Digital Transgender Archive

Soldiers, one in drag, performing in the concert party "The Goods". Photographic postcard, 1918.

"The Goods"

Download the full-sized image of Soldiers, one in drag, performing in the concert party "The Goods". Photographic postcard, 1918.

The man in drag in standing to the side of the stage with several other characters sitting in a line. Inscription on verso of print catalogued identifies the company as attached to the 58th (London) Division in France. The concert party attached to this Division was particularly well organized and supplied, with semi-professional performers such as the famous Alouette (see Wellcome Library no. 2060626i)

Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

Item Actions

View At
https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20441666
Citation
Cite

Item Information:

Identifier
dv13zt49w
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
Jan. 1, 1918
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photograph : photoprint ;
Rights
Copyright undetermined
For more information on copyright, please read our policies