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  1. 1er Avril

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: A & Cie
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Series of 2 April Fool’s Day (“poisson d’avril”) postcards. Two women dressed in 18th-century aristocratic garb, one as a man, one as woman: In this card (tinted), each is holding a colossal fish (...
  2. 1er Avril

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: A & Cie
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Series of 2 April Fool’s Day (“poisson d’avril”) postcards. Two women dressed in 18th-century aristocratic garb, one as a man, one as woman: In one card (untinted), both hold a basket filled with f...
  3. [A gendarme, a magistrate and others] or women in costume

     
    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 showing six women posing in front of the entry to a brick building. Three are dressed in the simple outfits of working women, including one wearing a long white apron; the other three are ...
  4. A travers les coulisses

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Paris sur Scene
    Date: 1925
    Topics:  
    Description: Female impersonator as a showgirl in her dress room.
  5. Albertin celebre imitateur

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Albertin
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Albertin
    Description: Blank verso.
  6. Alraunen duo

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Fotograf Fritz Frank, Frankfurt
    Date: 1913
    Topics: Female impersonators
  7. Amour en Bretagne-les premiers baisers

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
  8. Amourette Louis XV

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Set of 2 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. "Male"aristocrat woos a female aristocrat in a studio-set formal garden. Blank verso with manuscript address; stamp and postm...
  9. Amourette Louis XV

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Set of 2 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. "Male"aristocrat woos a female aristocrat in a studio-set formal garden. Blank verso with manuscript address; stamp and postm...
  10. Amourette Louis XV

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1905
    Topics:  
    Description: Same image in card 149. Same series depicted in cards 67-68, and 146-150.
  11. Amourette Louis XV - Du Brantome!

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Charles Ventre (greeted as “Mon joli” or “mon petit”). Brief message on recto of all cards signed “ta Jeanette.” Three cards have longer love notes on the verso. Set of f...
  12. Amourette Louis XV - La lecture stait captiva

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Charles Ventre (greeted as “Mon joli” or “mon petit”). Brief message on recto of all cards signed “ta Jeanette.” Three cards have longer love notes on the verso. Set of f...
  13. Amourette Louis XV - la Marquise Lisait

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Charles Ventre (greeted as “Mon joli” or “mon petit”). Brief message on recto of all cards signed “ta Jeanette.” Three cards have longer love notes on the verso. Set of f...
  14. Amourette Louis XV - Marquis, vous n'etec pas sace

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Charles Ventre (greeted as “Mon joli” or “mon petit”). Brief message on recto of all cards signed “ta Jeanette.” Three cards have longer love notes on the verso. Set of f...
  15. Amourette Louis XV - Mettons en action le roman

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: S.I.P.
    Date: 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Charles Ventre (greeted as “Mon joli” or “mon petit”). Brief message on recto of all cards signed “ta Jeanette.” Three cards have longer love notes on the verso. Set of f...
  16. Amoureux Viennois

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Royer
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: One postcard (no. 3) from a series of unknown length representing a woman dressed as a male officer in a braided uniform adapted for added raciness (tailored for maximum form fitting, sleeves remov...
  17. Amours Champetres

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery
    Date: circa 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Divided verso; notice printed full width indicating "Tous les pays étrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto. Se renseigner à la Poste”. Printed on verso: Two five-point stars followed b...
  18. [An officer and an aristocrat]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: ABN
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Set of 4 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. "Male"aristocrat woos a female aristocrat in a studio-set salon. No imprinted captions. Divided verso. Series no. 525.
  19. [An officer and an aristocrat]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: ABN
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Set of 4 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. "Male"aristocrat woos a female aristocrat in a studio-set salon. No imprinted captions. Divided verso. Series no. 525.
  20. [An officer and an aristocrat]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: ABN
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Set of 4 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. "Male"aristocrat woos a female aristocrat in a studio-set salon. No imprinted captions. Divided verso. Series no. 525.
  21. [An officer and an aristocrat]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: ABN
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Set of 4 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. "Male"aristocrat woos a female aristocrat in a studio-set salon. No imprinted captions. Divided verso. Series no. 525.
  22. Argentan - Nanette, v'la l'marchand d'noisettes

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Chalumeau-Michelli
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
  23. Arigon - Imitateur

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Arigon
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Arigon
    Description: Cherry pink on white cardstock. Divided verso; imprinted "Postkarte”.
  24. Aristocrat and a country girl

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Kunzli Freres Editeurs, Stebbing
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Captioned: L’Invitation and La Déclaration. Same series depicted in cards 112-117.
  25. Aristocrat and a country girl

