W. and D. Downey
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Millie and Christine McCoy, 1860
Item — Box I-5: [Barcode: 31924070577774], Folder: 5
Miss Edna May, 1906
Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 10
Identifier: 255
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Postcards portraying cross-dressing and female and male impersonators in France, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Italy, and Romania. Postcards include photographic and photomechanical prints, some hand-colored. All are printed between circa 1900 and 1930 and depict performers on amateur, cafeĢ-concert, music-hall, and legitimate stages at the high-point of cross-dressing as a form of entertainment. Many depict gallant visual narratives of...
Dates:
1906
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- Albumen prints. 1
- Conjoined twins 1
- Gelatin silver prints. 1
- London, England 1
- Male impersonators 1