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Two actors, one in drag, pose on garden furniture. Photographic postcard, 1918.

Yours truly. H Burgess. 1918. Best wishes yours etc. ... France.

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The man in drag is dressed all in white and the other man in smart attire, leaning in with one foot on a garden chair. Performers with an unidentified concert party performing behind the lines in France in 1918. Identified as E.J. Gilson and H. Burgess.

Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

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Identifier
1544bp36k
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
Jan. 1, 1918
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photograph : photoprint ;
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