],"dta_lcsh_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators","Seaside resorts"],"date_issued_search_tesim":["1916? to 1917?"],"date_issued_display_ssim":["1916? to 1917?"],"dta_dates_ssim":["1916","1917"],"dta_sortable_date_dtsi":"1916-01-01T00:00:00Z","ident_tesi":"df65v8067","identifier_ssim":["df65v8067"],"collection_name_ssim":["James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards"],"institution_name_ssim":["Wellcome Collection"],"primary_institution_ssi":"Wellcome Collection","depositor_ssim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"depository_tesim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"title_tesim":["British prisoners of war in smart attire performing a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 1916-1917."],"title_ssim":["British prisoners of war in smart attire performing a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 1916-1917."],"label_tesim":["British prisoners of war in smart attire performing a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 1916-1917."],"description_tesim":["One actor is in drag, holding a baby, as two other men face the camera. The beach tableau shows a family relaxing on the sands with mother, father, boy wearing an Eton collar and a mortar-board; 'Mummy' even holding a baby. The backdrop is a beautifully painted English seaside scene, complete with pier and bathing machine","Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag."],"mime_type_tesim":["image/jpeg"],"resource_type_tesim":["Still Image"],"rights_tesim":["Copyright undetermined"],"isPartOf_ssim":["r207tp63d"],"isMemberOf_ssim":["m900nt595"],"date_issued_tesim":["1916?/1917?"],"genre_tesim":["Photographs","Prints"],"genre_ssim":["Photographs","Prints"],"alternative_tesim":["English theatre Cottbus"],"lcsh_subject_tesim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634","http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85119373"],"lcsh_subject_ssim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634","http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85119373"],"dta_subject_primary_searchable_tesim":["Female impersonators","Seaside resorts"],"dta_subject_alt_searchable_tesim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag","Seashore resorts"],"date_start_dtsi":"1916-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1917-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_issued_search_ssim":["1916? to 1917?"],"analog_format_tesim":["1 photograph : photoprint ;"],"is_shown_at_tesim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20432641"],"is_shown_at_ssim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20432641"],"hosted_elsewhere_ssi":"1","has_thumbnail_ssi":"true","blacklight_display_ssi":"generic_file","has_file_content_ssi":"true","_version_":1859911371956682752,"timestamp":"2026-03-17T12:15:06.227Z","score":1.0},{"id":"cv43nx101","system_create_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:16:06Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2026-03-17T12:08:56Z","date_uploaded_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:16:06Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:16:06Z","model_ssi":"GenericFile","has_model_ssim":["GenericFile"],"date_created_tesim":["2018-01-31"],"date_created_ssim":["2018-01-31"],"visibility_ssi":"public","new_model_ssi":"GenericObject","dta_altLabel_all_subject_ssim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"dta_all_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_lcsh_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"date_issued_search_tesim":["1910 to 1919?"],"date_issued_display_ssim":["1910 to 1919?"],"dta_dates_ssim":["1910","1911","1912","1913","1914","1915","1916","1917","1918","1919"],"dta_sortable_date_dtsi":"1914-01-01T00:00:00Z","ident_tesi":"cv43nx101","identifier_ssim":["cv43nx101"],"collection_name_ssim":["James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards"],"institution_name_ssim":["Wellcome Collection"],"primary_institution_ssi":"Wellcome Collection","depositor_ssim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"depository_tesim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"title_tesim":["British prisoners of war, one in drag, posing for \"The Timbertown Follies\", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-."],"title_ssim":["British prisoners of war, one in drag, posing for \"The Timbertown Follies\", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-."],"label_tesim":["British prisoners of war, one in drag, posing for \"The Timbertown Follies\", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-."],"description_tesim":["The man in drag poses holding a tall white stick in the centre of the stage; two men lean in from the sides of the stage set.  The photograph demonstrates the high level of professionalism which went into theatrical productions at this camp. The 'proscenium arch', 'stage boxes' and backdrop are all painted to a professional standardOne of the many revues staged by some of the 1,500 or so members of the First Royal Naval Brigade, interned as prisoners of war in the camp outside Groningen, northern Netherlands, from 1914 to 1918, which they nicknamed HMS Timbertown. As they were not involved in any conflict and were housed in reasonable comfort with time on their hands, they were able to stage some very elaborate and professional theatrical revues which became famous back in the UK. Their performances included pastiches of many of the revues and musical comedies produced in England at this time","Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag."],"mime_type_tesim":["image/jpeg"],"resource_type_tesim":["Still Image"],"rights_tesim":["Copyright undetermined"],"isPartOf_ssim":["r207tp63d"],"isMemberOf_ssim":["m900nt595"],"date_issued_tesim":["1910/1919?"],"genre_tesim":["Photographs","Prints"],"genre_ssim":["Photographs","Prints"],"alternative_tesim":["The