A man dressed wearing a long coat and a hat bearing the word "Cook", stands outside a building. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2043449i
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The James Gardiner Collection.
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A man dressed wearing a long coat and a hat bearing the word "Cook", stands outside a building. Photographic postcard, 191-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A man wearing a peaked hat and carrying a swagger stick. One of a set of three cards depicting an unidentified amateur theatrical production, circa 1910; see Wellcome Library nos. 2043444i and 2043445i

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1910 and 1919?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 9.0 x 13.9 cm

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Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Male character dressed as a porter or janitor, wearing a ‘Cooks’ peaked cap, for Thomas Cook, the travel agents. The swagger stick being carried suggests a possible military connection, and this may be a camp concert party , pre-World War 1 period."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2043449i

Type/Technique

Where to find it

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

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