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Contains 130 Results:
Odeon - Clara Faurens, 1905
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: 97
Scope and Contents
Stage and silent-film actor Clara Faurens appearing at the Theatre de la'Odeon (Paris) in the role of Pierrot, the commedia della arte stock figure of the lovesick clown. Inscribed verso: Brief note to Jeanne Gorno signed E. Hacquet.
Dates:
1905
Les Soeurs Mante de l'Opera, 1907
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: 39
Scope and Contents
Suzanne and Blanche Mante, lead dancers for the Opera de Paris, enact a variation of an 18th-century galant scene.
Dates:
1907
La Matchiche, 1908
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: 40-41
Scope and Contents
Set of two postcards portraying the De Tender sisters, both music-hall performers. Alice de Tender appeared at the Folies-Bergere, the Eldorado and the Moulin Rouge; she also appeared in silent films, including the feature La Veuve Joyeuse (1913) and a number of shorts. "La Matchiche"was a popular song debuted in a music-hall show in 1902; the painter Kees van Dongen borrowed the title for a 1904 oil representing dancers at the bal populaire Le Moulin de la Galette (collection of the Musee...
Dates:
1908
Estudiantina, 1907
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: 42-44
Scope and Contents
Series of three postcards.
Dates:
1907
Amours Champetres, 1907
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: 45
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
On ne passe pas, 1903
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: 46
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:
1903
Je suis épris de toi, 1907
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: 47
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
Les Cerises, 1900
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: 48-57
Scope and Contents
Set of 10 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. Originally in a die-cut holder, they are now housed individually in mylar sleeves.
Dates:
1900
Ma belle Marquise, 1910
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: 58-59
Scope and Contents
Set of 2 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. Series no. 1549.
Dates:
1910
An officer and an aristocrat, 1900
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: 60-63
Scope and Contents
Set of 4 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. Series no. 525.
Dates:
1900