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Cleodinerie, 1903

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: 160

Scope and Contents

Female impersonator wearing a wig, pearls and a flowered tutu posing as a ballerina with arms in fifth position. The card is a spoof of the celebrated dancer and demimondaine Cléo de Mérode (1875-1966). A doggerel verse printed in red on the recto refers to the dancer's charms as designed to "captiver un prince."

Dates

  • 1903

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, French

Extent

380 items. (380 items.)

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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