Two young men in drag wearing Japanese costumes, pose together holding fans, underneath a parasol. Photographic postcard, 1905.

Date:
1905
Reference:
2043410i
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The James Gardiner Collection.
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Two young men in drag wearing Japanese costumes, pose together holding fans, underneath a parasol. Photographic postcard, 1905. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1905.

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1 photographic postcard ; 8.6 x 13.7 cm

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The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "A delightful real photographic postcard, postally used Manchester 1905. Within a circular vignette, two young men pose in Japanese ‘Geisha’ costumes almost certainly inspired by the perennially popular Gilbert & Sullivan opera ‘The Mikado’, first performed 1885."
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Wellcome Collection 2043410i76

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  • Military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag

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