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Jack Brown Poses in Drag in Front of Dance Partner Charles Gregory, Holding a Fan

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A postcard featuring Jack Brown in drag with dance partner Charles Gregory. Brown stands in the center wearing a long dress and ruffled hat with a fan in his right hand. Gregory is leaning out from behind Brown, wearing a suit with striped pants and holding a top hat in his left hand. The bottom of the postcard reads: Le Cake-Walk Dansé au Nouveau Cirque LES NÉGRES. 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
jm214p49d
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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