Summary
The related image MM 003809 shows the same sailors in costume on deck with a group of musicians.
Description of Content
A line of six sailors dressed as chorus girls. The photograph was taken below deck on a steamship, as evidenced by the pipework and low ceiling above the sailors. It was possibly on the Australian Commonwealth Line steamship SS Jervis Bay. (See also MM 003809)
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Acquisition Information
Copied from Dorothy Munzel, 16 Oct 1987
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Format
Negative, 35 mm, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Handwritten in top right-hand corner of image 'Zeigpus Follies 1925. ~ GW.'
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References
See Richard Fotheringham, 'Laughing It Off: Australian Stage Comedy After World War I'. History Australia 7 (1), 2010, 03.1-03.18.
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Keywords
Entertainers, Fancy Dress, Humour, Passenger Ships, Sailors, Ships
