Digital Transgender Archive

[Cricket on the Hearth]

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Seven performers with both male and female cross-dressing standing on a lawn in front of a painted backdrop representing a bower. Based on the indication of the roles noted on the verso, the actors are appearing in a play based on the Charles Dickens novella The Cricket on the Hearth. Divided verso. On verso: Logo of a bridled horse head framed in a horse­shoe. Pale blue rubber-stamp impression on verso giving name and city of publisher.

Item Information:

Identifier
5t34sj89c
Collection
Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
Institution
Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
Creator(s)
Ed. Lasseron
Date Created
circa 1910
Genre
Ephemera
Places
Île-de-France > Seine-et-Marne > Melun
Topic(s)
Male impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
8.8 x 13.8 (centimeters)
Language
French
Rights
No known copyright
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