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Three sailors with arms round each other. Photographic postcard, 1917.

"Yours sincerely, Alex"

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Three sailors, the man in the centre is in drag. A Christmas party on board HMS Royal Oak, soon after she went into service at the Battle of Jutland (31 May and 1 June 1916). The ship was sunk after being torpedoed in Scapa Flow in October 1939, with 833 men lost

Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

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Identifier
cv43nx144
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
Jan. 1, 1917
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photograph : photoprint ;
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