Bonne Annee
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- Title:
- Bonne Annee
- Collection:
- Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross-dressing in Europe and the United States, 1900-1930
- Date:
- 1930
- Country:
- France
- ID Number:
- RMM07778_B1_F16_155_01
- Collection Number:
- 7778
- Card Number:
- 7778_155
- File Name:
- RMM07778_b1_f16_155_01.jpg
- Work Type:
- Gelatin silver
- Materials/Techniques:
- Applied color
- Subject:
- Male impersonators
- Measurement:
- 13.7 x 8.8 (centimeters)
- Description:
- Inscription: "Addressed to “Bien chère Gaby” and signed “Mes meilleurs voeux, mes bonnes amitiés—Une petite amie.” Long personal message about health issues, life troubles, hopes to see friend in the coming year." Studio photo of a garçonne—the French “new young women” of the 1920s who appropriated a variety of masculine privileges: dressing in mannish clothes, smoking in public, playing sports, driving cars and openly pursuing lovers of both sexes, evoking both horror and titillation among conservatives. The style of the garçonne portrayed on this postcard is clearly titled toward a more feminine presentation of the supposedly male signifiers. Divided verso imprinted “Made in France — Fabriqué en France”
- Cite As:
- Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross-dressing, #7778. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross-dressing
- Series:
- France: Humor
- Box:
- 1
- Folder:
- 16
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of this image cannot be determined. While it appears here without formalities, it may be protected based on the laws of its country of origin. Without additional information on the image’s provenance, a determination cannot be made. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2019 from materials held in the Rare and Manuscript Collections, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Professor Durba Ghosh and Brenda Marston, Curator of the Human Sexuality Collection. Cornell is providing access to the materials under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about this item and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Rare and Manuscript Collections at rareref@cornell.edu.