An man in drag is wearing a revealing dress and holding a staff, posing with his other hand on his hip. Photographic postcard, 1909.

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An unidentified man wears a large hat and appears to be standing on a rug with plants either side. He wears elaborate theatrical drag, in which the draped frock is daringly (for the time) slashed to thigh level to show off a beribboned garter. This detail, together with the enormous hat and tall jewelled cane, suggest that he may be dressed as a 'meneuse', a glamourous hostess introducing the acts in a French revue or circus

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

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Identifier: dv13zt51x
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution: Wellcome Library
Date Issued: Jan. 1, 1909
Genre: Photographs
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Topic(s): Female impersonators
Resource Type: Still Image
Analog Format: 1 photograph : photoprint ;
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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