Gelatin silver prints.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 323 Collections and/or Records:
Female impersonator as ballerina, 1905
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 13
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Sixty-two late-Wilhelmine female impersonator postcards portraying thirty individuals in their Damen-Imitator personas, including three photographs 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,...
Dates:
1905
Female impersonator as Edwardian bride, 1910
Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 8
Identifier: 237
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:
1910
Female impersonator carrying jug, 1910
Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 5
Identifier: 227
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:
1910
Female impersonator doing a split, 1910
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 43
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Sixty-two late-Wilhelmine female impersonator postcards portraying thirty individuals in their Damen-Imitator personas, including three photographs 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,...
Dates:
1910
Female impersonator in ballet slippers, 1910
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 59
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Sixty-two late-Wilhelmine female impersonator postcards portraying thirty individuals in their Damen-Imitator personas, including three photographs 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,...
Dates:
1910
Female impersonator in costume, 1905
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 18
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Sixty-two late-Wilhelmine female impersonator postcards portraying thirty individuals in their Damen-Imitator personas, including three photographs 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,...
Dates:
1905
Female impersonator in dress and heels, 1900
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 29
Scope and Contents
Inscribed.
Dates:
1900
Female impersonator in sleeveless dress, 1910
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 32
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Sixty-two late-Wilhelmine female impersonator postcards portraying thirty individuals in their Damen-Imitator personas, including three photographs 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,...
Dates:
1910
Female impersonator wearing lace shawl, 1905
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 61
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Sixty-two late-Wilhelmine female impersonator postcards portraying thirty individuals in their Damen-Imitator personas, including three photographs 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,...
Dates:
1905
Female impersonator with hat, 1900
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 20
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Sixty-two late-Wilhelmine female impersonator postcards portraying thirty individuals in their Damen-Imitator personas, including three photographs 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,...
Dates:
1900