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[A gendarme, a magistrate and others] or women in costume

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Postcard showing six women posing in front of the entry to a brick building. Three are dressed in the simple outfits of working women, including one wearing a long white apron; the other three are cross-dressed as men: a gendarme in uniform; a judge in robe, collar and chapeau; and one in a frock coat and fedora.

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Identifier
td96k284s
Collection
Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
Institution
Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
Date Created
circa 1905
Genre
Ephemera
Places
France
Topic(s)
Male impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
9 x 14 (centimeters)
Language
French
Rights
No known copyright
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