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Gustav Luzernow, an actor, in drag, posing in several small inset portraits. Process print, 1907.

Gustav Luzernow. Damendarsteller in seinen Typen.

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Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

Six inset portraits of the German quick-change artist Gustav Luzernow (dates unknown), including one of him not in drag and five as female characters. This kind of quick-change, multi-faceted, frequently musical, variety drag act seems to have been popular in continental Europe (see Wellcome Library nos.2044505i and 20445121i), but was practically unknown in the United Kingdom (James Gardiner)

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Item Information:

Identifier
1544bp37v
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
Jan. 1, 1907
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 print : process print ;
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