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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.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Grace and Amos Lindner

Date: 1915
Description: Grace and Amos Lindner (the latter in female dress).
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Amos and Otto Lindner

Date: 1911
Description: Interior portrait of Otto (on left in female dress) and Amos Lindner.
Photograph

Hattie Fels Owen

Date: 1908
Description: Outdoor portrait of Hattie Fels Owen wearing a white suit and hat and sitting in a wicker rocking chair. She is holding a cigar in her right hand. Behind h...
Photograph

Two Cross Dressing Women

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Description: Two women dressed up in men's attire, including top hats, eyeglasses, fake moustache, and canes, stand on the steps of porch of a private residence.
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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 ...
Photograph

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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Leo Kehl Dancing

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Description: Leo Kehl performs a dance, costumed as a woman.
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...
Photograph

Women in Costume

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman posing sitting on the left wearing a false moustache, uniform jacket and hat, and a woman wearing...
Historical Object

115 - Younger Campers at Joy Camps

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying four photographs of younger campers. In one photograph campers are standing on a dock near two boats. In two pho...
Photograph

Sarah and Florentina Krueger in Costume

Date: 1910
Description: Sarah and Florentina Krueger standing in front of a barn in costume. Sarah is dressed in traditional Pomeranian attire and is holding a bucket and milking...
Photograph

Florentina in a Man's Suit

Date: 09 1906
Description: Portrait of Florentina Krueger sitting outdoors in a wicker chair. She is wearing a man's white suit and hat, and is holding a cigar in her left hand and a...
Photograph

Flora Fels Weege on Horseback

Date: 1908
Description: Flora Fels Weege sitting on top of a horse holding a rifle. She is wearing a men's suit, a hat, and a belt holding ammunition.
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Flora Fels Weege Riding a Horse

Date: 1908
Description: Flora Fels Weege sitting on a white horse while wearing a man's suit, hat, and a belt containing ammunition. She has a rifle propped in her right arm.
Photograph

Jennie and Edgar Krueger

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jennie and Edgar Krueger sitting in chairs on the Krueger farm. Both of them are wearing hats, neckties, suit's, and are smoking cigars...
Photograph

Jennie and Edgar Krueger in Suits

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jennie and Edgar Krueger. They are both smoking cigars and wearing suits, hats, and ties.

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