People at Rickmansworth, Herts., some in drag, gather outside at a swimmming gala. Photographic postcard, 1908.

Date:
1908
Reference:
2043832i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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People at Rickmansworth, Herts., some in drag, gather outside at a swimmming gala. Photographic postcard, 1908. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Four of the men wear fancy costumes, the one in the centre is dressed as a pierrot, and there are also children within the crowd. Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, swimming sports gala, 1908. Two men are dragged up as suffragettes, wearing sashes supporting votes for women

Print catalogued was postally sent from Rickmansworth to Newport on 1 August 1908 with message saying that "..they swam in these costumes, and the man dressed as a woman had first prize"

Publication/Creation

Rickmansworth : Arthur G. Copping, 1908.

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.9 x 14.1 cm

Lettering

Swimming sports 1908

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2043832i

Where to find it

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

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