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Female impersonators

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 118 Collections and/or Records:

Fregoli nell Eldorado, 1902

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 3
Identifier: 25
Scope and Contents

An internationally renowned Italian quick-change artist, Fregoli both sang and acted 20 or more characters in each of his shows. He made his first splash on the Parisian stage in 1900 and subsequently presented shows in the French capital that ran for up to a year. This card presents vignettes showing poses and costumes from Fregoli's show Eldorado.

Dates: 1902

Fregoli nella Mimi, 1902

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 3
Identifier: 24
Scope and Contents

An internationally renowned Italian quick-change artist, Fregoli both sang and acted 20 or more characters in each of his shows. He made his first splash on the Parisian stage in 1900 and subsequently presented shows in the French capital that ran for up to a year. This card presents vignettes showing poses and costumes from Fregoli's show Mimi.

Dates: 1902

I'm not so dispoged, 1910

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 29
Identifier: 364
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

Jack Whymont, 1920

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 14
Identifier: 281
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: 1920

John Graffton - Damimitator, 1912

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 21
Identifier: 206
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: 1912

John Graffton, Krinolinparodist, 1910

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 21
Identifier: 207
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

John Grafton, Damimitator, 1905

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 7
Identifier: 234
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: 1905

Kriegsgef, Lager Cottbus. Russ. Theater, 1915

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 18
Identifier: 304

La chanson de Nanette, 1910

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 25
Identifier: 349
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

La chanson de Nanette, 1910

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 25
Identifier: 350
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