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Vesta Tilley music hall male impersonator 1864-1952Vesta Tilley (Matilda Alice Powles) male impersonator, actress and pantomime star. Photograph taken on the stage of the Palace Theatre, Manchester on October 5th 1915
Dot Stephens music hall vocalist and dancerDot Stephens vocalist and dancer wearing Wild West costume and holding a gun. Travelling between halls, she stepped out of the wrong side of the train and had both feet amputated
Winifred Ward music hall male impersonator 1880-1975Winifred Ward male impersonator and pantomime principal boy. In jaunty pose wearing striped suit with long jacket, hat, spats and cane over her shoulder
Mamie Holland music hall male impersonator 1896-1963Mamie Holland (Emily Alexander) male impersonator in music hall and musical comedy. Wearing three-piece checked suit with Homburg (?), spats and a cane
Jane May actress and mimicJane May French actress known as Mlle Jane May. Wearing peaked cap and uniform. Card signed and dedicated to Phyllis Broughton, herself an actress
Hetty King music hall male impersonator 1883-1972Hetty (Hettie) King (Winifred Emms) in pantomime as Aladdin. Dressed in silk shorts and Chinese-style jacket. Hat with a long feather and is holding an apple. Date: circa 1905
Hetty King music hall male impersonator 1883-1972Hetty (Hettie) King (Winifred Emms) wearing the uniform of a horse guard with a sword. She went to the barracks and studied the soldiers? dress and movements. Date: circa 1907
Hetty King music hall male impersonator 1883-1972Hetty (Hettie) King (Winifred Emms) as a ?swell? or man about town with top hat, cane and button-hole. Satin waistcoat, long jacket with velvet trim, patent leather shoes and spats. Date: circa 1907
San Francisco, California, USA - Chinatown, Fish Alley. Date: 1904
Vesta Tilley music hall male impersonator 1864-1952Vesta Tilley (Matilda Alice Powles) male impersonator, actress and pantomime star. Head and shoulders portrait dressed as a judge wearing wig and ermine and holding pince-nez. Date: circa 1907
Vesta Tilley music hall male impersonator 1864-1952Vesta Tilley (Matilda Alice Powles) male impersonator, actress and pantomime star. An early image on a cigarette card. In pantomime costume wearing shorts
Vesta Tilley music hall male impersonator 1864-1952Vesta Tilley (Matilda Alice Powles) male impersonator, actress and pantomime star. In costume as a sailor against nautical background. Arms folded. Date: circa 1905
Vesta Tilley music hall male impersonator 1864-1952Vesta Tilley (Matilda Alice Powles) male impersonator, actress and pantomime star. Wearing a dress uniform with braid, carrying white gloves and wearing a side cap. Date: circa 1905
Vesta Tilley music hall male impersonator 1864-1952Vesta Tilley (Matilda Alice Powles) male impersonator, actress and pantomime star. Here dressed in a velvet female riding habit with feathered hat and whip. Probably pantomime role. Date: circa 1900
Mamie Holland music hall male impersonator 1896-1963Mamie Holland (Emily Alexander) male impersonator in music hall and musical comedy. Dressed in wool suit with pocket handkerchief and cigarette
Hetty King music hall male impersonator 1883-1972Hetty (Hettie) King (Winifred Emms) out of costume wearing a full-length dress and a large hat. She was careful to keep her stage and off-stage personae completely separate
Hetty King music hall male impersonator 1883-1972An older Hetty (Hettie) King (Winifred Emms) in evening dress with a white-lined cloak and top hat. She is holding a cane
Hetty King music hall male impersonator 1883-1972Hetty (Hettie) King (Winifred Emms) in officers mess dress uniform. Wearing short ?bum-freezer? jacket and holding white gloves. Signed card. Date: circa 1906
Hetty King music hall male impersonator 1883-1972Hetty (Hettie) King (Winifred Emms) as Aladdin wearing an elaborate hat with jewels and feathers, a velvet coat and satin shoes
Hetty King music hall male impersonator 1883-1972Hetty (Hettie) King (Winifred Emms) in pantomime as Dick Whittington. Date: circa 1906
Hetty King music hall male impersonator 1883-1972Hetty (Hettie) King (Winifred Emms) in evening dress, smoking a cigar and wearing a top hat. Signed card. Date: circa 1915
Hetty King music hall male impersonator 1883-1972Hetty (Hettie) King (Winifred Emms) dressed as a man about town but with a dog collar. Wearing top hat, white gloves and silk waistcoat. Signed card. Date: circa 1906
Victorian Spoof Joke 1880s New Year Weatherlyvictorian, spoof, joke, 1880s, new, year, weatherly, travel, tickets, season, ticket, 1889, health, prosperity, line, verse, text, printed, 12008963
Christmas card in the shape of an apple -- Under the rind my wish you ll find, May Christmas be bright and Fortune kind. circa 1890s
Greetings card in the shape of a red pillar box -- Cleared at Bed Time. circa 1890s
Birthday card in the shape of a suitcase. circa 1890s
Angels and nativity scene on a cutout Christmas card. circa 1890s
New Year card in the shape of a purse. circa 1890s