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An actor in drag, known as "Gertie", poses mid-movement in a white dress. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Yours always the same. Gertie of the Temple Belles

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'Gertie' has styled hair and is wearing white shoes as he looks directly at the viewer. A member of The Temple Belles concert party in France, World War I. We do not know which unit this troupe was attached to, but 'Gertie' (otherwise unidentified) wears very professional looking drag, and has signed and inscribed this photograph like a star (James Gardiner)

Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

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Identifier
fb494864p
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
1910 to 1919?
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photograph : photoprint ;
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