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Contains 130 Results:

Monsieur R. Bertin - Imitant "La Tortojada", 1904

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 14
Dates: 1904
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Music Hall, Theater and Film

Mr. Bertin, 1910

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 15
Dates: 1910
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Music Hall, Theater and Film

Jeanne Bloch, 1910

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 16
Scope and Contents

A comic actress who played both female and male roles in music-hall revues; dressed as a portly, gray-haired, bearded gentleman looking like then President of the French Republic, Armand Fallières. Card No. 308.

Dates: 1910
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Music Hall, Theater and Film

M. Defreyn (Sarah Yacco), 1903

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 17
Scope and Contents

An operetta star who later developed a recording and film career. In the postcard offered here, Defreyn imitates Sadda Yacco (Kawakami Sadayakko; 1871-1946), a Japanese kabuki artist who performed to audiences in Paris at the turn of the 20th century.

Dates: 1903
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Music Hall, Theater and Film

Mr D'Hernonville, 1904

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 18
Scope and Contents

A noted music-hall performer who portrayed a series of female singing and speaking roles.

Dates: 1904
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Music Hall, Theater and Film

Mr. D'Hernonville imitateur, 1904

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 19
Scope and Contents

On verso: Logo of a bridled horse head framed in a horseshoe.

Dates: 1904
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Music Hall, Theater and Film

Yvette Dolly, 1924

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 20
Scope and Contents

Inscription: Moulin Rouge Paris 27/11/24 / A Myriam mon / bon souvenir / Dolly. Black rubber-stamp impression on verso: Collection J.F.M.

Dates: 1924
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Music Hall, Theater and Film

Florin Imitateur, 1910

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 21
Dates: 1910
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Music Hall, Theater and Film

Florin Imitateur, 1910

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 22
Dates: 1910
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Music Hall, Theater and Film

Florin Imitateur, 1910

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 23
Dates: 1910
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Music Hall, Theater and Film

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