An soldier in a concert party poses in drag, wearing white and holding a chair, standing in front of a train. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2043339i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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An soldier in a concert party poses in drag, wearing white and holding a chair, standing in front of a train. Photographic postcard, 191-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1910 and 1919?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard : gelatin silver print ; 8.9 x 13.9 cm

Lettering

Yours sincerely C. Bull

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "The photograph depicts a young man in lacy tiered summer dress with wide crowned hat. Unlocated, but from the wooden hut in the background part of one of the innumerable concert party groups entertaing the troops behind the lines in WW1. By 1916-17 at least 80% of British and Dominion divisions and units had concert parties."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2043339i

Where to find it

  • Military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag

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