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A naked young man leaning on fabric-covered furniture. Photographic postcard, 192-.
Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]Reference: 2047084iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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Billie Manders. Photographic postcard, ca. 1918-1920.
Date: [between 1918 and 1920?]Reference: 2044951iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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The German Hospital, Dalston: the main kitchen. Photograph.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 42920i
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Fred Spencer in male dress smoking a pipe. Photographic postcard, 192-.
Date: [between 1920 and 1929]Reference: 2064349iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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Sailors posing as a couple, one in drag, as they embrace through a window. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2043886iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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Ralph Mellor in drag and another actor perform a scene in Trilby. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
Langfier, Louis Saul, approximately 1870-1925.Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]Reference: 2045138iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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Two of the Raicevich brothers, wrestlers. Photographic postcard, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999?]Reference: 2046839iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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Michael Hitzler, a wrestler. Photographic postcard by Walery, 19--.
WaleryDate: [between 1900 and 1920?]Reference: 2047072iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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Two black actors, Gregory and Brown, one in drag, dancing the Cake-Walk in Paris. Photographic postcard, 1903.
Date: [1903]Reference: 2044881iPart of: James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
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Women in costume pose for a large group portrait on the street; for "Oh Marguerite". Photographic postcard, 1923.
Date: 1923Reference: 2045163iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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A wrestler flexing his biceps. Photographic postcard, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999?]Reference: 2047073iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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Beaunes, France: a nurse sewing in the first floor gallery of the Hôtel Dieu. Photographic postcard, ca. 1930.
Date: 1930Reference: 569030i
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An amateur actor in drag, wearing a flapper dress and white footwear. Photographic postcard, 1925-1928.
Date: [between 1925? and 1928?]Reference: 2043405iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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A person wearing a dress, large hat and roller skates, poses holding a basket.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2043473iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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Beaunes, France: the arrival of a wounded at the Hôtel Dieu. Photographic postcard, ca. 1930.
Date: 1930Reference: 569036i
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Miss Rosie (weight 36 stone) holding a bouquet of flowers
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Soldiers, some in drag, pose on stage; two men in drag face each other in the centre. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2044303iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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A bronze tripod with three satyrs sculpted for the legs of the tripod. Photographic postcard, 195-.
Date: [between 1950 and 1959?]Reference: 2045885iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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Three actors, one in female dress, posing in a tableau.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2044548iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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An ensemble cast of British soldiers, some in drag, pose on stage. Photographic postcard, 1919.
Date: [1919]Reference: 2043806iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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Dax, France: mud being applied on the leg of a patient of a thermal establishment. Photographic postcard, ca. 1920.
Date: 1920?Reference: 568940i
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R. Bertin in character as Mademoiselle Foscolo. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
Date: [1910]Reference: 2044816iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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Two English prisoners of war dressed for a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Tharan, PaulDate: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2043282iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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Charles Gray and Jack Greer in character as a couple of sailors under the name "Shrimp and Lobster". Photographic postcard by Central Photographic Co., ca. 1930.
Date: [1930?]Reference: 2064386iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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Charles Farrell. Coloured photographic postcard, 195-.
Date: [between 1950 and 1959?]Reference: 2059120iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.