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Albert Letine in drag. Postcard, ca. 1907.

Albert Letine

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Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

Albert Letine is dressed as a French soubrette or showgirl, and may indeed be French or Belgian. The'Entente Cordiale' between Britain and France reached a height in 1908 with the opening of the enormously successful Franco-British Exhibition, and many French theatrical performers enjoyed a surge of popularity in London

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Identifier
tq57nr36z
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
Jan. 1, 1907
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 print : process print ;
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