Timbertown Follies. Interned in Holland \"A music hall burlesque\""],"lcsh_subject_tesim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"lcsh_subject_ssim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"dta_subject_primary_searchable_tesim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_subject_alt_searchable_tesim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"date_start_dtsi":"1910-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1919-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_issued_search_ssim":["1910 to 1919?"],"analog_format_tesim":["1 photograph : photoprint ;"],"is_shown_at_tesim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20440923"],"is_shown_at_ssim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20440923"],"hosted_elsewhere_ssi":"1","has_thumbnail_ssi":"true","blacklight_display_ssi":"generic_file","has_file_content_ssi":"true","_version_":1859910984053817344,"timestamp":"2026-03-17T12:08:56.294Z","score":1.0},{"id":"f7623c777","system_create_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:17:43Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2026-03-17T12:09:01Z","date_uploaded_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:17:43Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:17:43Z","model_ssi":"GenericFile","has_model_ssim":["GenericFile"],"date_created_tesim":["2018-01-31"],"date_created_ssim":["2018-01-31"],"visibility_ssi":"public","new_model_ssi":"GenericObject","dta_altLabel_all_subject_ssim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"dta_all_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_lcsh_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"date_issued_search_tesim":["1910 to 1919?"],"date_issued_display_ssim":["1910 to 1919?"],"dta_dates_ssim":["1910","1911","1912","1913","1914","1915","1916","1917","1918","1919"],"dta_sortable_date_dtsi":"1914-01-01T00:00:00Z","ident_tesi":"f7623c777","identifier_ssim":["f7623c777"],"collection_name_ssim":["James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards"],"institution_name_ssim":["Wellcome Collection"],"primary_institution_ssi":"Wellcome Collection","depositor_ssim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"depository_tesim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"title_tesim":["British prisoners of war, one in drag, posing for \"The Timbertown Follies\", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Process print, 191-."],"title_ssim":["British prisoners of war, one in drag, posing for \"The Timbertown Follies\", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Process print, 191-."],"label_tesim":["British prisoners of war, one in drag, posing for \"The Timbertown Follies\", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Process print, 191-."],"description_tesim":["Molly Morgan, drag star of the Timbertown Follies, performing a Pierrot number: he sits on top of a piano, wearing a white dress, surrounded by men dressed as pierrotsOne of the many revues staged by some of the 1,500 or so members of the First Royal Naval Brigade, interned as prisoners of war in the camp outside Groningen, northern Netherlands, from 1914 to 1918, which they nicknamed HMS Timbertown. As they were not involved in any conflict and were housed in reasonable comfort with time on their hands, they were able to stage some very elaborate and professional theatrical revues which became famous back in the UK. Their performances included pastiches of many of the revues and musical comedies produced in England at this time","Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag."],"mime_type_tesim":["image/jpeg"],"resource_type_tesim":["Still Image"],"rights_tesim":["Copyright undetermined"],"isPartOf_ssim":["r207tp63d"],"isMemberOf_ssim":["m900nt595"],"date_issued_tesim":["1910/1919?"],"genre_tesim":["Photographs","Prints"],"genre_ssim":["Photographs","Prints"],"alternative_tesim":["The Timbertown Follies (Interned in Holland)"],"lcsh_subject_tesim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"lcsh_subject_ssim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"dta_subject_primary_searchable_tesim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_subject_alt_searchable_tesim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"date_start_dtsi":"1910-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1919-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_issued_search_ssim":["1910 to 1919?"],"analog_format_tesim":["1 print : process print ;"],"is_shown_at_tesim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20441265"],"is_shown_at_ssim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20441265"],"hosted_elsewhere_ssi":"1","has_thumbnail_ssi":"true","blacklight_display_ssi":"generic_file","has_file_content_ssi":"true","_version_":1859910990014971904,"timestamp":"2026-03-17T12:09:01.979Z","score":1.0},{"id":"9g54xh976","system_create_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:17:41Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2026-03-17T12:09:00Z","date_uploaded_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:17:41Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:17:41Z","model_ssi":"GenericFile","has_model_ssim":["GenericFile"],"date_created_tesim":["2018-01-31"],"date_created_ssim":["2018-01-31"],"visibility_ssi":"public","new_model_ssi":"GenericObject","dta_altLabel_all_subject_ssim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"dta_all_subject_ssim":["Circus","Female impersonators"],"dta_homosaurus_subject_ssim":["Circus"],"dta_homosaurus_v1_subject_ssim":["Circus"],"dta_lcsh_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"date_issued_search_tesim":["1910 to 1919?"],"date_issued_display_ssim":["1910 to 1919?"],"dta_dates_ssim":["1910","1911","1912","1913","1914","1915","1916","1917","1918","1919"],"dta_sortable_date_dtsi":"1914-01-01T00:00:00Z","ident_tesi":"9g54xh976","identifier_ssim":["9g54xh976"],"collection_name_ssim":["James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards"],"institution_name_ssim":["Wellcome