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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-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: 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 ... -
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-.
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. -
British servicemen in drag acting out a cooking class. Photograph, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910s Topics: Female impersonators Description: 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.... -
British servicemen performing a sketch on the power of the press. 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. A group of fifteen men in various costumes in a tableau entitled 'The power of the press'. Several wear smock-dr... -
British servicemen performing a sketch. 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). The majority of... -
British Sexological Society: An Inventory of Its Records at the Harry Ransom Center
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin Creator: Workman, Richard, Sibley, Joan, Bordy, Stephanie Date: circa 1913 to circa 1945 Topics: Account books, Correspondence, Homosexuality, Letters, Notebooks, Personal papers Subject: British Sexological Society, Edward Carpenter, Edward Westermarck, Georg Groddeck, George Ives, Havelock Ellis, Laurence Housman, Magnus Hirschfeld, Stella Browne -
British soldiers in a concert party, one in drag, pose as "The Whizz Bangs". 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 seated in the centre, surrounded by men dressed as pierrots; the group sit outside on wooden boxes. Men of the 46th (North Midlands) Division performing as Pierrots with their co... -
British soldiers in France, one in drag, pose for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A private from the Royal Army Medical Corps poses with a group of performers behind the lines in France, World War I. The actors sit and stand, dressed as a variety of characters, on a street paved... -
British soldiers, two in drag, pose for a group portrait, in front of a detailed backdrop. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The men in drag are being embraced by uniformed men, whilst other men in British army uniforms pose in the background. A divisional concert party in France, World War I. Men from all the units depl... -
C. Rittfar, a man in drag, wearing an elaborate hat and dress. Process print, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: He is holding flowers next to a very tall, narrow stool; his portrait has been printed on a white background. Convincing supposedly amateur female impersonation: the subject wears high-quality, hig... -
Characters on the set of a play. Photographic postcard. 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators, World War, 1914-1918 Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag. -
Charlie Bray in character as a Dutch girl. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Child actors, Clog dancing, Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
China Has High-Salaried Female Impersonator
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: May 6, 1917 Topics: Actors, Female impersonators, Footbinding, Theatre Subject: Cha Pih Yung -
Club Chesterfield Presents: Mr. Roby Landers
Collection: Ephemera Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: 1900s Topics: Clubs, Drag, Events, Female impersonators Subject: Club Chesterfielf, Roby Landers -
Con Oram laces A.P. Holland (in drag) into a boned corset in a show for the Bow bells concert party. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Corsets, Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.
