A soldier who ecaped from the Turks dressed as a woman; advertising the military magazine "The Wide World". Photographic postcard, ca. 1918.

The Wide World. The magazine for men. How I escaped the Turks dressed as a woman. Put a "Wide World" in the next parcel to your soldier. Robbie De Lys

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Postcard reproduction of a cover of 'Wide World Magazine' (published London 1898-1965) showing a soldier in drag, with him in military uniform inset, with text alluding to how the soldier "escaped from the Turks". The unidentified man who "escaped from the Turks dressed as a woman" is wearing rather bizarre drag: he is named as Bobbie or Robbie De Lys, possibly a reference to the renowned music-hall performer Gaby Deslys

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

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Identifier: ht24wj69n
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution: Wellcome Library
Date Issued: Jan. 1, 1918
Genre: Photographs
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Topic(s): Female impersonators
Resource Type: Still Image
Analog Format: 1 photograph : photoprint ;
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