Seven men on stage set of "The seven acorns". Photographic postcard, 1918-1920.

Date:
[between 1918 and 1920?]
Reference:
2042948i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Seven men on stage set of "The seven acorns". Photographic postcard, 1918-1920. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Six men in evening dress and a man seated on a prop in drag on the battleship HMS Royal Oak; the ship was later sunk after being torpedoed in Scapa Flow in October 1939, with 833 men lost.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1918 and 1920?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard : silver gelatin print ; 8.7 x 13.9 cm

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Lettering

"The seven acorns"

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: Shows on concert party on the ill-fated battleship HMS Royal Oak, circa 1918-20. The 'drag' performer is in a badly improvised costume and wig, the formally attired male chorus all smoking cheroots.
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2042948i

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  • Military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag

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