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Seven sailors standing together on deck. Photographic postcard, 1918.

"Great Casimir", girls in uniform

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Six of the seven sailors are in drag, with a military man in the centre. A concert party on board ship. Royal Marines (?) as a Pierrette troupe on board H.M.S. St. Vincent. 'The Great Casimir' was a musical play by Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1837-1883) and Charles Lecocq; it was first produced at the Gaiety theatre, London, on 27 September 1879

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

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Item Information:

Identifier
mc87pq51f
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
Jan. 1, 1918
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photograph : photoprint ;
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