Yvette Dolly
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- Title:
- Yvette Dolly
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
- Creator:
- Francis Photo
- Creation Date:
- 1924
- ID Number:
- RMM07778_b1_f03_020_01
- Collection Number:
- 7778
- File Name:
- RMM07778_b1_f03_020_01.jpg
- Transcription:
- Inscription: Moulin Rouge Paris 27/11/24 / A Myriam mon / bon souvenir / Dolly. Divided verso; black rubber-stamp impression on verso: "Collection J.F.M.”
- Work Type:
- Postcard
Photograph - Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
toning (photography) - Subject:
- male impersonators
- Measurement:
- 14 x 9.1 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Full length portrait of Dolly in a frock coat, slacks, and a wide collared shirt. Dolly is facing the camera directly, torso angled toward the left, left hand in slacks pocket. Dolly has close-cropped dark hair and light skin and is smoking an unlit cigarette with an impish expression. The backdrop is of painted trees.
- Notes:
- Toned gelatin silver postcard of performer Yvette Dolly with handwritten inscription. This postcard is one of several hundred held in the Human Sexuality collection at Rare and Manuscript Collections, showcasing male and female impersonators and cross-dressing in the early twentieth century. All are accessible in a digital collection.
- 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
- Box:
- 1
- Folder:
- 3
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the Mellon Teaching Sets Collection are unknown. Whenever possible, information on current rights owners is included with the image. Digitization took place at varied times from items held at Cornell University Library’s Rare and Manuscript Collections in service of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Cornell is providing access to low-resolution, non-downloadable versions of the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial research and 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. For more information about these volumes, please contact the Rare and Manuscript Collections at rareref@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.