Digital Transgender Archive
A sailor in drag, wearing a milkmaid costume. Photographic postcard by H.J. Bond, 1906.
The man in drag is apparently Able Seaman Arthur Roach, a crew member of the H.M.S. Prince of Wales. He poses as a milkmaid behind a wooden fence and in front of a painted background. He is wearing a rather odd hybrid fancy-dress outfit, part showgirl/courtesan (ruffles and jewellery), part little girl at the seaside (very short skirt, bucket and spade)
Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.
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- Collection
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James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
- Institution
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Wellcome Library
- Date Issued
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Jan. 1, 1906
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Photographs
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Female impersonators
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Still Image
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1 photograph : photoprint ;
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