[Shepard and shepardess]

Inscription: "All the cards are addressed to Angèle Lobet in Reims; most are signed by Blanche or “Bl. Lobet,” but one with a brief message in a shaky hand with a spelling correction is signed Pierre Daigremeont." Complete series of 6 postcards showing a young woman dressed as an 18th-century shepherd having a lover’s spat with a young woman dressed as a shepherdess. The scene takes place on a fake lawn in front of a studio backdrop of low hills and a lake. Each postcard has one line of a six-line verse offering the dialogue of the lovers. Divided verso. Stamp and postmark on recto; postmark on verso. Minor damp stain to outside upper corner of two cards.

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Identifier: 2f75r828h
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
Date Created: 1906
Genre: Ephemera
Places: France
Topic(s): Male impersonators
Resource Type: Still Image
Analog Format: 14 x 9.2 (centimeters)
Language: French
Rights: No known copyright
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