A man in drag poses wearing a short dress and large bow tie-shaped head garment. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Date:
[between 1920 and 1929?]
Reference:
2043486i
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The James Gardiner Collection.
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A man in drag poses wearing a short dress and large bow tie-shaped head garment. Photographic postcard, 192-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The man in drag lifts up one side of his dress, looking intensely at the viewer. For another print of the same troupe, see Wellcome Library no. 2043484i.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1920 and 1929?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.4 x 13.6 cm

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Lettering

With best love xxxx Maisie

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Unidentified drag performer, early 1920s, almost certainly a member of the 'Splinters' troupe of ex-servicemen, who, having gained experience acting in drag with World War I concert parties, organized themselves into a commercial act and enjoyed great success performing at music hall well into the 1930s."
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Reference

Wellcome Collection 2043486i

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  • Military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag

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