M. de Sternac in drag as a geisha. Process print, ca. 1901.

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<p>Fernand de Sternac performing a burlesque of the extremely popular Japanese entertainer Sada Yacco, who had toured the world 1900-1903 and caused a sensation wherever she went. She seems to heve been as much a favourite with the drag queens of the 1900s as Marlene Dietrich and Judy Garland were later in the century</p>
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M. de Sternac in drag as a geisha. Process print, ca. 1901.

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