Digital Transgender Archive

[Posing with a touring car]

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Postcard showing nine men posing in front of an open touring car on an estate with trees and buildings in the background. The man at the center is dressed as a grand society woman in a travel outfit including a heavy coat, flowered hat, fur muff and pocketbook. The men surrounding her are dressed in various costumes, including one likely as a chauffer, one as a butler with feather duster, one with a crêpe-de-chine false beard, and others in worker’s coats and caps. Divided verso.

Item Information:

Identifier
h702q668s
Collection
Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
Institution
Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
Date Created
circa 1905
Genre
Ephemera
Places
France
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
9 x 14 (centimeters)
Language
French
Rights
No known copyright
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