Chavarny

Inscription: "Addressed to Isabelle Garon; signature of sender illegible." Performer dressed as an 18th-century male aristocrat in a beribboned outfit and an enormous feathered cavalier hat. The word “Scala” appears at upper left on the photo, indicating that Mlle. Chavarny appeared at La Scala, a music hall in the 10th arrondissement of Paris open from 1874 to 1936 where many of the grand stars of the era appeared.

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Identifier: h702q6667
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
Creator(s): D.P.
Gricelly
Chavarney
Date Created: 1904
Genre: Ephemera
Subject(s): Chavarney
Places: France
Topic(s): Male impersonators
Resource Type: Still Image
Analog Format: 14.3 x 9.2 (centimeters)
Language: French
Rights: No known copyright
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