May 21, 2015 - Sale 2385

Sale 2385 - Lot 180

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(TRANVESTITES)
Group of 24 playful, real photo postcards of mostly male cross-dressers, including a suite of 6 Vaudeville images of sailors in long wigs camping it up, with one man in blackface, period montages (with a man's head added to a cowgirl's outfit), studio photographs, theatrical tableaux and stage images featuring men in tight evening gowns, hand-tinted studies, women in western and military drag, and a shy lesbian couple holding hands; with an additional 4 photomechanical reproductions. Circa 1905-30s