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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
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
Item Actions
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- https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20605213
- Citation
- Cite
- Identifier
- 2v23vt65h
- Collection
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James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
- Institution
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Wellcome Library
- Date Issued
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Jan. 1, 1915
- Genre
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Photographs
Prints
- Topic(s)
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Chewing gum
Female impersonators
Gossip
- Resource Type
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Still Image
- Analog Format
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1 print : process print, printed in colours ;
- Rights
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Copyright undetermined
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