Digital Transgender Archive
Les Soeurs Mante de l'Opera
Suzanne and Blanche Mante, lead dancers for the Opéra de Paris, enact a variation of an 18th-century galant scene with one dressed as a woman swooning onto the chest of the other dressed as a man. Divided verso; notice printed full width indicating "Tous les pays étrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto. Se renseigner à la poste”. Printed on verso: Two five-point stars followed by Série No 958. Hand-coloring includes gold highlights.
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- Citation
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- Identifier
- x059c7639
- Collection
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Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
- Institution
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Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
- Creator(s)
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Boyer
Mante, Suzanne
Mante, Blanche
- Date Created
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circa 1907
- Genre
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Ephemera
- Subject(s)
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Blanche Mante
Suzanne Mante
- Places
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Île-de-France
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Paris
- Topic(s)
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Male impersonators
- Resource Type
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Still Image
- Analog Format
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13.9 x 8.9 (centimeters)
- Language
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French
- Rights
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No known copyright
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