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Leonard Lane, dressed as a woman, dancing. Photographic postcard, 1907.

Lane ? "La Maxixe". Yours very truly Leonard Lane, Sidmouth, 1907

Download the full-sized image of Leonard Lane, dressed as a woman, dancing. Photographic postcard, 1907.

Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

The drag performer Leonard Lane, wearing a black dress and dancing La Maxixe, sometimes known as the Brazilian Tango, a dance briefly in vogue just before World War I. In the lettering Lane ?", the question mark is used to denote gender ambiguity

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Identifier
cf95jb72z
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
Jan. 1, 1907
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photograph : photoprint ;
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