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"The Hassans" in character, performing on stage. Photographic print, 192-.

The Hassans. ... Feb. 19 / 27

Download the full-sized image of "The Hassans" in character, performing on stage. Photographic print, 192-.

Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

Performers on the music-hall stage had to have a gimmick to get noticed. The Hassans, pictured on this postcard of ca. 1927, certainly have gone all out in the costume department . A 'slave' in clown make-up, fringed skirt and towering straw hat fans a 'Salome' style dancer of indeterminate gender wearing so much in the way of costume and accessories that it cannot have been easy to perform (James Gardiner)

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Identifier
xw42n818s
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
1920 to 1929?
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photograph : photoprint ;
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