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A man in drag holding a baby. Photographic postcard by Photo Jos. Dumont.

Liége Baraque. Mi. [?] Halleux. Photo Jos. Dumont, 34 rue de la Liberté, Liége.

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

A performer at the Liége Baraque theatre: the Pantomime Dame, European style. This Belgian performer (Mr. Halleux) could easily be the wicked stepmother, or any number of stock characters in a British pantomime, although he would be more heavily made up

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Item Information:

Identifier
6969z1010
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
1900 to 1909?
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 print : photoprint ;
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