"The Gay Sparks" in conversation. Photographic postcard, 1929.
- Date:
- 1929
- Reference:
- 2058924i
- Part of:
- The James Gardiner Collection.
- Pictures
- Online
About this work
Description
The group of actors are dressed as clowns, likely during rehearsal, with a piano to one side of the men.
Publication/Creation
Weston-Super-Mare (Boulevard) : Sandys Ltd., 1929.
Physical description
1 photographic postcard ; 8.9 x 13.7 cm
Contributors
Lettering
"The Gay Sparks" Weston-Super-Mare 1929. Hal Martin. Versatile comedian in song, step & story
To Mrs. Wood, with love from Hal Martin (written on verso).
Notes
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: As the word 'gay' in a homosexual context became more widely used in the second half of the twentieth century, it began by degrees to lose it's original meaning of happy or joyful; by the beginning of the twenty-first century it was never colloquially used in that context.
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2058924i
Type/Technique
Languages
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Where to find it
Romantic fantasy and comic postcards
Location Status Access Closed stores