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Female impersonators

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Images

  • Harold Chapman in drag poses with Mark Leslie dressed as a Golliwog, in an act for the Bow Bells. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • George Coutts in drag. Photographic postcard, 194-.
  • British airforce servicemen performing a sketch, striking an animated pose. Photograph, 1918.
  • British servicemen in drag acting out a cooking class. Photograph, 191-.
  • Albert Letine in drag. Postcard, ca. 1907.
  • Two boys in single beds applying make-up and perfume to themselves. Colour process print after Rob-Vel, 193-.
  • French or Belgian prisoners of war, some in drag, posing on stage during a crowded scene of "La dame aux camélias"; at Sennelager prisoner of war camp in Germany. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Two sailors, one in drag, pose on deck holding props. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album
  • Three soldiers, two in drag, pose in costume. Photographic postcard, ca. 1920.
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Works

  • view An man in drag as "Gertie" wearing a checked coat. Photographic postcard, 1916.
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    An man in drag as "Gertie" wearing a checked coat. Photographic postcard, 1916.

    | Date: [1916?] | Reference: 2043328i
    Part of: James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.
  • view Soldiers, one in drag, performing in the concert party for Mesopotamia, posing around a piano. Photographic postcard by Hana Studios, 191-.
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    Soldiers, one in drag, performing in the concert party for Mesopotamia, posing around a piano. Photographic postcard by Hana Studios, 191-.

    | Date: [between 1910 and 1919?] | Reference: 2043781i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
  • view A man in drag, wearing a large hat and veil, posing in a garden.
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    A man in drag, wearing a large hat and veil, posing in a garden.

    | Date: [between 1910 and 1919?] | Reference: 2044782i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
  • view Harry Smallwood and another man stand in a field, one in drag and the other wearing Turkish inspired costume. Photographic postcard, 1925-.
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    Harry Smallwood and another man stand in a field, one in drag and the other wearing Turkish inspired costume. Photographic postcard, 1925-.

    | Date: 1925 | Reference: 2043342i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
  • view Actors in pantomime in Brighton: S. West playing King Robert of Remlaf and H. Taylor in drag as Queen Aggie of Remlaf. Photographic postcard.
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    Actors in pantomime in Brighton: S. West playing King Robert of Remlaf and H. Taylor in drag as Queen Aggie of Remlaf. Photographic postcard.

    | Date: [between 1900 and 1999] | Reference: 2064360i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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