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Vaudeville Postcards, circa 1890-circa 1950

 File — box-folder: 36
Identifier: Sub-Series 2.3.

Scope and Contents note

From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series consists of a single album of photographs and postcards primarily of theatrical, music hall, and vaudeville entertainers of the 19th and first half of the 20th century, primarily in clothing considered more appropriate to the opposite gender. Images include Baby Peggy, Gladys Bentley, Bessie Featherstone, Ella Fox, Kitty Lawrence, Gerard, Billy Merson, Reine, George Robey, Fred Spencer, Gildo Walgher, and Lottie Williams. (Photographs and postcards of Vesta Tilley can be found in Sub-Series 4.2 People.) The sub-series also contains cigarette cards of actresses published by Duke Cigarettes in the late 1880s, as well as images of the hermaphrodite Esther/Lester and Victor-Victoria.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1890-circa 1950

Creator

Access

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

Extent

1 album.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California Repository

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