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Kunzli Freres Editeurs, Stebbing
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Captioned: L’Invitation and La Déclaration. Same series depicted in cards 112-117.
  26. [Aristocrat and Flower Girl]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Edit. d'Art
    Date: 1911
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: ighteenth-century seduction scene: woman dressed as a male aristocrat woos a peasant-girl flower-seller against a studio backdrop of a sylvan scene. Postage stamp and postmark on recto. Divided verso.
  27. [Aristocrat courting]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery
    Date: 1902
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Brief manuscript message providing a caption in the lower margin of the recto of each postcard (“Ah! Attention!!!!!!”; “Ça s’embrouille”; etc.). Each message is signed “Jane.” Complet...
  28. [Aristocrat courting]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery
    Date: 1902
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Brief manuscript message providing a caption in the lower margin of the recto of each postcard (“Ah! Attention!!!!!!”; “Ça s’embrouille”; etc.). Each message is signed “Jane.” Complet...
  29. [Aristocrat courting]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery
    Date: 1902
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Brief manuscript message providing a caption in the lower margin of the recto of each postcard (“Ah! Attention!!!!!!”; “Ça s’embrouille”; etc.). Each message is signed “Jane.” Complet...
  30. [Aristocrat courting]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery
    Date: 1902
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Brief manuscript message providing a caption in the lower margin of the recto of each postcard (“Ah! Attention!!!!!!”; “Ça s’embrouille”; etc.). Each message is signed “Jane.” Complet...
  31. [Aristocrat courting]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery
    Date: 1902
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Brief manuscript message providing a caption in the lower margin of the recto of each postcard (“Ah! Attention!!!!!!”; “Ça s’embrouille”; etc.). Each message is signed “Jane.” Complet...
  32. Arrive a Chinon

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: ELD, Walery
    Date: circa 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to Lucien Renault; signed “Ta soeurette [illegible]”. Historical scene showing Joan of Arc telling the dauphin of France that he will be crowned king at Reims. As is convent...
  33. Asta

     
    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 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators
  34. Asta

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Nordische Kunstanstalt Ernst Schmidt & Co., Lubeck
    Date: 1914
    Topics: Female impersonators
  35. Baroness and Baron, Cinderella, Brixton Theatre

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Conway, Tom
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
    Subject: Tom Conway
  36. Bergere et Berger

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: MJS
    Date: 1904 to 1906
    Topics: Female impersonators, Male impersonators
    Description: Series of 2 comic postcards of a shepherdess and a shepherd. Both emphasize supposedly outlandish folkloric highlander clothing. One shows a woman dressed as a shepherd; a doggerel verse printed in...
  37. Bergere et Berger

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: MJS
    Date: 1904 to 1906
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Series of 2 comic postcards of a shepherdess and a shepherd. Both emphasize supposedly outlandish folkloric highlander clothing. One shows a woman dressed as a shepherd; a doggerel verse printed in...
  38. Bertin

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Fialdo, Bertin, Robert
    Date: circa 1900
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Robert Bertin
    Description: Undivided verso imprinted “Tarjeta Postal / Union Universal de Correos / España / En e[s]te lado se escribe solamente la direccion” Hand-tinted in green with gold highlights. Foxing to verso.
  39. Bertin - Imitant la Tortojada

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Bertin, Robert
    Date: circa 1907
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Robert Bertin
    Description: Divided verso; notice printed full width indicating "Tous les pays étrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto. Se renseigner à la poste.”
  40. Bessie Bonehill

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Bonehill, Bessie
    Date: 1904
    Topics:  
    Subject: Bessie Bonehill
  41. Betti Kuhn, weiblicher Gesangskomiker, preisgekront

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Steinbock, J., Kuhn, Betti
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
    Subject: Betti Kuhn
    Description: Kuhn dressed as a man holding a fly fishing rod.
  42. Betti Kuhn, weiblicher Gesangskomiker, preisgekront

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Steinbock, J., Kuhn, Betti
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
    Subject: Betti Kuhn
    Description: Kuhn dressed as a dandy with a monocle.
  43. Betti Kuhn, weiblicher Gesangskomiker, preisgekront

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Steinbock, J., Kuhn, Betti
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
    Subject: Betti Kuhn
    Description: Kuhn dressed as a gentleman with a top hat.
  44. Betti Kuhn, weiblicher Gesangskomiker, preisgekront

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Steinbock, J., Kuhn, Betti
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
    Subject: Betti Kuhn
    Description: Kuhn dressed in a military uniform holding a saber and a battalion flag.
  45. Betti Kuhn, weiblicher Gesangskomiker, preisgekront

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Steinbock, J., Kuhn, Betti
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
    Subject: Betti Kuhn
    Description: Kuhn dressed in an informal suit, holding a cigarette.
  46. Bonne Annee

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1930
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Addressed to “Bien chère Gaby” and signed “Mes meilleurs voeux, mes bonnes amitiés—Une petite amie.” Long personal message about health issues, life troubles, hopes to see friend in t...
  47. Bonne Annee

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1907
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "New year’s greetings to “Ma chère Henriette” at Castle Hall School in Northampton, England; signed “Ton amie qui t’embrasse, Jeanne Lambert” Slim young woman dressed as a mailman in f...
  48. 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 in front of a studio backdrop of a village gate. Same model, costume and set as preceding card, but differing pose. Holding flowers. Divided verso.
  49. 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.
  50. 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.