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,...

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Complete series of six postcards showing a young woman dressed as an 18th-century shepherd having a lover's spat with a young woman dressed as a shepherdess. Each postcard has one line of a six-line verse offering the dialogue of the lovers.

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,...

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POW theatrical by prisonors of camp in Langensalza, Germany. Captions in Frnech, English and Russian.

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POW theatrical by prisonors of camp in Langensalza, Germany. Captions in Frnech, English and Russian.

Scope and Contents

POW theatrical by prisonors of camp in Langensalza, Germany. Captions in Frnech, English and Russian.

Scope and Contents

POW theatrical by prisonors of camp in Langensalza, Germany. Captions in Frnech, English and Russian.

Scope and Contents

POW theatrical by prisonors of camp in Langensalza, Germany. Captions in Frnech, English and Russian.

Scope and Contents

POW theatrical by prisonors of camp in Langensalza, Germany. Captions in Frnech, English and Russian.