Tiki Carpenter in drag as "The dancing Australian". Photographic postcard, ca. 1927.

Date:
[not after 1927]
Reference:
2044930i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Tiki Carpenter in drag as "The dancing Australian". Photographic postcard, ca. 1927. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

He is in drag wearing a ballerina costume; posing on stage mid-dance. Arthur Sydney 'Tiki' Carpenter had been a member of the ANZAC forces in World War I and performed with a concert party called The Green Diamonds. After the armistice he joined the 'Smart Set Diggers' (an ex-forces drag troupe similar to the Splinters in the UK), which toured Australia. Tiki appears on the catalogued item in his ballet drag, dance being his speciality. He also toured the UK as a solo act: this publicity photograph from the late 1920s is printed in Leeds, and Tiki is billed as 'The Dancing Australian'

Publication/Creation

Leeds (Woodsley Road) : Tratties Repro, [not after 1927]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 13.8 x 8 cm

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Lettering

Mr. Tiki Carpenter. "The dancing Australian". Kind wishes Tiki Carpenter, 1927. Lettering printed and written in black on bottom recto

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2044930i

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  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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    Closed stores

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