Complete series of 6 postcards showing a woman dressed as a sporty young man approaching a properly dressed young woman in the street and convincing her to learn how to ride the young man’s bicycle. The narrative takes place in front of a painted studio backdrop of a Paris city scene: a wine shop at right, a kiosk at left in the middle distance, and the Panthéon in the background. Each card includes a snippet of dialog between the two characters; the woman identifies herself in one as an “ouvrière dans une grande maison de Modes de la Rue de la Paix.” Divided verso; imprinted “a utiliser seulement dans le régime intérieur (FRANCE, ALGERIE et TUNISIE).”
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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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