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Two men in drag in a garden: one is handing the other sticks of chewing gum as an alternative to gossip. Colour process print, 1915.

Don't talk about your neighbours; if your tongue needs exercise chew gum

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Part of James Gardiner Collection: Romantic fantasy and comic postcards, and photographs on gender and masculinity.

Bamforth & Company specialed in publishing this type of photo-montage, featuring 'pantomime dame'-type characters in drag, and misogynistic captions

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Identifier
2v23vt65h
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
Jan. 1, 1915
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Chewing gum
Female impersonators
Gossip
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 print : process print, printed in colours ;
Rights
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