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La merine a nastasie

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Inscription: "Addressed to Monsieur Rochabrun and Maxime Belliard; one is signed E.G. and the other A.D. Series of two postcards representing scenes and characters from La Mérine à Nastasie (1902), a play by Yann Saint- Acer, written in the Saintongeais dialect of the west coast of France. The female characters—homely women in folk garb including exaggerated headgear—are played by young men. One card has a postage stamp and postmark on the recto.

Item Information:

Identifier
wd375w54j
Collection
Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
Institution
Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
Creator(s)
CCC&C
Date Created
1906
Genre
Ephemera
Places
France
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
9.1 x 14.1 (centimeters)
Language
French
Rights
No known copyright
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