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Louis Vernassier, in drag, in nine inset portraits.

Tiki Carpenter in drag as "The dancing Australian". Photographic postcard, ca. 1927.

R. Bertin in character as Mademoiselle Foscolo. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.

Bert Errol, in character, wearing an elaborate white dress. Process print, 1925.

Malcolm Scott in character as a "Gibson Girl". Photographic postcard, 191-.

Bert Errol, in character, wearing a shiny black dress. Process print, 1922.

R. Bertin in character. Coloured process print, ca. 1903.

Robert Bertin in drag as Clotilde Alégria, posing with a gun. Process print, 191-.

James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled Drag. 

James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

1 print : process print ; sheet 13.3 x 8.3 cm

Thomasset, an actor in drag, poses wearing a large hat. Photographic postcard, 190-.

<p>Louis Vincent in an unidentified pantomime role, wearing a hybrid costume of part dame and part principal boy.</p>

Louis Vincent in drag holding a drinking glass. Process print, ca. 1905-1910.

<p>He is in drag wearing a ballerina costume; posing on stage mid-dance. Arthur Sydney 'Tiki' Carpenter had been a member of the ANZAC forces in World War I and performed with a concert party called The Green Diamonds. After the armistice he joined the 'Smart Set Diggers' (an ex-forces drag troupe similar to the Splinters in the UK), which toured Australia. Tiki appears on the catalogued item in his ballet drag, dance being his speciality. He also toured the UK as a solo act: this publicity photograph from the late 1920s is printed in Leeds, and Tiki is billed as 'The Dancing Australian'</p>

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Drag performance

Images

Catalogue

Bert Errol, in character, wearing an elaborate white dress. Process print, 1925.

R. Bertin in character as Mademoiselle Foscolo. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.

Thomasset, an actor in drag, poses wearing a large hat. Photographic postcard, 190-.

Louis Vincent in drag holding a drinking glass. Process print, ca. 1905-1910.

Tiki Carpenter in drag as "The dancing Australian". Photographic postcard, ca. 1927.

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Drag performance

Images

Catalogue

Bert Errol, in character, wearing an elaborate white dress. Process print, 1925.

R. Bertin in character as Mademoiselle Foscolo. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.

Thomasset, an actor in drag, poses wearing a large hat. Photographic postcard, 190-.

Louis Vincent in drag holding a drinking glass. Process print, ca. 1905-1910.

Tiki Carpenter in drag as "The dancing Australian". Photographic postcard, ca. 1927.

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