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  1. 1er Avril

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: A & Cie
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Series of 2 April Fool’s Day (“poisson d’avril”) postcards. Two women dressed in 18th-century aristocratic garb, one as a man, one as woman: In this card (tinted), each is holding a colossal fish (...
  2. 1er Avril

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: A & Cie
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Series of 2 April Fool’s Day (“poisson d’avril”) postcards. Two women dressed in 18th-century aristocratic garb, one as a man, one as woman: In one card (untinted), both hold a basket filled with f...
  3. [A gendarme, a magistrate and others] or women in costume

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Postcard showing six women posing in front of the entry to a brick building. Three are dressed in the simple outfits of working women, including one wearing a long white apron; the other three are ...
  4. Amourette Louis XV

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1905
    Topics:  
    Description: Same image in card 149. Same series depicted in cards 67-68, and 146-150.
  5. Amoureux Viennois

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Royer
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: One postcard (no. 3) from a series of unknown length representing a woman dressed as a male officer in a braided uniform adapted for added raciness (tailored for maximum form fitting, sleeves remov...
  6. Aristocrat and a country girl

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Kunzli Freres Editeurs, Stebbing
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Captioned: L’Invitation and La Déclaration. Same series depicted in cards 112-117.
  7. Aristocrat and a country girl

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Kunzli Freres Editeurs, Stebbing
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Captioned: L’Invitation and La Déclaration. Same series depicted in cards 112-117.
  8. Arrive a Chinon

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: ELD, Walery
    Date: circa 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Lucien Renault; signed “Ta soeurette [illegible]”. Historical scene showing Joan of Arc telling the dauphin of France that he will be crowned king at Reims. As is convent...
  9. Bergere et Berger

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: MJS
    Date: 1904 to 1906
    Topics: Female impersonators, Male impersonators
    Description: Series of 2 comic postcards of a shepherdess and a shepherd. Both emphasize supposedly outlandish folkloric highlander clothing. One shows a woman dressed as a shepherd; a doggerel verse printed in...
  10. Bergere et Berger

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: MJS
    Date: 1904 to 1906
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Series of 2 comic postcards of a shepherdess and a shepherd. Both emphasize supposedly outlandish folkloric highlander clothing. One shows a woman dressed as a shepherd; a doggerel verse printed in...
  11. Ce petit coin tranquille

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1905
    Topics:  
    Description: Same characters and setting as portrayed in card 314.
  12. Colin et Jeannette

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
  13. Colin et Jeannette

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
  14. [Couple in fancy dress]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Postcard of a middle-aged woman dressed as an 18th-century male aristocrat and a younger woman dressed in an 18th-century-style summer gown. The two women are standing side by side, holding hands i...
  15. de Brives (Varietes)

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Cautin et Berger, De Brives, Gabrielle
    Date: 1905
    Topics:  
    Subject: Gabrielle De Brives
    Description: Studio shot of Gabrielle De Brives dressed in 19th-century schoolboy garb for the revue Paris aux Variétés. De Brives (also spelled Debrives) was an actress and singer who appeared frequently at ...