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RARE ANTIQUE ASSUIT. Exceptional Solid Metal Design. Museum Quality. Art Deco. Egytomania. Egyptian Revival. Tulle Bi Telli. Assiut.

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Lovely, lovely lamé. Such beautiful colours on this golden French lamé flapper coat. Available in the shop now. Link in profile. #1920s #1920sfashion #flappercoat #1920scoat #jazzagefashion #1920sdress #flapperfashion #flapperdress #florals #metallics #partyseason #vintageonetsy #21stcenturyvamp

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Too cute not to be worn this #Halloween. It has the loveliest Deco print in shades of purple. Illustrations from fancy dress catalogues 1929-30. Link to shop in profile #1920sCostume #Masquerade #1920s #artdecocostume #1920sHalloween #VintageHalloweenCostume #EtsyHalloween #EtsyVintage #21stCenturyVamp

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The sun was out so I had to take a couple of photos of this incredible lamé cape! It just oozes jazz age glamour. Covered in stylised Art Deco motifs. #1920s #JazzAgeFashion #1920sFashion #1920sflapper #ArtDecoFashion #vintagefashion #21stCenturyVamp

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Vintage 1920s Shoes. Dark Aubergine Leather with Tiny Diamanté Decoration. 20s. Purple. Flapper. Jazz Age. Art Deco.

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NO FILTER - it's just that good!!! Available on #Etsy link to shop in profile. #sparkleforyoursunday #Assuit #sparkleporn #nofilternecessary #1920s #glamour #AssuitShawl #tribalfusion #bellydance #antiquetextile #21stcenturyvamp

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1920s Film Costume Hat. Wool Felt and French Jet Beaded Headpiece. Silent Film Era. MGM provenance. Old Hollywood.

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Female and Male Impersonators in Minneapolis

From 1910-1929, a piano store owner named Elmer Brooks collected more than 150 autographed photos of traveling vaudeville performers who visited local theaters. The photos were originally pasted into Brooks’ personal photo albums, but they were disassembled and are now in archival boxes in the Special Collections Department.

Brooks’ collection includes autographs from female and male impersonators who performed well before the public understood words like “drag queen” or “drag king.” Francis Renault (bottom) always performed in extravagant costumes, often left theaters in character for publicity, and was arrested several times for doing so. Julian Eltinge (middle) became so famous that a New York Theater was named after him, and Kathleen Clifford (top) billed herself as “the smartest chap in town.” On stage, she wore a monocle and a top hat, and she briefly performed with a female impersonator named Bothwell Browne.

Like most female and male impersonators from the first third of the 20th century, Clifford, Eltinge, and Renault have become relatively unknown. Thanks to Elmer Brooks, we have some preserved reminders of how beloved those entertainers were, not to mention how much their work continues to influence today’s performers.

-Stewart Van Cleve, Special Collections Intern

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R. Kuzelowsky, Marton – Drag artists, 1925. Photomontage. Berlin. Exhibition Dance on the Volcano, Stadtmuseum Berlin. Poto: Michael Setzpfandt

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Irresistible lamé lace, 1920s style. #notforsale #1920sdress #flapperdress #jazzagefashion #luxuryvintage #sparkleaddict #antiquedress #21stcenturyvamp

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Ruffled, lace and cotton batiste, Belle Époch #peignoir #comingsoon #antiqueclothing #1900s #vintagefashion #21stcenturyvamp

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Anyone for a #collapsible #tophat? #antiquehat

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AMAZING #MadameGrès Silk jersey, tulle France, around 1955 Soft falling, green evening dress with pleated bustier and two shoulder shawls. Provenience: Private property Marguerite Wood-Wessely The evening dress was tailored for the American opera singer Marguerite Wood-Wessely, who stayed as a painter in Paris in the late 1940s to 1960s

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#1920sDress #artdecofashion #floralprints #tulipprint #flapperdress #21stCenturyVamp

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#nowordsneeded #sparklesareforlife #1920sfashion #jazzage #sequinporn #1920sglamour #antiqueclothing #vintagefashion #21stCenturyVamp

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Hello my pretty... #1920sfashion #1920sflapper #beadwork #tambourembroidery #1920scoat #sequinporn #antiqueclothing #1920s #rarevintage #vintagefashion #21stCenturyVamp