"Daytimers" double-act in drag. Process print, 197-.

Date:
[between 1970 and 1979]
Reference:
2045312i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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"Daytimers" double-act in drag. Process print, 197-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Photograph of two men in costume both wearing long dresses, makeup and large styled wigs, and photographs of the same actors out of costume in inset circular portraits.

Publication/Creation

Nott[ingha]m : Denman Repros, [between 1970 and 1979]

Physical description

1 print : process print ; 14.9 x 10 cm

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Contributors

Lettering

Daytimers female impersonators Lettering printed in black on bottom recto. To Mary, lots of love Les. All the breast ... (written in brown ink, top recto)

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "'The Daytimers' 1970s publicity flier shows an early example of what became typical 'drag' style in Great Britain at the end of the twentieth century. The exaggerated bouffant hair and heavy make-up are a compromise between the over-blown and exaggerated grotesqueness of the pantomime Dame, and the 'passing' glamour of the female impersonator."
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Reference

Wellcome Collection 2045312i

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Where to find it

  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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