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Two actors in drag, performing in character; wearing matching costume. Photograph, 191-.

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Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

The two men are wearing ruffs and diamond-patterned dresses, with black skirts. Character drag at a World War I military costume party 'somewhere in France'. Two drag Pierrettes embody a classic 'sisters' act, the bold one and the shy one (James Gardiner)

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Identifier
3x816m914
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
1914 to 1918?
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photograph : photoprint ;
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