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Female impersonators

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:

M. Defreyn (Sarah Yacco), 1903

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], 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

Melle (Deux-sevres) - Paysanne poitevine, 1900

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 17
Identifier: 172
Scope and Contents

Comic postcard of female impersonator in the traditional garb of a Poitevin peasant woman. Addressed to Mademoiselle Legras Nadel.

Dates: 1900

Minouche, 1955

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 5
Identifier: 226
Scope and Contents

Studio shot of Minouche, one of the stars of Madame Arthur, a leading female-impersonation cabaret of Paris in the 1950s and 1960s. In this photograph, Minouche, who was white, impersonates a black performer in the style of Eartha Kitt.

Dates: 1955

Mme Pipelet lit son feuilleton, 1904

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 17
Identifier: 175-177
Scope and Contents

Series of three postcards representing humorous scenes from the daily life of an older woman played by a female impersonator. Addressed to Louise Hautain.

Dates: 1904