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Henri Defreyn in drag as a geisha. Process print after G. Dupont, 19--. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.
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Henri Defreyn performing a parody of Sada Yacco, geisha and actress. The extremely popular Japanese entertainer Sada Yacco had toured the world 1900-1903 and caused a sensation wherever she went. She seems to have been as much a favourite with the drag queens of the 1900s as Marlene Dietrich and Judy Garland were later in the century.
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