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1er Avril

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Series of 2 April Fool’s Day (“poisson d’avril”) postcards. Two women dressed in 18th-century aristocratic garb, one as a man, one as woman: In one card (untinted), both hold a basket filled with flowers and fish. Divided verso. Stamp and postmark on verso. A doggerel verse printed on the recto of each refers to the pair in the photo as “ces marquis gracieux.”

Item Information:

Identifier
rx913q155
Collection
Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
Institution
Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
Creator(s)
A & Cie
Date Created
1905
Genre
Ephemera
Places
Île-de-France > Paris
Topic(s)
Male impersonators
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
14 x 9 (centimeters)
Language
French
Rights
No known copyright
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