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An actor in drag poses on stage as "Sulmary". Process print, ca. 1910.

??? Sulmary ???

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

He wears a distinctive dress with circular-shaped coil making layers down his legs; he also has a feathered head garment. The item catalogued bears an autograph message from Sulmary Bessle dated 1921, but the photograph is considerably earlier, the dress of the tiered and 'hobble-skirted' style of circa 1910 made popular by the French designer Paul Poiret

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Item Information:

Identifier
5h73pw358
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
Jan. 1, 1910
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 print : process print ;
Rights
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