Collection"],"primary_institution_ssi":"Wellcome Collection","depositor_ssim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"depository_tesim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"title_tesim":["British prisoners of war performing a circus act for \"The Timbertown Follies\", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-."],"title_ssim":["British prisoners of war performing a circus act for \"The Timbertown Follies\", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-."],"label_tesim":["British prisoners of war performing a circus act for \"The Timbertown Follies\", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-."],"description_tesim":["Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.","In a splendidly elaborate circus act, the performers are directing animal props around the stage, including actors playing a sea lion and an elephant. lllustration of the time and resources available for these productions at this internment campOne of the many revues staged by some of the 1,500 or so members of the First Royal Naval Brigade, interned as prisoners of war in the camp outside Groningen, northern Netherlands, from 1914 to 1918, which they nicknamed HMS Timbertown. As they were not involved in any conflict and were housed in reasonable comfort with time on their hands, they were able to stage some very elaborate and professional theatrical revues which became famous back in the UK. Their performances included pastiches of many of the revues and musical comedies produced in England at this time"],"mime_type_tesim":["image/jpeg"],"resource_type_tesim":["Still Image"],"rights_tesim":["Copyright undetermined"],"isPartOf_ssim":["r207tp63d"],"isMemberOf_ssim":["m900nt595"],"date_issued_tesim":["1910/1919?"],"genre_tesim":["Photographs","Prints"],"genre_ssim":["Photographs","Prints"],"alternative_tesim":["The Timbertown Follies. Interned in Holland \"Circus Kerry\""],"lcsh_subject_tesim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"lcsh_subject_ssim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"homosaurus_subject_tesim":["http://homosaurus.org/terms/circus"],"homosaurus_subject_ssim":["http://homosaurus.org/terms/circus"],"dta_subject_primary_searchable_tesim":["Circus","Female impersonators"],"dta_subject_alt_searchable_tesim":["","Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"date_start_dtsi":"1910-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1919-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_issued_search_ssim":["1910 to 1919?"],"analog_format_tesim":["1 photograph : photoprint ;"],"is_shown_at_tesim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20441113"],"is_shown_at_ssim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20441113"],"hosted_elsewhere_ssi":"1","has_thumbnail_ssi":"true","blacklight_display_ssi":"generic_file","has_file_content_ssi":"true","_version_":1859910988818546688,"timestamp":"2026-03-17T12:09:00.838Z","score":1.0},{"id":"gm80hv53b","system_create_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:08:09Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2026-03-17T12:06:49Z","date_uploaded_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:08:09Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:08:09Z","model_ssi":"GenericFile","has_model_ssim":["GenericFile"],"date_created_tesim":["2018-01-31"],"date_created_ssim":["2018-01-31"],"visibility_ssi":"public","new_model_ssi":"GenericObject","dta_altLabel_all_subject_ssim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"dta_all_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_lcsh_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"date_issued_search_tesim":["1910 to 1919?"],"date_issued_display_ssim":["1910 to 1919?"],"dta_dates_ssim":["1910","1911","1912","1913","1914","1915","1916","1917","1918","1919"],"dta_sortable_date_dtsi":"1914-01-01T00:00:00Z","ident_tesi":"gm80hv53b","identifier_ssim":["gm80hv53b"],"collection_name_ssim":["James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards"],"institution_name_ssim":["Wellcome Collection"],"primary_institution_ssi":"Wellcome Collection","depositor_ssim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"depository_tesim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"title_tesim":["British prisoners of war performing a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus, with Dover cliffs backdrop. Photographic postcard, 191-."],"title_ssim":["British prisoners of war performing a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus, with Dover cliffs backdrop. Photographic postcard, 191-."],"label_tesim":["British prisoners of war performing a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus, with Dover cliffs backdrop. Photographic postcard, 191-."],"description_tesim":["One man in drag poses in summer attire, standing arm in arm with a man dressed in black evening wear with a top hat. They are dressed for a day at the races, circa 1912. The man in drag is dressed in a hobble skirt, the height of fashion in the period immediately preceding World War I","Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag."],"mime_type_tesim":["image/jpeg"],"resource_type_tesim":["Still Image"],"rights_tesim":["Copyright undetermined"],"isPartOf_ssim":["r207tp63d"],"isMemberOf_ssim":["m900nt595"],"date_issued_tesim":["1910/1919?"],"genre_tesim":["Photographs","Prints"],"genre_ssim":["Photographs","Prints"],"alternative_tesim":["Kriegsgef. Lager Cottbus-Engl. Theater"],"lcsh_subject_tesim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"lcsh_subject_ssim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"dta_subject_primary_searchable_tesim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_subject_alt_searchable_tesim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"date_start_dtsi":"1910-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1919-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_issued_search_ssim":["1910 