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A sailor in drag, wearing a long coat and hat, sits reading in a garden. Photographic postcard, ca. 1920.

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'Gaby', one of many imitators of the French revue star Gaby Deslys, engrossed in reading Jules Vernes' Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, comfortably seated in a deck chair in the garden in full drag consisting of a very chic belted and high-waisted suit, shoes with 'lavatory' heels, and a great deal of make-up. The combination of the Gosport imprint and the Jules Verne title suggest he was in the navy

Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

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Item Information:

Identifier
3x816m893
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
Jan. 1, 1920
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photograph : photoprint ;
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