5/13/2016 Guide to the French Transvestite Postcards,circa 1900-1930. Guide to the FreNch TraNsvestite Postcards, circa 1900-1930. CollectioN Number: 7778 DivisioN of Rare aNd MaNuscript CollectioNs CorNell UNiversity Library CoNtact INformatioN: Compiled Date EAD Date DivisioN of Rare aNd by: completed: eNcodiNg: modified: MaNuscript CollectioNs RMC Staff November RMC Staff, Jude 2B Carl A. Kroch Library 2011 November CoriNa, CorNell UNiversity 2011 April 2014 Ithaca, NY 14853 Theo (607) 255-3530 Wolf, Fax: (607) 255-9524 February
[email protected] 2016 http://rmc.library.corNell.edu © 2011 DivisioN of Rare aNd MaNuscript CollectioNs, CorNell UNiversity Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Title: French transvestite postcards, circa 19001925. Collection Number: 7778 Creator: Gerard Koskovich, collector Quantity: 204 items. Forms of Material: Photographs, Postcards Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Abstract: Postcards portraying crossdressing and female and male impersonators in France. Language: Collection material in English http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM07778.html 1/42 5/13/2016 Guide to the French Transvestite Postcards,circa 1900-1930. COLLECTION DESCRIPTION Postcards portraying crossdressing and female and male impersonators in France, both realphoto postcards, some handcolored, and those printed using heliogravure and offset methods. All are printed between circa 1900 and 1925 in France, except for four printed in other European countries, and all the performers appeared in France. Many images are photographs of performers on amateur, café concert, musichall, and legitimate stages at the highpoint of crossdressing as a form of entertainment in France. In one postcard, Jeanne Bloch is imitating Armand Fallières, President of the French Republic, 19061913, a provocative statement at a time when French women were still denied the right to vote.