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Contains 130 Results:

Louis Vernassier, l'homme protée musical dans son Travesti-dame, 1900

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: 35
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, café-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: 1900

Louis Vernassier, l'homme protée musical excentrique dans son travesti-dame jouant, 1907

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: 36
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, café-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: 1907

Louis Vernassier protée musical excentrique dans son travesti-dame, 1910

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: 37
Scope and Contents

Inscription: Written in black ink: Mes remerciements. Black rubber-stamp impression of signature: Vernassier L. Paired portaits of Vernassier in men's clothing and in costume as grand dame. Rubber stamp on verso: "Collection J.F.M. Inscribed.

Dates: 1910

Couple with fan and top hat, 1900

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 81
Scope and Contents

A promotional photo for a music-hall act. The only postcard in the collection that features performers of color. Publisher's monogram on recto.

Dates: 1900

M.R. Bertin - Le Celebre Imitateur Francais, 1907

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 84
Scope and Contents

Publisher's name indicated in circular black rubberstamp impression on recto.

Dates: 1907

Bertin, 1900

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 85
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, café-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: 1900

M.R. Bertin - Imitation de Mme Yvette Guilbert, 1907

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 86
Scope and Contents

Publisher's name indicated in circular black rubberstamp impression on recto.

Dates: 1907

M.R. Bertin - Imitation de Mlle Lydia, 1907

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 87
Scope and Contents

Publisher's name indicated in circular black rubberstamp impression on recto.

Dates: 1907

M.R. Bertin - Imitation de Mme Ouvrard, 1907

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 88
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, café-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: 1907