Russian prisoners of war performing a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus, with flower-bed prop. Photographic postcard, 191-.

  • Tharan, Paul
Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2043280i
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The James Gardiner Collection.
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Russian prisoners of war performing a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus, with flower-bed prop. Photographic postcard, 191-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Three men in drag pose with a flower-bed prop, in front of a painted scene; one of the men is seated.

Publication/Creation

Cottbus : Paul Tharan. Lager-Photograph, [between 1910 and 1919?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.8 x 13.5 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Kriegsgef. Lager Cottbus Russ. Theater

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Hefty Russian prisoners of war at Cottbus, not looking exactly happy in their drag."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2043280i

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

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