An actor, in drag, called "Aunt Sammy", in an inset portrait. Photographic postcard, ca. 1905.

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<p>The postcard shows a person in drag wearing a Victorian black bonnet and cape in a circular-cropped portrait. 'Aunt' Sammy is a reference to 'Charley's Aunt', the eponymous heroine of a popular farce of this period by Brandon Thomas.</p>

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A person in drag called "Aunt Sammy" in an inset portrait.

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