Transvestism -- Germany.

Abstract Photographic postcards of French soldiers held as prisoners of war in German internment camps during World War I. Two of the postcards have "Kriegsgefangenensendung" (prisoner of war communication) and the name of the internment camp, the Neues Lager at Königsbruck in Saxony, printed on the back. Both are dated and addressed from René Bossion, a member of the 4th Infantry Batallion, one addressed to Albert Bossion and one to Marie Louise Bossion in Lorient, France, but neither card bears a...

Abstract Sixty-two late-Wilhelmine male transvestite postcards portraying thirty individuals in their Damen-Imitator personas, including three images of "Gauze, Canadian Indian Soprano." Sixteen are signed or inscribed by the subjects, with references to gay cabarets in Berlin, Cologne, Kiel, and throughout the country. Five are addressed to Paul Shafer and one to Asta, female impersonators of the period, who are also pictured on some of the cards. One postcard depicts Man de Wirth in costume, circa...