A French prisoner of war acting in an internment camp in Dülmen, performing in drag, wearing a long white dress. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Date:
[between 1915 and 1918?]
Reference:
2043369i
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The James Gardiner Collection.
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A French prisoner of war acting in an internment camp in Dülmen, performing in drag, wearing a long white dress. Photographic postcard, 191-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A man in drag holding a fan, leaning against a plain background.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1915 and 1918?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.9 x 13.8 cm

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Lettering

Dülmen-theatre du camp. "Richard"

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "‘Richard’, French prisoner of war at Dulmen Camp in Germany wearing a delightful and beautifully made tiered and sequinned frock with a fur-trimmed hem and train. He carries a gauze fan, and poses in a very ladylike way with one arm raised. Some of these boys really knew how to do it."
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Reference

Wellcome Collection 2043369i

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

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