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  • An man in drag as "Gertie" wearing a checked coat. Photographic postcard, 1916.

    Date
    [1916?]
    Reference
    2043328i
    Part of
    The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Soldiers, one in drag, performing in the concert party for Mesopotamia, posing around a piano. Photographic postcard by Hana Studios, 191-.

    Date
    [between 1910 and 1919?]
    Reference
    2043781i
    Part of
    The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Harry Smallwood and another man stand in a field, one in drag and the other wearing Turkish inspired costume. Photographic postcard, 1925-.

    Date
    1925
    Reference
    2043342i
    Part of
    The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Amateur actors, some in drag, posing on stage for "Miquette & sa mere"; at Sennelager prisoner of war camp in Germany. Photographic postcard, 191-.

    Date
    [between 1910 and 1919?]
    Reference
    2060510i
    Part of
    The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Belgian prisoners of war, some in drag, sit at a table within a very detailed stage set at Friedberg camp, Germany. Photographic postcard, 191-.

    Date
    [between 1910 and 1919?]
    Reference
    2044297i
    Part of
    The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
    • Pictures
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  • British prisoners of war performing a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus, with Dover cliffs backdrop. Photographic postcard, 191-.

    • Tharan, Paul
    Date
    [between 1910 and 1919?]
    Reference
    2043279i
    Part of
    The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Sailors posing as a couple, one in drag, as they embrace through a window. Photographic postcard, 191-.

    Date
    [between 1910 and 1919?]
    Reference
    2043886i
    Part of
    The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • An amateur actor in drag, wearing a flapper dress and white footwear. Photographic postcard, 1925-1928.

    Date
    [between 1925? and 1928?]
    Reference
    2043405i
    Part of
    The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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    • Online
  • A person wearing a dress, large hat and roller skates, poses holding a basket.

    Date
    [between 1910 and 1919?]
    Reference
    2043473i
    Part of
    The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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
    2044303i
    Part of
    The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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