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Three actors, one in drag, pose lighting cigarettes.

  • Gardiner, James
Date
1910
Reference
2044502i
Part of
James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
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Previous title, replaced April 2022: Three actors (George, Joey and Jock Preston), one in drag, pose lighting cigarettes. Photographic postcard, 1910.

Description

The man in drag is dressed as an old woman and is holding a lighter for two men who lean in with cigarettes in their mouths. An unidentified music-hall trio, possibly three brothers named George, Joey and Joel Preston.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1910.

Physical description

1 photographic postcard; 8.6 x 13.8 cm

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Lettering note

Yours with love, George, Joey and Jock Preston (written in black ink, bottom right recto)

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer for identification purposes.

Reference

Wellcome Library no. 2044502i

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  • English

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  • The James Gardiner Collection

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  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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