Digital Transgender Archive
Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
He wears a distinctive dress with circular-shaped coil making layers down his legs; he also has a feathered head garment. The item catalogued bears an autograph message from Sulmary Bessle dated 1921, but the photograph is considerably earlier, the dress of the tiered and 'hobble-skirted' style of circa 1910 made popular by the French designer Paul Poiret
Item Actions
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- https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20448971
- Citation
- Cite
- Identifier
- 5h73pw358
- 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, 1910
- Genre
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Photographs
Prints
- Topic(s)
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Female impersonators
- Resource Type
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Still Image
- Analog Format
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1 print : process print ;
- Rights
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Copyright undetermined
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