Amateur actors, some in drag, pose on stage in "Gee-Whizz". Photographic postcard, 1917.

Date:
1917
Reference:
2044134i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Amateur actors, some in drag, pose on stage in "Gee-Whizz". Photographic postcard, 1917. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Some men in drag sit under umbrellas, on the laps of other men; as a man in drag is greeted by a gentleman with a top hat. The Europa Concert Party performing a piece entitled 'Gee Whiz'. No record has been found of which unit or division this particular concert party was attached to: at least 80% of all units and divisions in operation at the Western Front formed entertainment concert parties. The impression catalogued is dated 1917, and signed by Frank Scott

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1917.

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.8 x 13.8 cm

Lettering

1917. Europa's concert party in "Gee-Whizz" 1917

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2044134i

Where to find it

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

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