Digital Transgender Archive
Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
Photographed in improvised drag, he wears a black and white low-cut dress and a large headdress trimmed with fur, circa 1918. Autograph text to verso of print catalogued identifies him as Harry Vernon (?) Capell, of 77 Shakespeare Road, Northampton. The pose and costume are similar to those of World War I concert party drag
Item Actions
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- https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20449136
- Citation
- Cite
- Identifier
- 9019s273j
- Collection
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James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
- Institution
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Wellcome Library
- Date Issued
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Jan. 1, 1918
- Genre
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Photographs
Prints
- Topic(s)
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Female impersonators
- Resource Type
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Still Image
- Analog Format
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1 photograph : photoprint ;
- Rights
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Copyright undetermined
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