Two sailors (?) on board ship: one in drag is playing a guitar. Photographic postcard, 1907.

Date:
1907
Reference:
2043366i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Two sailors (?) on board ship: one in drag is playing a guitar. Photographic postcard, 1907. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Two men in drag and fancy dress on board ship. The man in drag is wearing a head scarf and sits next to the other man who wears a very tall hat (representing the ship's funnel) and has his face and hands painted half black and half white. Postcard posted from Portsmouth in 1907, giving a latest date for publication

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1907.

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 9.1 x 13.9 cm

Lettering

Our funny lady ... [lettering indistinct] Inscribed indistinctly but possibly "Our funny party ... [word indistinct] ... mam and stoker"

Notes

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Reference

Wellcome Collection 2043366i

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

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