to 1919?"],"analog_format_tesim":["1 photograph : photoprint ;"],"is_shown_at_tesim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20432793"],"is_shown_at_ssim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20432793"],"hosted_elsewhere_ssi":"1","has_thumbnail_ssi":"true","blacklight_display_ssi":"generic_file","has_file_content_ssi":"true","_version_":1859910850703261696,"timestamp":"2026-03-17T12:06:49.121Z","score":1.0},{"id":"cj82k7548","system_create_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:09:19Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2026-03-17T12:06:51Z","date_uploaded_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:09:19Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:09:19Z","model_ssi":"GenericFile","has_model_ssim":["GenericFile"],"date_created_tesim":["2018-01-31"],"date_created_ssim":["2018-01-31"],"visibility_ssi":"public","new_model_ssi":"GenericObject","dta_altLabel_all_subject_ssim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"dta_all_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_lcsh_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"date_issued_search_tesim":["1910 to 1919?"],"date_issued_display_ssim":["1910 to 1919?"],"dta_dates_ssim":["1910","1911","1912","1913","1914","1915","1916","1917","1918","1919"],"dta_sortable_date_dtsi":"1914-01-01T00:00:00Z","ident_tesi":"cj82k7548","identifier_ssim":["cj82k7548"],"collection_name_ssim":["James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards"],"institution_name_ssim":["Wellcome Collection"],"primary_institution_ssi":"Wellcome Collection","depositor_ssim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"depository_tesim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"title_tesim":["British prisoners of war performing at a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 191-."],"title_ssim":["British prisoners of war performing at a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 191-."],"label_tesim":["British prisoners of war performing at a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 191-."],"description_tesim":["Two men in drag wearing sailor outfits, sit on the lap of a man, in front of a painted backdrop. The man dressed as a pretty cowgirl in another photograph (Wellcome Library no. 2043291i) is here dressed as a girl in a sailor suit. Together with a similarly dressed 'lady' she is seated on the lap of a comic policeman. A scene from the same production as shown in Wellcome Library no. 2043791i","Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag."],"mime_type_tesim":["image/jpeg"],"resource_type_tesim":["Still Image"],"rights_tesim":["Copyright undetermined"],"isPartOf_ssim":["r207tp63d"],"isMemberOf_ssim":["m900nt595"],"date_issued_tesim":["1910/1919?"],"genre_tesim":["Photographs","Prints"],"genre_ssim":["Photographs","Prints"],"alternative_tesim":["Kriegsgef. Lager Cottbus-Engl. Theater"],"lcsh_subject_tesim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"lcsh_subject_ssim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"dta_subject_primary_searchable_tesim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_subject_alt_searchable_tesim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"date_start_dtsi":"1910-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1919-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_issued_search_ssim":["1910 to 1919?"],"analog_format_tesim":["1 photograph : photoprint ;"],"is_shown_at_tesim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20432975"],"is_shown_at_ssim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20432975"],"hosted_elsewhere_ssi":"1","has_thumbnail_ssi":"true","blacklight_display_ssi":"generic_file","has_file_content_ssi":"true","_version_":1859910853031100416,"timestamp":"2026-03-17T12:06:51.340Z","score":1.0},{"id":"z316q183p","system_create_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:08:08Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2026-03-17T12:06:47Z","date_uploaded_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:08:08Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:08:08Z","model_ssi":"GenericFile","has_model_ssim":["GenericFile"],"date_created_tesim":["2018-01-31"],"date_created_ssim":["2018-01-31"],"visibility_ssi":"public","new_model_ssi":"GenericObject","dta_altLabel_all_subject_ssim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"dta_all_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_lcsh_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"date_issued_search_tesim":["1910 to 1919?"],"date_issued_display_ssim":["1910 to 1919?"],"dta_dates_ssim":["1910","1911","1912","1913","1914","1915","1916","1917","1918","1919"],"dta_sortable_date_dtsi":"1914-01-01T00:00:00Z","ident_tesi":"z316q183p","identifier_ssim":["z316q183p"],"collection_name_ssim":["James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards"],"institution_name_ssim":["Wellcome Collection"],"primary_institution_ssi":"Wellcome Collection","depositor_ssim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"depository_tesim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"title_tesim":["British prisoners of war posing in beach attire for a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Thiran, 191-."],"title_ssim":["British prisoners of war posing in beach attire for a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Thiran, 191-."],"label_tesim":["British prisoners of war posing in beach attire for a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Thiran, 191-."],"description_tesim":["A man in drag poses with a man in swim wear, in front of a seaside backdrop. The standing man wears a striped cotton full-length bathing suit, the seated 'lady' wears what would have been (for