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  1. Bonne Annee

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1909
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Slim young woman dressed as a mailman seen through a painted frame illustrating letters and a mail-carrying case. Recto inscribed in black ink: “1er Janvier 1909 / Georgette”. Divided verso.
  2. Bonne Annee

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1913
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Slim young woman dressed as a mailman in front of a studio backdrop of a village gate. Same model, costume and set as preceding card, but differing pose. Holding mail. Divided verso.
  3. Ca sent la fuite!! Revue de A. Delarue

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1918
    Topics:  
    Description: POW theatrical. Markings includes censor's clearance stamp.
  4. Carbonell-Lopez

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1900
    Topics:  
    Description: Two male impersonators dressed in folk-dance suits against studio backdrop of café.
  5. Ce petit coin tranquille

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1905
    Topics:  
    Description: Same characters and setting as portrayed in card 314.
  6. Charly Letsche

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators
  7. Charly Letsche

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators
  8. Chasse-croise

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mesdemoiselles Bonnet; signed on recto of each card: Henriette." Series of 5 postcards number I through V showing an 18thcentury picnic with two women being courted by t...
  9. Chasse-croise

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mesdemoiselles Bonnet; signed on recto of each card: Henriette." Series of 5 postcards number I through V showing an 18thcentury picnic with two women being courted by t...
  10. Chasse-croise

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mesdemoiselles Bonnet; signed on recto of each card: Henriette." Series of 5 postcards number I through V showing an 18thcentury picnic with two women being courted by t...
  11. Chasse-croise

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mesdemoiselles Bonnet; signed on recto of each card: Henriette." Series of 5 postcards number I through V showing an 18thcentury picnic with two women being courted by t...
  12. Chasse-croise

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mesdemoiselles Bonnet; signed on recto of each card: Henriette." Series of 5 postcards number I through V showing an 18thcentury picnic with two women being courted by t...
  13. 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...
  14. 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
  15. 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...
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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...
  19. [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...
  20. [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 ...
  21. [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...
  22. 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
  23. 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.
  24. 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 ...
  25. 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...
  26. 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...
  27. Der Marketendersepple

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Sauter, Ernst
    Date: 1903
    Topics:  
  28. Dolores Costello of the Vitagraph Players

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Vitagraph Company of America, Costello, Dolores
    Date: 1911
    Topics:  
    Subject: Dolores Costello
    Description: Costello dressed as a sailor.
  29. Dulmen Theatre du camp. "Le Veilleur de Nuit." (1 acte)

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1915
    Topics:  
    Description: Production of 1911 play by Sacha Guitry by French prisoners at the Dulmen POW camp in North Rhine - Westphalia.
  30. [Egg]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mademoiselle A. Lefort; signed on recto of each card: five signed G.M.; one signed Germaine. Brief message on lower right corner of recto of each card, two in English, th...
  31. [Egg]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mademoiselle A. Lefort; signed on recto of each card: five signed G.M.; one signed Germaine. Brief message on lower right corner of recto of each card, two in English, th...
  32. [Egg]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mademoiselle A. Lefort; signed on recto of each card: five signed G.M.; one signed Germaine. Brief message on lower right corner of recto of each card, two in English, th...
  33. [Egg]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mademoiselle A. Lefort; signed on recto of each card: five signed G.M.; one signed Germaine. Brief message on lower right corner of recto of each card, two in English, th...
  34. [Egg]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mademoiselle A. Lefort; signed on recto of each card: five signed G.M.; one signed Germaine. Brief message on lower right corner of recto of each card, two in English, th...
  35. [Egg]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1903
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Mademoiselle A. Lefort; signed on recto of each card: five signed G.M.; one signed Germaine. Brief message on lower right corner of recto of each card, two in English, th...
  36. ? Eishauer (Eshally) ?

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Nordische Kunstanstalt Ernst Schmidt & Co., Lubeck
    Date: circa 1905
    Topics: Female impersonators
  37. Emil Brunelly - Soubretten parodist, rezitator sopran u bariton sanger

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Emil Brunelly
    Date: circa 1905
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Emil Brunelly
  38. En Vacances

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1900
    Topics:  
  39. English POW theatrical

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Skowranek, Otto
    Date: 1915
    Topics:  
    Description: POW theatrical. No inscription.
  40. English Theater

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Tharan, Paul
    Date: 1915
    Topics:  
    Description: POW theatrical. Inscribed.
  41. English Theater, Lager Cottbus. Miss Russon, J.A. Butler

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Tharan, Paul
    Date: 1915
    Topics:  
    Description: POW theatrical. No inscription.
  42. Ernst Loretto

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators
  43. Estudiantina

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Stebbing
    Date: circa 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Series of three postcards. The title may refer to a waltz made popular by an 1883 arrangement by Emile Waldteufel. Further research might therefore identify these images as relating to a theatrical...
  44. Estudiantina

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Stebbing
    Date: circa 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Series of three postcards. The title may refer to a waltz made popular by an 1883 arrangement by Emile Waldteufel. Further research might therefore identify these images as relating to a theatrical...
  45. Estudiantina

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Stebbing
    Date: circa 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Series of three postcards. The title may refer to a waltz made popular by an 1883 arrangement by Emile Waldteufel. Further research might therefore identify these images as relating to a theatrical...
  46. [Fanluchette et Godichon]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Piprot, Walery
    Date: 1904
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Full set of 10 cards with photo narrative of an early 19th-century seduction scene. "Male"soldier wearing a shako declares his love to a country girl in a studio setting with a backdrop painting of...
  47. [Fanluchette et Godichon]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Piprot, Walery
    Date: 1904
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Full set of 10 cards with photo narrative of an early 19th-century seduction scene. "Male"soldier wearing a shako declares his love to a country girl in a studio setting with a backdrop painting of...
  48. [Fanluchette et Godichon]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Piprot, Walery
    Date: 1904
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Full set of 10 cards with photo narrative of an early 19th-century seduction scene. "Male"soldier wearing a shako declares his love to a country girl in a studio setting with a backdrop painting of...
  49. [Fanluchette et Godichon]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Piprot, Walery
    Date: 1904
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Full set of 10 cards with photo narrative of an early 19th-century seduction scene. "Male"soldier wearing a shako declares his love to a country girl in a studio setting with a backdrop painting of...
  50. [Fanluchette et Godichon]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Piprot, Walery
    Date: 1904
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Full set of 10 cards with photo narrative of an early 19th-century seduction scene. "Male"soldier wearing a shako declares his love to a country girl in a studio setting with a backdrop painting of...