Tilley, Vesta or Powles, Matilda Alice (1864-1952)
Person
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Vesta Tilley, 1903
Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 12
Identifier: 266
Scope and Contents
Tilley wearing top hat and carrying walking stick.
Dates:
1903
Vesta Tilley, 1905
Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 13
Identifier: 273
Scope and Contents
Tilley sitting at a writing desk.
Dates:
1905
Vesta Tilley, 1910
Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 13
Identifier: 276
Scope and Contents
Part of the Milton "Glossette" series.
Dates:
1910
Vesta Tilley, 1910
Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 13
Identifier: 277
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:
1910
Vesta Tilley, 1915
Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 13
Identifier: 278
Scope and Contents
Tilley dressed as a soldier.
Dates:
1915
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Male impersonators 14
- Gelatin silver prints. 12
- Collotypes (prints) 1
- Photochroms 1
- Relief halftones (prints) 1