Prisoners of war, some in drag, posing on stage during a crowded scene of "Noblesse oblige"; at Sennelager prisoner of war camp in Germany. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2043802i
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The James Gardiner Collection.
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Prisoners of war, some in drag, posing on stage during a crowded scene of "Noblesse oblige"; at Sennelager prisoner of war camp in Germany. Photographic postcard, 191-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Several people are standing talking, some are dressed as policemen (?). They are mounting a production of an unidentified farce or comedy entitled 'Noblesse Oblige!'. The salon set is the same one used for 'La dame aux camélias' in other postcards in this collection.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1910 and 1919?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.9 x 13.9 cm

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Théâtre de Senne-civil "Noblesse Oblige!" 3e. acte The card bears a Sennelager Prison Camp handstamp to the verso, and has been sent from Belgian serviceman J. Vandermarlier, service number 13167, 4 Group 5 Block IV, to his family in Brussels.

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

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Wellcome Collection 2043802i

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

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