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British servicemen performing a sketch on the power of the press. Photograph, 191-.

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A British concert party somewhere in the Middle East towards the end of World War I. A group of fifteen men in various costumes in a tableau entitled 'The power of the press'. Several wear smock-dresses, their yokes emblazoned with the names of popular newspapers: The Daily Mail, The War Cry, The Morning Star, etc. The backdrop is formed of the Japanese flag

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

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Item Information:

Identifier
5t34sj83q
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
1910 to 1919?
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photograph : photoprint ;
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