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Collotypes (prints)

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:

Fils a papa, 1907

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 18
Identifier: 186
Scope and Contents

Novelty card montage of three photos of the same woman dressed in top hat, tails and knee britches gesturing to a rabbit sitting next to her on a bench. May represent a musical hall trained animal act. Message on verso addressed to "Mon cher Pierre" and signed "Jeanne."

Dates: 1907
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Humor

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
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Music Hall, Theater and Film

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
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Music Hall, Theater and Film

? Friedel Schwarz ?, 1910

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 28
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
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7636, Postcards of German female impersonators / Female Impersonators / Friedel Schwarz

? Friedel Schwarz ?, 1913

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 54
Scope and Contents

Inscribed.

Dates: 1913
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7636, Postcards of German female impersonators / Female Impersonators / Friedel Schwarz

Georgie Wood as Vesta Tilley, 1905

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 14
Identifier: 282
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, cafeĢ-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
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / United Kingdom / Music Hall, Theater, and Film

Gustav Luzernow - in seinen urkomischen Frauentypen, 1905

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents

Inscribed.

Dates: 1905
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7636, Postcards of German female impersonators / Female Impersonators / Luzernow

H. Vorst - Soubrettendarsteller u. sopransanger, 1910

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 25
Scope and Contents

Inscribed.

Dates: 1910
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7636, Postcards of German female impersonators / Female Impersonators / Named impersonators

? Hardi Simon ?, 1900

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 36
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
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7636, Postcards of German female impersonators / Female Impersonators / Named impersonators

Heinr. Wessels, Damen-Imitator, 1905

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 3
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
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7636, Postcards of German female impersonators / Female Impersonators / Named impersonators

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