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  1. Cleodinerie

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: A. Bergeret & Cie
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Skinny, homely man wearing a wig, pearls and a flowered tutu posing as a ballerina with arms in fifth position. The card is a spoof of the celebrated dancer and demimondaine Cléo de Mérode (1875–19...
  2. Jack Brown, Dressed in Drag, Holds a Dance Pose with Partner Charles Gregory

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1902 to 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown
    Description: In the first image, Jack Brown and Charles Gregory stand facing away from each other, each with one hand reaching toward the camera, smiling. In the second, details within the photo have been color...
  3. Jack Brown, in Drag, and Charles Gregory Dance the Cake-Walk

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1902 to 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Dance, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown
    Description: A clip of Jack Brown and Charles Gregory dancing the Cake-Walk. Brown wears a long dress with a ruffled skirt and a large hat with feathers. Gregory wears striped pants, a jacket, and a bow tie wit...
  4. Jack Brown, in Drag, Smiles Down at Bowing Dance Partner Charles Gregory

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1902 to 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown
    Description: Jack Brown holds his skirt out to the side while Gregory bows dramatically in front of him. Brown and Gregory performed the Cake-Walk, a very popular dance, as part of “Les Joyeux Nègres" at the No...
  5. Jack Brown Poses in Drag alongside Dance Partner Charles Gregory with Arm Outstretched

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1902 to 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown
    Description: Jack Brown leans toward partner with face upturned and right arm extended holding a fan. Gregory leans back toward Brown with his cane and top hat held high. Brown and Gregory performed the Cake-Wa...
  6. Jack Brown Poses in Drag Holding Skirt and Fan, with Dance Partner Charles Gregory

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1902 to 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown
    Description: Charles Gregory leans across Jack Brown in a wide stance, while Brown appears to step toward Gregory almost as if the two are in motion. Brown and Gregory performed the Cake-Walk, a very popular da...
  7. Jack Brown Poses in Drag in Front of Dance Partner Charles Gregory, Holding a Fan

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1902 to 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown
    Description: A postcard featuring Jack Brown in drag with dance partner Charles Gregory. Brown stands in the center wearing a long dress and ruffled hat with a fan in his right hand. Gregory is leaning out from...
  8. Jack Brown Posing in Drag

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1902 to 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Jack Brown
    Description: Jack Brown poses in drag facing the camera with arms outstretched and one leg lifted. He wears a large, ruffled hat and a light colored tiered dress with dark ruffles and trim. The bottom of the po...
  9. M. Defreyn (Sarah Yacco)

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Le Carnet Mondain, G. Dupont, Henri Defreyn
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Henri Defreyn
    Description: An operetta star who later developed a recording and film career. In the postcard offered here, Defreyn imitates Sadda Yacco (Kawakami Sadayakko; 1871-1946), a Japanese kabuki artist who performed ...
  10. Two black actors, one in drag, dancing the Cake-Walk in Paris. Photographic postcard, 1903.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.