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Belles of the party doing their best to get the Manager into a good humour before the show commences
Belles of the party doing their best to get the Manager into a good humour before the show commences
Concert party, France, during World War I. This photograph shows a group of three soldiers dressed as women teasing another soldier in uniform. Their make-up and dress is exaggerated and intended to imitate provocative women. The caption shows that they are prepared for an entertainment to amuse the troops. The name 'Queeries' in the context of men dressed as women reflects attitudes of the tim…
Contributors
- David, British official photographer McLellan
Subject
- Costumes (character dress)
- Entertainers
- Soldiers
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- David, British official photographer McLellan
Subject
- Costumes (character dress)
- Entertainers
- Soldiers
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1916 - 1918
- 1916/1918
- 2005
Identifier
- 74548862
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T13:22:53.687Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:46:14.633Z