A group of 'gay' dogs. Colour process print, 194-/195-.

Date:
[between 1940 and 1959?]
Reference:
2059442i
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The James Gardiner Collection.
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A group of 'gay' dogs. Colour process print, 194-/195-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. : "Colourpicture" Publication, [between 1940 and 1959?]

Physical description

1 print : process print, printed in colours ; 8.9 x 13.7 cm

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I'm out with a bunch of gay dogs here!

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "In the same genre as Wellcome Library no. 2059308i. The present work demonstrates that the word 'gay' as in homosexual was not current in American usage as late as the 1940s/1950s when the card was produced. Webster's dictionary defined the term 'gay dog ' as 'A man given to licentious self-indulgence' ".

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Wellcome Collection 2059442i

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