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Two amateur actors in drag, wearing elaborate costume. Photographic postcard, 191-.

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Two young men wearing very elaborate, but distinctly amateur drag, in pre-World War I fashions. The man on the left wears a hat with very long feathers, which arch over the man on the right, who is wearing a stripey dress and holds a parasol. Unidentified circumstances, but they are amateurs

Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

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Identifier
00000037n
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
1910 to 1919?
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photograph : photoprint ;
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