Historical term describing performers, often male-identified people, who enact female personas for the purpose of entertainment, often for straight audiences
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An man in drag as "Gertie" wearing a checked coat. Photographic postcard, 1916.
Date: [1916?]Reference: 2043328iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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Soldiers, one in drag, performing in the concert party for Mesopotamia, posing around a piano. Photographic postcard by Hana Studios, 191-.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2043781iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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A man in drag, wearing a large hat and veil, posing in a garden.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2044782iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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Harry Smallwood and another man stand in a field, one in drag and the other wearing Turkish inspired costume. Photographic postcard, 1925-.
Date: 1925Reference: 2043342iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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Actors in pantomime in Brighton: S. West playing King Robert of Remlaf and H. Taylor in drag as Queen Aggie of Remlaf. Photographic postcard.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 2064360iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.