Comic actor and singer Jeanne Bloch (1858–1916) dressed as a portly, bearded man wearing a top hat and carrying a cane. The word “Scala” appears at upper left on the recto, indicating that Bloch was appearing at La Scala, a music hall in Paris open from 1874 to 1936. Divided verso, indicating that the card was produced after 1903. Light spotting to recto.
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Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross-dressing, #7778. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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