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Chasse-croise, 1900

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: 107-111

Scope and Contents

Series of 5 postcards number I through V showing an 18th century picnic. The series is highly unusual as the only postcards of the genre documented to date that represent a cross-dressed woman and a man dressed as a man both portraying male roles. Inscription: "Addressed to Mesdemoiselles Bonnet; signed on recto of each card: Henriette."

Dates

  • 1900

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, French

Extent

380 items. (713 items.)

Physical Description

5 postcards

Physical Description

Applied color

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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Cornell University
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