Digital Transgender Archive

Jack Brown, Dressed in Drag, Holds a Dance Pose with Partner Charles Gregory

In the first image, Jack Brown and Charles Gregory stand facing away from each other, each with one hand reaching toward the camera, smiling. In the second, details within the photo have been colorized in red, green, and yellow. “Paris 21 February” is handwritten across the top. Brown and Gregory performed the Cake-Walk, a very popular dance, as part of “Les Joyeux Nègres" at the Nouveau Cirque in Paris from 1902-1903.

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Identifier
hx11xf60d
Collection
Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
Institution
Digital Transgender Archive
Date Created
1902 to 1903
Dates Covered
1902 to 1903
Genre
Photographs
Subject(s)
Charles Gregory
Jack Brown
Places
Île-de-France > Paris
Topic(s)
BIPOC
Black LGBTQ+ people
Cakewalk (Dance)
Female impersonators
LGBTQ+ people of color
Resource Type
Still Image
Language
French
Rights
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