An amateur actor in drag, posing as 'Ninon', wearing a white dress and hat. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Date:
[between 1920 and 1929?]
Reference:
2043434i
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The James Gardiner Collection.
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An amateur actor in drag, posing as 'Ninon', wearing a white dress and hat. Photographic postcard, 192-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

Liverpool (10 Wilde Street) : Carbonora & Co. (G. E. Mills, Proprietor), [between 1920 and 1929?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 7.7 x 12.9 cm

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Lettering

"Ninon" The naughty girl?

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Amusing theatrical drag, Trevor H. Smith posed as ‘Ninon’ the ‘naughty girl’ of the popular 1920 review ‘As You Were’, the song poularised by the French singing star Alice Delysia. Autograph photo postcard by Carbonara, Liverpool."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

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Wellcome Collection 2043434i

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

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