Photograph
Boys having tennis fun
| Three young men dressed in women's clothing stand on a tennis court during 4th of July celebration. William Baker, Ted Dwyer, and Herbert Rogers. |
| Image ID: | 47245 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 07 04 1916 |
| Creator Name: | Hull, Elizabeth Abernathy |
| City: | La Pointe |
| County: | Ashland |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Elizabeth Abernathy Hull photographs, circa 1910-circa 1920 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | (H91)56 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5 x 4 inches |
| This image is a part of the Elizabeth Abernathy Hull collection. Hull was raised in the Kansas City area. She took up the camera as a school-girl, photographing family, friends, picnics, boating, berry-picking, and summer resort life on Madeline Island, Wisconsin, where her family owned Coole Park Manor from 1910 to 1946. Elizabeth Hull explained this image: "The reason the three boys are all dolled up in women's clothes was that they kept after the girls because we missed tennis balls. In those days we wore long skirts and hats ... so we made the boys wear skirts and hats to play in. The results were hilarious as they kept getting tangled up in the skirts, losing hats and generally looking like monkeys. At least it made them a bit more tolerant of our handicaps!" |
| Costume |
| Cross-dressing |
| Apostle Islands (Wis.) |
| Madeline Island (Wis.) |
| Fourth of July |
| Clothing and dress |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Portraits, Group |
| Teenagers |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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