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Scene from "Wac-Khaki" GI Revue

Date: 10 01 1943
Description: Scene from "Wac-Khaki" GI Revue: Sergeant Henry Hale Uhar and seven other soldiers dressed as "Hawaiian Maidens," on stage at the Wisconsin Memorial Union ...
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Tau Kappa Epsilon Novelty Party

Date: 04 22 1933
Description: Tau Kappa Epsilon novelty party, 216 Langdon Street. The boys are dressed as girls and the girls are dressed as boys.
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Adults Modeling International Costumes

Date: 01 22 1932
Description: Six women modeling international costumes at Franklin School.
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American Legion

Date: 01 08 1931
Description: View towards a man dressed as a woman, with his back turned, standing in front of a group of American Legion men posing in a room at the G.A.R. Hall. The m...
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"Archers" Group at Emerson School

Date: 11 13 1930
Description: "Archers" group on stage at Emerson School.
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1909 International Auto Wagon in Parade in Hamilton, Ontario

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Description: Two men in costumes drive an "antique" 1909 International Auto Wagon in a parade in Hamilton, Ontario. One man appears to be dressed in women's clothing an...
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Deering Works Canvas Department

Date: 1910
Description: Female factory workers stand around long tables in the canvas department at International Harvester's Deering Works Canvas Department. Canvas is piled in r...
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Publicity Still of Eleanor Lawson, Marguerite Clark and Helen Greene

Date: 1917
Description: Three English girls who were raised as boys, from left to right: Tommy (played by Marguerite Clark), Willie (Eleanor Lawson), and Noel (Helen Greene) in a ...
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Publicity Still of Marguerite Clark

Date: 1917
Description: Marguerite Clark is seated in a Hansom cab in a publicity still for "The Amazons." She wears a man's tailcoat with white tie, cape, and top hat.
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Henry Woodruff, Rhea Mitchell, and Tsuru Aoki in a scene still

Date: 1916
Description: In this scene still for the silent drama "The Beckoning Flame," the Indian colonial administrator Harry Dickson (played by Henry Woodruff) and his English ...
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Mary Miles Minter and Alan Forrest struggle in a scene still

Date: 1918
Description: Dressed in her brother's clothes, Phyllis King (played by Mary Miles Minter) struggles with Grayson Blair (Alan Forrest) in a scene still for the silent dr...
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Mary Miles Minter and Alan Forrest in a scene still by a boat house

Date: 1918
Description: Grayson Blair (played by Alan Forrest) discovers that the boy he has seized is actually Phyllis King (played by Mary Miles Minter) dressed in her brother's...
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Scouts at Wisconsin Pavilion

Date: 07 09 1965
Description: A group of scouts enjoy a snack at picnic tables outside the Wisconsin Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair. Each scout has a glass of milk and a young woman ...
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Womenless Wedding

Date: 1927
Description: A womenless group wedding portrait taken in a gymnasium. The large group of men are all dressed theatrically in male and female apparel. Some of the men ar...

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