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Eleven men on a large stage set. Photographic postcard. 192-.

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A mixed drag and uniform group on an elaborately (if poorly) painted 'neo-classical' stage set with painted pillars, curtains and flats, and a small battleship painted on the 'proscenium arch'. Five of the performers are in drag, and three of them are wearing high-waisted broderie anglaise trimmed summer frocks in the style of the late teens/early 1920s, and are carrying parasols

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

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Identifier
br86b3880
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
1920 to 1929?
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photograph : photoprint ;
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