the time) a rather risqué two-piece bathing dress with cut-out panels, and pretty ankle-tied court-shoes with flat bows at the instep. A good example of the remarkable resources apparently available to prisoners of war at Cottbus, who from their happy expressions are not having to endure much hardship","Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag."],"mime_type_tesim":["image/jpeg"],"resource_type_tesim":["Still Image"],"rights_tesim":["Copyright undetermined"],"isPartOf_ssim":["r207tp63d"],"isMemberOf_ssim":["m900nt595"],"date_issued_tesim":["1910/1919?"],"genre_tesim":["Photographs","Prints"],"genre_ssim":["Photographs","Prints"],"alternative_tesim":["Kriegsgef. Lager Cottbus-Engl. Theater"],"lcsh_subject_tesim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"lcsh_subject_ssim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"dta_subject_primary_searchable_tesim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_subject_alt_searchable_tesim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"date_start_dtsi":"1910-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1919-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_issued_search_ssim":["1910 to 1919?"],"analog_format_tesim":["1 photograph : photoprint ;"],"is_shown_at_tesim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20432859"],"is_shown_at_ssim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20432859"],"hosted_elsewhere_ssi":"1","has_thumbnail_ssi":"true","blacklight_display_ssi":"generic_file","has_file_content_ssi":"true","_version_":1859910849497399296,"timestamp":"2026-03-17T12:06:47.971Z","score":1.0},{"id":"h989r347h","system_create_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:13:17Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2026-03-17T12:08:40Z","date_uploaded_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:13:17Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2018-01-31T18:13:17Z","model_ssi":"GenericFile","has_model_ssim":["GenericFile"],"date_created_tesim":["2018-01-31"],"date_created_ssim":["2018-01-31"],"visibility_ssi":"public","new_model_ssi":"GenericObject","dta_altLabel_all_subject_ssim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"dta_all_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_lcsh_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"date_issued_search_tesim":["1910 to 1919?"],"date_issued_display_ssim":["1910 to 1919?"],"dta_dates_ssim":["1910","1911","1912","1913","1914","1915","1916","1917","1918","1919"],"dta_sortable_date_dtsi":"1914-01-01T00:00:00Z","ident_tesi":"h989r347h","identifier_ssim":["h989r347h"],"collection_name_ssim":["James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards"],"institution_name_ssim":["Wellcome Collection"],"primary_institution_ssi":"Wellcome Collection","depositor_ssim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"depository_tesim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"title_tesim":["British prisoners of war, some in drag, posing on stage arm in arm at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 191-."],"title_ssim":["British prisoners of war, some in drag, posing on stage arm in arm at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 191-."],"label_tesim":["British prisoners of war, some in drag, posing on stage arm in arm at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 191-."],"description_tesim":["Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.","Two men in drag are dressed as sailors and one man is dressed as a policeman, as the group face the viewer. A scene at the British Theatre in Cottbus, by Paul Tharan. (not marked). A scene from the same production as shown in Wellcome Library no. 2043297i"],"mime_type_tesim":["image/jpeg"],"resource_type_tesim":["Still Image"],"rights_tesim":["Copyright undetermined"],"isPartOf_ssim":["r207tp63d"],"isMemberOf_ssim":["m900nt595"],"date_issued_tesim":["1910/1919?"],"genre_tesim":["Photographs","Prints"],"genre_ssim":["Photographs","Prints"],"lcsh_subject_tesim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"lcsh_subject_ssim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"dta_subject_primary_searchable_tesim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_subject_alt_searchable_tesim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"date_start_dtsi":"1910-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1919-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_issued_search_ssim":["1910 to 1919?"],"analog_format_tesim":["1 photograph : photoprint ;"],"is_shown_at_tesim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20437912"],"is_shown_at_ssim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20437912"],"hosted_elsewhere_ssi":"1","has_thumbnail_ssi":"true","blacklight_display_ssi":"generic_file","has_file_content_ssi":"true","_version_":1859910967783063552,"timestamp":"2026-03-17T12:08:40.777Z","score":1.0},{"id":"pc289j30b","system_create_dtsi":"2018-01-31T19:12:52Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2026-03-17T12:13:53Z","date_uploaded_dtsi":"2018-01-31T19:12:52Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2018-01-31T19:12:52Z","model_ssi":"GenericFile","has_model_ssim":["GenericFile"],"date_created_tesim":["2018-01-31"],"date_created_ssim":["2018-01-31"],"visibility_ssi":"public","new_model_ssi":"GenericObject","dta_altLabel_all_subject_ssim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"dta_all_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_lcsh_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"date_issued_search_tesim":["Jan January 1, 1918"],"date_issued_display_ssim":["Jan. 1, 1918"],"dta_dates_ssim":["1918"],"dta_sortable_date_dtsi":"1918-01-01T00:00:00Z","ident_tesi":"pc289j30b","identifier_ssim":["pc289j30b"],"collection_name_ssim":["James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards"],"institution_name_ssim":["Wellcome