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Male impersonators

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 152 Collections and/or Records:

1er Avril, 1905

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 12
Identifier: 105
Scope and Contents

Series of 2 April Fool’s Day (“poisson d’avril”) postcards. Two women dressed in 18th-century aristocratic garb, one as a man, one as woman: In one card (untinted), both hold a basket filled with flowers and fish. Divided verso. Stamp and postmark on verso. A doggerel verse printed on the recto of each refers to the pair in the photo as “ces marquis gracieux.”

Dates: 1905

1er Avril, 1905

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 12
Identifier: 106
Scope and Contents

Series of two April Fool's Day postcards. A doggerel verse printed on the recto of each refers to the pair in the photo as "ces marquis gracieux".

Dates: 1905

Amour en Bretagne-les premiers baisers, 1910

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 25
Identifier: 348
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

Amourette Louis XV, 1905

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 7
Identifier: 67-68
Scope and Contents

Set of two postcards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. Same images in cards 147-148. Same series depicted in cards 146-150 and 310.

Dates: 1905

Amourette Louis XV, 1905

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 15
Identifier: 146-150
Scope and Contents

Set of five postcards with a photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene involving a marquis and marquise. Each card includes a brief caption on near lower margin of the recto with a line of dialog. The first scene shows the female aristocrat seated by herself reading a book; the male aristocrat arrives and ultimately persuades her in the final scene. Same series depicted in cards 67-68 and 310.

Dates: 1905

Amourette Louis XV, 1905

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 19
Identifier: 310
Scope and Contents

Same image in card 149. Same series depicted in cards 67-68, and 146-150.

Dates: 1905

Amoureux Viennois, 1905

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 15
Identifier: 151
Scope and Contents

One postcard (no. 3) from a series of unknown length representing a woman dressed as a male officer in a braided uniform. The officer kisses the hand of a seated woman wearing a braided dress designed to echo the uniform.

Dates: 1905

Amours Champetres, 1907

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 5
Identifier: 45
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: 1907

An officer and an aristocrat, 1900

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 7
Identifier: 60-63
Scope and Contents

Set of 4 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. Series no. 525.

Dates: 1900

Aristocrat and a country girl, 1900 - 1903

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 13
Identifier: 112-117
Scope and Contents

Captioned: Le Droit de passage, L'Invitation, Le Beau raisin, Le Goiter, and La Declaration. Same series depicted in cards 329-330.

Dates: 1900 - 1903