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British prisoners of war performing a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus, with Dover cliffs backdrop. Photographic postcard, 191-.
- Tharan, Paul.
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1919?]
- Reference
- 2043279i
- Part of
- James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.
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Description
One man in drag poses in summer attire, standing arm in arm with a man dressed in black evening wear with a top hat. They are dressed for a day at the races, circa 1912. The man in drag is dressed in a hobble skirt, the height of fashion in the period immediately preceding World War I
Publication/Creation
Cottbus : Paul Tharan. Lager-Photograph, [between 1910 and 1919?]
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 8.7 x 13.5 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Kriegsgef. Lager Cottbus-Engl. Theater
Creator/production credits
Professionally posed and photographed by Paul Tharan
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 2043279i
Type/Technique
Languages
- German
Where to find it
The James Gardiner Collection
Location Access Closed storesNote
Military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag
Location Status Access Closed storesNote