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1912 (Creation)
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1 photograph album ; 4 cm
68 photographs : b&w and cyanotype ; 10 x 8 cm or smaller
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One photograph album capturing moments of gender expression in the early 20th Century. The album contains family and school photographs, and the images of gender expression centre around a group of students on what appears to be a school trip in Pennsylvania. People who appear to be assigned female at birth are shown wearing typical male clothing of the time, or dressed en homme, and people who appear to be assigned male at birth are shown wearing typical female clothing of the time, or dressed en femme.
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Album is in poor condition. The front and back covers and many pages have come loose from the binding. Pages are brittle and flaking and should be handled with care. Whenever possible a digital surrogate should be used.
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Purchased from Max Rambod in 2024.
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Scanned as TIF files 2024.
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Public Domain.
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Beginning in the 1840s laws were passed across the United States criminalizing the act of appearing in public “in a dress not belonging to his or her sex" and the activities of this group of students would have still been illegal at this time. It is unclear if the people in the images are cross-dressing as a form of gender expression, entertainment or sexual fetish, or if they are transgender or gender non-conforming.
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Created JB 2024.
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Sources
- Cross-dressing - Wikipedia
- Time-line of anti cross-dressing laws - PBS