Collection"],"primary_institution_ssi":"Wellcome Collection","depositor_ssim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"depository_tesim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"title_tesim":["British servicemen dancing in a line, some are in drag. Photograph, ca. 1918."],"title_ssim":["British servicemen dancing in a line, some are in drag. Photograph, ca. 1918."],"label_tesim":["British servicemen dancing in a line, some are in drag. Photograph, ca. 1918."],"description_tesim":["A British concert party somewhere in the Middle East towards the end of World War I. A large group of performers, in drag and different costumes, dance a knees-up, with a fabric backdrop","Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag."],"mime_type_tesim":["image/jpeg"],"resource_type_tesim":["Still Image"],"rights_tesim":["Copyright undetermined"],"isPartOf_ssim":["r207tp63d"],"isMemberOf_ssim":["m900nt595"],"date_issued_tesim":["1918-01-01"],"genre_tesim":["Photographs","Prints"],"genre_ssim":["Photographs","Prints"],"lcsh_subject_tesim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"lcsh_subject_ssim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"dta_subject_primary_searchable_tesim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_subject_alt_searchable_tesim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"date_start_dtsi":"1918-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1918-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_issued_search_ssim":["Jan January 1, 1918"],"analog_format_tesim":["1 photograph : photoprint ;"],"is_shown_at_tesim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20430747"],"is_shown_at_ssim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20430747"],"hosted_elsewhere_ssi":"1","has_thumbnail_ssi":"true","blacklight_display_ssi":"generic_file","has_file_content_ssi":"true","_version_":1859911295283757056,"timestamp":"2026-03-17T12:13:53.106Z","score":1.0},{"id":"8c97kq715","system_create_dtsi":"2018-01-31T20:52:44Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2026-03-17T12:19:46Z","date_uploaded_dtsi":"2018-01-31T20:52:44Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2018-01-31T20:52:44Z","model_ssi":"GenericFile","has_model_ssim":["GenericFile"],"date_created_tesim":["2018-01-31"],"date_created_ssim":["2018-01-31"],"visibility_ssi":"public","new_model_ssi":"GenericObject","dta_altLabel_all_subject_ssim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"dta_all_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_lcsh_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"date_created_search_tesim":["1910s"],"date_created_display_ssim":["1910s"],"dta_dates_ssim":["1910","1911","1912","1913","1914","1915","1916","1917","1918","1919"],"dta_sortable_date_dtsi":"1914-01-01T00:00:00Z","ident_tesi":"8c97kq715","identifier_ssim":["8c97kq715"],"collection_name_ssim":["James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards"],"institution_name_ssim":["Wellcome Collection"],"primary_institution_ssi":"Wellcome Collection","depositor_ssim":["cebeal18@g.holycross.edu"],"depository_tesim":["cebeal18@g.holycross.edu"],"title_tesim":["British servicemen in drag acting out a cooking class. Photograph, 191-."],"title_ssim":["British servicemen in drag acting out a cooking class. Photograph, 191-."],"label_tesim":["British servicemen in drag acting out a cooking class. Photograph, 191-."],"description_tesim":["Men in drag behind a long table. with a large fabric backdrop. A British concert party somewhere in the Middle East towards the end of World War I. A crude stage set has been erected on bare earth. The actors are wearing mob caps and have their sleeves rolled up, representing a 'Cookery class'  (according to inscription on verso)","Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag."],"mime_type_tesim":["image/jpeg"],"resource_type_tesim":["Still Image"],"rights_tesim":["Copyright undetermined"],"language_tesim":["http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng"],"based_near_tesim":["http://www.geonames.org/6269133"],"based_near_ssim":["http://www.geonames.org/6269133"],"isPartOf_ssim":["r207tp63d"],"isMemberOf_ssim":["m900nt595"],"genre_tesim":["Photographs","Prints"],"genre_ssim":["Photographs","Prints"],"flagged_tesim":["No explicit content"],"lcsh_subject_tesim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"lcsh_subject_ssim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"dta_subject_primary_searchable_tesim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_subject_alt_searchable_tesim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"date_start_dtsi":"1910-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1919-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_created_search_ssim":["1910s"],"analog_format_tesim":["1 photograph : photoprint ;"],"is_shown_at_tesim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20430681"],"is_shown_at_ssim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20430681"],"hosted_elsewhere_ssi":"1","language_label_ssim":["English"],"subject_geojson_facet_ssim":["{\"type\":\"Feature\",\"geometry\":{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[\"35.85869\",\"33.13906\"]},\"properties\":{\"placename\":\"Middle East\"}}"],"subject_coordinates_geospatial":["33.13906,35.85869"],"subject_geographic_hier_ssim":["Middle East"],"subject_geographic_ssim":["Middle East"],"subject_geographic_tesim":["Middle East"],"has_thumbnail_ssi":"true","blacklight_display_ssi":"generic_file","has_file_content_ssi":"true","_version_":1859911666084347904,"timestamp":"2026-03-17T12:19:46.729Z","score":1.0},{"id":"dv13zt48m","system_create_dtsi":"2018-01-31T19:11:00Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2026-03-17T12:13:47Z","date_uploaded_dtsi":"2018-01-31T19:11:00Z","date_modified_dtsi":"2018-01-31T19:11:00Z","model_ssi":"GenericFile","has_model_ssim":["GenericFile"],"date_created_tesim":["2018-01-31"],"date_created_ssim":["2018-01-31"],"visibility_ssi":"public","new_model_ssi":"GenericObject","dta_altLabel_all_subject_ssim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"dta_all_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_lcsh_subject_ssim":["Female