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  1. Chavarny

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: D.P., Gricelly, Chavarney
    Date: 1904
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Subject: Chavarney
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Isabelle Garon; signature of sender illegible." Performer dressed as an 18th-century male aristocrat in a beribboned outfit and an enormous feathered cavalier hat. The wo...
  2. Chinese Actor impersonating a female character, Chinese Theatre, 623 Jackson Street, San Francisco

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1906
    Topics: BIPOC
  3. Cleodinerie

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: A. Bergeret & Cie
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Skinny, homely man wearing a wig, pearls and a flowered tutu posing as a ballerina with arms in fifth position. The card is a spoof of the celebrated dancer and demimondaine Cléo de Mérode (1875–19...
  4. Colin et Jeannette

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
  5. Colin et Jeannette

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
  6. Costumes poitevins

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: N. Alix, Pap.- Tab.-Journaux
    Date: 1909
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mademoiselle Gratecap. Brief message (“Affecteux souvenir”) with illegible signature." Couple dressed in quaint traditional garb of the Poitou region on the west coast of...
  7. [Couple in fancy dress]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Postcard of a middle-aged woman dressed as an 18th-century male aristocrat and a younger woman dressed in an 18th-century-style summer gown. The two women are standing side by side, holding hands i...
  8. [Couple with fan and top hat] [Black couple]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1902
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Description: Apparently a promotional photo for the Nouveau Cirque show "Joyeux Nègres", which was filmed by Louis Lumière. Black couple with one man (Charles Gregory) dressed in formal wear and one dressed in ...
  9. [Cricket on the Hearth]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Ed. Lasseron
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Seven performers with both male and female cross-dressing standing on a lawn in front of a painted backdrop representing a bower. Based on the indication of the roles noted on the verso, the actors...
  10. Damimitator John Graffton

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Svenska Litografisk, Graffton, John
    Date: 1905
    Topics:  
    Subject: John Graffton
  11. Damimitator John Graffton

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Svenska Litografisk, Hertzberg, Oscar, Graffton, John
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: John Grafton
    Description: A rather plain music-hall female impersonator with little makeup, but an elaborate off-the-shoulder showgirl dress. Divided verso.Minor staining to upper margin of recto.
  12. de Brives (Varietes)

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Cautin et Berger, De Brives, Gabrielle
    Date: 1905
    Topics:  
    Subject: Gabrielle De Brives
    Description: Studio shot of Gabrielle De Brives dressed in 19th-century schoolboy garb for the revue Paris aux Variétés. De Brives (also spelled Debrives) was an actress and singer who appeared frequently at ...
  13. Declos Gaity

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Declos and Gaity
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Subject: Declos and Gaity
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Clara (?) Boissier. Brief message with illegible signature on recto." Two female performers flirting in a coupled dance pose, one dressed as woman in folkloric springtime...
  14. Defrance

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: D.P., Defrance
    Date: 1904
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Subject: Defrance
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Isabelle Garon; signature of sender illegible." Performer dressed as an 18th-century male aristocrat in a lacy outfit and cavalier hat and carrying a sword. The word “Sca...
  15. Der Marketendersepple

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Sauter, Ernst
    Date: 1903
    Topics: