Digital Transgender Archive
Guide to the German Transvestite Postcards, 1903-1920
Sixty two late-Wilhelmine male transvestite postcards portraying twenty nine individuals in their Damen-Imitator personas, including three images of "Gauze, Canadian Indian Soprano." Sixteen are signed or inscribed by the subjects, with references to gay cabarets in Berlin, Cologne, Kiel, and throughout the country. Five are addressed to Paul Shafer and one to Asta, female impersonators of the period, who are also pictured on some of the cards.
- Identifier
- 3n203z105
- Collection
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Discovery Resources
- Institution
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Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
- Creator(s)
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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Date Created
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2003
- Dates Covered
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1903 to 1920
- Genre
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Finding Aids
- Subject(s)
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Paul Shafer
- Places
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Germany
- Topic(s)
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Music-halls
Sex in popular culture
Transvestism
Transvestites
- Resource Type
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Text
- Language
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English
- Related URL
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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM07636.html
- Rights
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Copyright undetermined
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