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