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Photographic postcards

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Images from the collections

Images of Photographic postcards

1,504 images from works
  • A man holding a trumpet, with flowers, celebrating Saint Cecilia's day. Coloured photographic postcard, 1931.
  • Harold Chapman in drag poses with Mark Leslie dressed as a Golliwog, in an act for the Bow Bells. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • A 'gay' dog. Photographic postcard, ca. 1911.
  • Paul Swan posing wearing a loincloth. Photographic postcard, 192-.
  • French or Belgian prisoners of war, some in drag, posing on stage during a crowded scene of "La dame aux camélias"; at Sennelager prisoner of war camp in Germany. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Two wrestlers facing off. Photographic postcard by Walery, 190-.
  • Two sailors, one in drag, pose on deck holding props. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Two boys posing with cigarettes. Photographic postcard by A. Caggiano, 190-.
  • Alaska: an Inuit medicine man wearing furs, a mask and oversized model hands, standing on the porch of a wooden building with a sick boy. Photograph, 19--.
  • Three soldiers, two in drag, pose in costume. Photographic postcard, ca. 1920.
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Works from the collections

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    An man in drag as "Gertie" wearing a checked coat. Photographic postcard, 1916.

    | Date: [1916?] | Reference: 2043328i
    Part 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: 2043781i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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    Photograph of three Maasai men in three-quarters profile.

    | Date: [between 1950 and 1959?] | Reference: 2045938i
    Part 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: 2044782i
    Part of: James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
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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: 1925 | Reference: 2043342i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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Related topics

Female impersonators
Gender nonconformity
Actors
Male nude in art
Sailors
Entertainers
Health resorts
Male friendship
Drag performance
Wrestlers

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