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Box 1

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Contains 130 Results:

Defrance, 1904

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: 100
Scope and Contents

Inscription: "Addressed to Isabelle Garon; signature of sender illegible." Performer dressed as an 18th-century male aristocrat. Inscription at upper left on the photo indicates that Mlle. Defrance appeared at La Scala, a music hall in the 10th arrondissement of Paris open from 1874 to 1936 where many of the grand stars of the era appeared.

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 / Odeon - Clara Faurens

Theatre des Varietes. Barbe Bleue, 1900

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: 101
Scope and Contents

Addressed to Rose Bounias; brief message on recto signed P. Paul. Actress dressed as a 17th-century cavalier, likely in the role of one of the brothers in a production of Jacques Offenbach's opera-bouffe Barbe-Bleue (1866).

Dates: 1900
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Music Hall, Theater and Film / Odeon - Clara Faurens

Liseron Parisiana, 1915

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: 102
Dates: 1915
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Music Hall, Theater and Film / Odeon - Clara Faurens

Couple with fan and top hat, 1900

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 81
Scope and Contents

A promotional photo for a music-hall act. The only postcard in the collection that features performers of color. Publisher's monogram on recto.

Dates: 1900
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.R. Bertin - Le Celebre Imitateur Francais, 1907

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 84
Scope and Contents

Publisher's name indicated in circular black rubberstamp impression on recto.

Dates: 1907
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Music Hall, Theater and Film

Bertin, 1900

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 85
Dates: 1900
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.R. Bertin - Imitation de Mme Yvette Guilbert, 1907

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 86
Scope and Contents

Publisher's name indicated in circular black rubberstamp impression on recto.

Dates: 1907
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.R. Bertin - Imitation de Mlle Lydia, 1907

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 87
Scope and Contents

Publisher's name indicated in circular black rubberstamp impression on recto.

Dates: 1907
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.R. Bertin - Imitation de Mme Ouvrard, 1907

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 88
Dates: 1907
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 7778, Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross dressing / France / Music Hall, Theater and Film

Monsieur (et non Mademoiselle!) Thon Lind, 1927

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 89
Scope and Contents

Stamped and mailed in France.

Dates: 1927
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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