A man stands on a beach wearing a white bathing costume. Photographic postcard, 193-.

Date:
[between 1930 and 1939]
Reference:
2047058i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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A man stands on a beach wearing a white bathing costume. Photographic postcard, 193-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

Photograph of a man with short dark hair wearing white bathing trunks standing smiling at the viewer.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1930 and 1939]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 13.8 x 8.7 cm

Contributors

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "A private photograph taken on a beach. By the 1920s, such was the popularity of the picture postcard that it was possible to have roll-films taken from your Kodak 'Brownie' camera and printed up in this format at the local chemist. Such 'private' photographs of young men such as this (in what would have appeared at the time an extremely brief swimming costume), have become a staple of gay collectors in later times".

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2047058i

Type/Technique

Where to find it

  • Unlabelled photograph album

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