Rapid Photo Co.
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Miss Vesta Tilley, 1903
Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 12
Identifier: 267
Scope and Contents
Tilley wearing top hat and carrying walking stick.
Dates:
1903
Miss Vesta Tilley, 1905
Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 12
Identifier: 271
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:
1905