Digital Transgender Archive

Jack Brown, in Drag, Smiles Down at Bowing Dance Partner Charles Gregory

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Jack Brown holds his skirt out to the side while Gregory bows dramatically in front of him. Brown and Gregory performed the Cake-Walk, a very popular dance, as part of “Les Joyeux Nègres" at the Nouveau Cirque in Paris from 1902-1903.

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Identifier
8049g544f
Collection
Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
Institution
Digital Transgender Archive
Date Created
1902 to 1903
Dates Covered
1902 to 1903
Genre
Photographs
Subject(s)
Charles Gregory
Jack Brown
Places
Île-de-France > Paris
Topic(s)
BIPOC
Black LGBTQ+ people
Cakewalk (Dance)
Female impersonators
LGBTQ+ people of color
Resource Type
Still Image
Language
French
Rights
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