Male impersonators
Found in 152 Collections and/or Records:
Hotel du Chariot d'Or, 1904
Idylle a Trianon, 1902
Same series depicted in cards 320-328.
Idylle a trianon, 1902
Set of three cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. Male impersonator as officer invites a female aristocrat to dance in a studio-set salon. Numbered I, II and X.
Idylle a Trianon, 1902
Same series depicted in cards 64-66.
Il m'aime, Un peu, Beaucoup, 1905
Series of three postcards of a woman dressed in late 18th-century officer's wear reacting to declarations from a woman in a dress and flowered hat. The woman is reciting the traditional French equivalent of 'he loves me, he loves me not' while plucking petals from a flower. Cards numbered I, II and III. Each postcard after the first has a rhyming couplet as a caption on the recto.
Je suis épris de toi, 1907
Jeanne Bloch, 1910
A comic actress who played both female and male roles in music-hall revues; dressed as a portly, gray-haired, bearded gentleman looking like then President of the French Republic, Armand Fallières. Card No. 308.
Jeanne Bloch, dans Armand' retour de Londres, 1910
Comic actor and singer Jeanne Bloch dressed as a portly, bearded man wearing a top hat and carrying a cane. Inscription at upper left on the recto indicates that Bloch was appearing at La Scala, a music hall in Paris open from 1874 to 1936.
Jeanne d'Arc, 1903
Joan of Arc in a doublet, breastplate and helmet, holding a sword and battle standard against a smoky background. A doggerel verse printed in red at upper left on the recto recounts her victory over the English. Inscription: "Addressed to Jeanne Carlin. Brief unsigned message on recto."