Box 1
Container
Contains 130 Results:
M. de Sternac dans son imitation de Mme Sada Yacco, 1907
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: 32
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
Monte Verdi, 1920
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: 33
Scope and Contents
Photographer Maurice Boisdon specialized in theatrical and circus performers, cityscapes and landscapes.
Dates:
1920
Monte Verdi, 1920
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: 34
Scope and Contents
Inscription: Du 18e au 20e Siecle.
Dates:
1920
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