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Woman in Man's Suit

Date: 03 17 1963
Description: A woman modeling a men's suit, while holding an umbrella and wearing a top hat. She is reflected by a mirror in the background.
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Sidell Sisters

Date: 1928
Description: The Sidell Sisters in the Apache dance scene from Ziegfield's production of Show Boat. The Sidell Sisters were former students of Leo Kehl.
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Bloch in Dress with Ukulele

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Description: Robert Bloch wearing a dress, a blonde wig, eyeglasses and a feathered hat, strums a ukulele while holding a cigarette and sticking his tongue out. On the ...
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Sidell Sisters

Date: 1928
Description: Billie is dressed as a man, and Pierre is lying on a table with Billie leaning over her.
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Billie Sidell Costumed as a Man

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Description: Billie Sidell poses seated, dressed in an elaborate, princely costume. She passes easily as a man.
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The Sidell Sisters in Elaborate Costumes

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Description: Billie Sidell, dressed as a man, poses with her sister, Pierre Sidell, who is sitting on her shoulder. They are wearing elaborate, ornate costumes.
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Fancy Dress Party

Date: 08 19 1887
Description: Cabinet card of a group portrait of four men in front of a painted backdrop. Two are dressed in male formal attire, with top hats. The other men are dresse...
Postcard

Portrait of Two Men

Date: 1930
Description: Full-length studio "gag" portrait of two men in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the right, James Gorman, is wearing work clothes, boots and hat and...
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Thwaites, Welsh, and Foster

Date: 01 30 1912
Description: Ruben Gold Thwaites, Iva Welsh, and Mary Foster dressed as "Box and Cox" and Mrs. Bouncer from the 1840's comedy Box and Cox. They are at a costume ...
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People in the Van Schaick Studio

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Description: Interior view of a two men posing sitting in front of windows in the photographic studio of Charles Van Schaick.
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Women Masquerading as Men

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Description: Four women dressed as men posing togther for a portrait. The woman on the left is wearing a beard and has a pipe in her mouth. In the center is a woman wea...
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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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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Rally

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: A barbershop quartet of U.W. students singing on behalf of prom queen candidate, Mary Gisvold of Chippewa Falls, at the rally in the Memorial Union Rathske...
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Ad Club Women's Night

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: "Ads & Fads," Madison Advertising Club Women's Night, was held at the Hoffman House. Members are wearing fashions from the first half of the twentieth cent...

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