Tranny Collection

Sangers Circus cyclist, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A lady cyclist (probably a man in drag), one of the performers with Sangers Circus during a visit to Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

A group of three transvestites
Three transvestite ladies in suits and smart hats stand arm-in-arm

Mr Malcolm Scott as Salome
Mr Malcolm Scott, Robert Falcon Scotts Brother (!!). Scott was one of the most famous female impersonators. He started his career as a straight actor at the Theatre Royal in Margate in 1886 but soon

A sailor and his girl - Studio shot
A sailor (from HMS Llewellyn) and his girl - Studio shot. It has been suggested there is a likelihood these two are both chaps and that the fancy dress box (and wig store) was raided that day

Gentleman dressed as a lady
Mr Lawrence White - dressed as a woman - shot in Birmingham, with a fan and in fine 1920s attire

Fantastic Transvestite Performer
A fantastic Transvestite Performer in dramatic pose! Date: 1924

Hijras, transvestites of Southern Asia. They are physiological males who have a feminine gender identity. Date: circa 1890s

Tunisia - A transvestite arab dancer reclining
A transvestite - in the garb of an arab dancer, reclining on a fur pelt and plump cushions, adorned with vast quantities of jewellery and patterned clothing

Mary Ann Talbot resisting a pressgang
Mary Ann Talbot (1778 - 1808) donned male clothes and enlisted as a sailor during the Napoleonic Wars; she was wounded in 1794 and later captured by the French

Two Edwardian men dressed as suffragettes - either supporters of the cause or lampooning it (in some form). Sadly, no further details exist. Date: circa 1910

Business card design, woman in male costume
Business card design, depicting a glamorous woman in male costume, including tie and wing collar, jacket, trilby hat and gloves. Date: 20th century

Transvestite hoeing his Victory Garden. The humorous caption reads: " From a Busy Old Hoer" !!! Date: 1943

The male carriage. Cartoon print showing an elaborately dressed woman with a key around her neck, possibly a transvestite. Date 1787 March 25

Group of Transvestite Ladies. Four women dressed as men lounge around a table, drinking champagne and beer and dressed in sharp mens suits nd soft hats

Man dressed as a woman - Amiens, France
Rather butch man dressed as a woman - Amiens, France. The card is signed: Your Dearest Bud

Cross-dressing male dancer
An amusing postcard depiction of a cross-dressing male stage performer from the north-west of England in frilly white dancers attire and silk headband

Panto Robinson Crusoe
Lydia Thompson (1836-1908) in the part of Crusoe, which in pantomume is traditionally a transvestite role

Chevalier D eon, Mason
Charles-Genevieve-Louis- Auguste-Andre Timothee, le Chevalier d Eon, French adventurer and transvestite, depicted here as a Freemason in 1768

Nellie Farren
ELLEN Nellie FARREN actress who is best known as Principal Boy and other transvestite parts : here as Ganem in The forty thieves

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