Digital Transgender Archive
[Cricket on the Hearth]
Seven performers with both male and female cross-dressing standing on a lawn in front of a painted backdrop representing a bower. Based on the indication of the roles noted on the verso, the actors are appearing in a play based on the Charles Dickens novella The Cricket on the Hearth. Divided verso. On verso: Logo of a bridled horse head framed in a horseÂshoe. Pale blue rubber-stamp impression on verso giving name and city of publisher.
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- Identifier
- 5t34sj89c
- Collection
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Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
- Institution
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Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
- Creator(s)
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Ed. Lasseron
- Date Created
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circa 1910
- Genre
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Ephemera
- Places
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Île-de-France
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Seine-et-Marne
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Melun
- Topic(s)
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Male impersonators
- Resource Type
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Still Image
- Analog Format
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8.8 x 13.8 (centimeters)
- Language
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French
- Rights
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No known copyright
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