impersonators"],"date_issued_search_tesim":["Jan January 1, 1918"],"date_issued_display_ssim":["Jan. 1, 1918"],"dta_dates_ssim":["1918"],"dta_sortable_date_dtsi":"1918-01-01T00:00:00Z","ident_tesi":"dv13zt48m","identifier_ssim":["dv13zt48m"],"collection_name_ssim":["James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards"],"institution_name_ssim":["Wellcome Collection"],"primary_institution_ssi":"Wellcome Collection","depositor_ssim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"depository_tesim":["ntantum@holycross.edu"],"title_tesim":["British servicemen in drag playing characters in a play. Photograph, ca. 1918."],"title_ssim":["British servicemen in drag playing characters in a play. Photograph, ca. 1918."],"label_tesim":["British servicemen in drag playing characters in a play. Photograph, ca. 1918."],"description_tesim":["Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.","Men in drag playing the Pasha and his wives. A British concert party somewhere in the Middle East towards the end of World War I. A crude stage set has been erected on bare earth, with a central folding screen placed centrally, within which are enthroned one man in drag and another wearing an Ottoman costume: one may assume they represent the Turkish leader Sultan Mehmed V Reshad and his fifth wife. Six further 'wives' are seated on the ground, and are attended by a belly dancer and servant holding a fan. Represents 'The giddy Pasha and his wives. Also Martha' (according to inscription on verso of print catalogued)"],"mime_type_tesim":["image/jpeg"],"resource_type_tesim":["Still Image"],"rights_tesim":["Copyright undetermined"],"isPartOf_ssim":["r207tp63d"],"isMemberOf_ssim":["m900nt595"],"date_issued_tesim":["1918-01-01"],"genre_tesim":["Photographs","Prints"],"genre_ssim":["Photographs","Prints"],"lcsh_subject_tesim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"lcsh_subject_ssim":["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064634"],"dta_subject_primary_searchable_tesim":["Female impersonators"],"dta_subject_alt_searchable_tesim":["Cross-dressers","Crossdressers","Drag queens","Impersonators of women","Impersonators, Female","Queens, Drag"],"date_start_dtsi":"1918-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1918-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_issued_search_ssim":["Jan January 1, 1918"],"analog_format_tesim":["1 photograph : photoprint ;"],"is_shown_at_tesim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b2043067x"],"is_shown_at_ssim":["https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b2043067x"],"hosted_elsewhere_ssi":"1","has_thumbnail_ssi":"true","blacklight_display_ssi":"generic_file","has_file_content_ssi":"true","_version_":1859911289598377984,"timestamp":"2026-03-17T12:13:47.684Z","score":1.0}],"facets":[{"name":"dtalimits","items":[{"value":"ex_fa","hits":489,"label":"Exclude Finding Aids"}],"label":"Limit"},{"name":"creator_ssim","items":[{"value":"Krug, Florian","hits":1,"label":"Krug, Florian"},{"value":"Moreau, Jean Michel","hits":1,"label":"Moreau, Jean Michel"},{"value":"Parsons, James","hits":1,"label":"Parsons, James"}],"label":"Creator"},{"name":"dta_all_subject_ssim","items":[{"value":"Female impersonators","hits":485,"label":"Female impersonators"},{"value":"World War, 1914-1918","hits":12,"label":"World War, 1914-1918"},{"value":"Prisoners of war","hits":9,"label":"Prisoners of war"},{"value":"Intersex","hits":3,"label":"Intersex"},{"value":"Medicalization","hits":3,"label":"Medicalization"},{"value":"BIPOC","hits":2,"label":"BIPOC"},{"value":"Black LGBTQ+ people","hits":2,"label":"Black LGBTQ+ people"}],"label":"Topic"},{"name":"dta_other_subject_ssim","items":[{"value":"Charles Gregory","hits":2,"label":"Charles Gregory"},{"value":"Jack Brown","hits":2,"label":"Jack Brown"},{"value":"Androgyni","hits":1,"label":"Androgyni"},{"value":"German Hospital","hits":1,"label":"German Hospital"},{"value":"Hans Sloane","hits":1,"label":"Hans Sloane"},{"value":"Mrs. Shufflewick","hits":1,"label":"Mrs. Shufflewick"},{"value":"Rex Jameson","hits":1,"label":"Rex Jameson"}],"label":"Subject"},{"name":"dta_dates_yearly_itim","items":[{"value":"1918","hits":208,"label":"1918"},{"value":"1916","hits":190,"label":"1916"},{"value":"1910","hits":186,"label":"1910"},{"value":"1917","hits":183,"label":"1917"},{"value":"1915","hits":182,"label":"1915"},{"value":"1914","hits":181,"label":"1914"},{"value":"1919","hits":177,"label":"1919"},{"value":"1911","hits":171,"label":"1911"},{"value":"1912","hits":169,"label":"1912"},{"value":"1913","hits":169,"label":"1913"},{"value":"1925","hits":63,"label":"1925"},{"value":"1920","hits":62,"label":"1920"},{"value":"1921","hits":58,"label":"1921"},{"value":"1924","hits":57,"label":"1924"},{"value":"1927","hits":57,"label":"1927"},{"value":"1928","hits":57,"label":"1928"},{"value":"1926","hits":56,"label":"1926"},{"value":"1929","hits":56,"label":"1929"},{"value":"1922","hits":55,"label":"1922"},{"value":"1923","hits":55,"label":"1923"},{"value":"1907","hits":37,"label":"1907"},{"value":"1905","hits":32,"label":"1905"},{"value":"1906","hits":31,"label":"1906"},{"value":"1908","hits":31,"label":"1908"},{"value":"1909","hits":31,"label":"1909"},{"value":"1891","hits":29,"label":"1891"},{"value":"1903","hits":29,"label":"1903"},{"value":"1890","hits":28,"label":"1890"},{"value":"1892","hits":28,"label":"1892"},{"value":"1893","hits":28,"label":"1893"},{"value":"1894","hits":28,"label":"1894"},{"value":"1895","hits":28,"label":"1895"},{"value":"1896","hits":28,"label":"1896"},{"value":"1897","hits":28,"label":"1897"},{"value":"1898","hits":28,"label":"1898"},{"value":"1899","hits":28,"label":"1899"},{"value":"1901","hits":27,"label":"1901"},{"value":"1946","hits":27,"label":"1946"},{"value":"1904","hits":26,"label":"1904"},{"value":"1900","hits":25,"label":"1900"},{"value":"1902","hits":25,"label":"1902"},{"value":"1945","hits":25,"label":"1945"},{"value":"1947","hits":25,"label":"1947"},{"value":"1948","hits":24,"label":"1948"},{"value":"1949","hits":24,"label":"1949"},{"value":"1940","hits":23,"label":"1940"},{"value":"1942","hits":23,"label":"1942"},{"value":"1941","hits":22,"label":"1941"},{"value":"1943","hits":22,"label":"1943"},{"value":"1944","hits":22,"label":"1944"},{"value":"1950","hits":17,"label":"1950"},{"value":"1930","hits":15,"label":"1930"},{"value":"1933","hits":15,"label":"1933"},{"value":"1934","hits":15,"label":"1934"},{"value":"1937","hits":15,"label":"1937"},{"value":"1952","hits":15,"label":"1952"},{"value":"1955","hits":15,"label":"1955"},{"value":"1938","hits":14,"label":"1938"},{"value":"1951","hits":14,"label":"1951"},{"value":"1953","hits":14,"label":"1953"},{"value":"1954","hits":14,"label":"1954"},{"value":"1956","hits":14,"label":"1956"},{"value":"1957","hits":14,"label":"1957"},{"value":"1958","hits":14,"label":"1958"},{"value":"1959","hits":14,"label":"1959"},{"value":"1936","hits":13,"label":"1936"},{"value":"1960","hits":13,"label":"1960"},{"value":"1961","hits":13,"label":"1961"},{"value":"1962","hits":13,"label":"1962"},{"value":"1963","hits":13,"label":"1963"},{"value":"1964","hits":13,"label":"1964"},{"value":"1965","hits":13,"label":"1965"},{"value":"1966","hits":13,"label":"1966"},{"value":"1967","hits":13,"label":"1967"},{"value":"1968","hits":13,"label":"1968"},{"value":"1969","hits":13,"label":"1969"},{"value":"1931","hits":12,"label":"1931"},{"value":"1932","hits":12,"label":"1932"},{"value":"1935","hits":12,"label":"1935"},{"value":"1939","hits":12,"label":"1939"},{"value":"1970","hits":10,"label":"1970"},{"value":"1971","hits":10,"label":"1971"},{"value":"1972","hits":10,"label":"1972"},{"value":"1973","hits":10,"label":"1973"},{"value":"1974","hits":10,"label":"1974"},{"value":"1975","hits":10,"label":"1975"},{"value":"1976","hits":10,"label":"1976"},{"value":"1977","hits":10,"label":"1977"},{"value":"1978","hits":10,"label":"1978"},{"value":"1979","hits":10,"label":"1979"},{"value":"1980","hits":9,"label":"1980"},{"value":"1981","hits":9,"label":"1981"},{"value":"1982","hits":9,"label":"1982"},{"value":"1983","hits":9,"label":"1983"},{"value":"1984","hits":9,"label":"1984"},{"value":"1985","hits":9,"label":"1985"},{"value":"1986","hits":9,"label":"1986"},{"value":"1987","hits":9,"label":"1987"},{"value":"1988","hits":9,"label":"1988"},{"value":"1989","hits":8,"label":"1989"}],"label":"Date"},{"name":"genre_ssim","items":[{"value":"Photographs","hits":485,"label":"Photographs"},{"value":"Prints","hits":484,"label":"Prints"},{"value":"Articles","hits":2,"label":"Articles"},{"value":"Art","hits":1,"label":"Art"},{"value":"Books","hits":1,"label":"Books"}],"label":"Genre"},{"name":"subject_geographic_ssim","items":[{"value":"France","hits":2,"label":"France"},{"value":"Middle East","hits":1,"label":"Middle East"},{"value":"New York","hits":1,"label":"New York"},{"value":"Paris","hits":1,"label":"Paris"},{"value":"United States","hits":1,"label":"United States"},{"value":"Île-de-France","hits":1,"label":"Île-de-France"}],"label":"Location"},{"name":"language_label_ssim","items":[{"value":"English","hits":14,"label":"English"},{"value":"French","hits":1,"label":"French"}],"label":"Language"},{"name":"collection_name_ssim","items":[{"value":"James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards","hits":485,"label":"James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards"},{"value":"Academic Papers and Publications","hits":2,"label":"Academic Papers and Publications"},{"value":"Art Works","hits":1,"label":"Art Works"},{"value":"Rare Books","hits":1,"label":"Rare Books"}],"label":"Collection"},{"name":"institution_name_ssim","items":[{"value":"Wellcome Collection","hits":489,"label":"Wellcome Collection"}],"label":"Institution"},{"name":"subject_geojson_facet_ssim","items":[{"value":"{\"type\":\"Feature\",\"geometry\":{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[\"-74.00597\",\"40.71427\"]},\"properties\":{\"placename\":\"New York\"}}","hits":1,"label":"{\"type\":\"Feature\",\"geometry\":{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[\"-74.00597\",\"40.71427\"]},\"properties\":{\"placename\":\"New York\"}}"},{"value":"{\"type\":\"Feature\",\"geometry\":{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[\"2\",\"46\"]},\"properties\":{\"placename\":\"France\"}}","hits":1,"label":"{\"type\":\"Feature\",\"geometry\":{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[\"2\",\"46\"]},\"properties\":{\"placename\":\"France\"}}"},{"value":"{\"type\":\"Feature\",\"geometry\":{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[\"2.3488\",\"48.85341\"]},\"properties\":{\"placename\":\"Paris\"}}","hits":1,"label":"{\"type\":\"Feature\",\"geometry\":{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[\"2.3488\",\"48.85341\"]},\"properties\":{\"placename\":\"Paris\"}}"},{"value":"{\"type\":\"Feature\",\"geometry\":{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[\"35.85869\",\"33.13906\"]},\"properties\":{\"placename\":\"Middle East\"}}","hits":1,"label":"{\"type\":\"Feature\",\"geometry\":{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[\"35.85869\",\"33.13906\"]},\"properties\":{\"placename\":\"Middle East\"}}"}],"label":"Coordinates"},{"name":"publisher_ssim","items":[{"value":"J. Walthoe","hits":1,"label":"J. Walthoe"},{"value":"William Wood \u0026 Company","hits":1,"label":"William Wood \u0026 Company"}],"label":"Publisher"}],"pages":{"current_page":13,"next_page":14,"prev_page":12,"total_pages":33,"limit_value":15,"offset_value":180,"total_count":489,"first_page?":false,"last_page?":false}}}