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    Posted 8 years ago

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    Sorry, back of photo was pale beige-pinkish--Photo sepia. Wrong light but goos photos.
    There is a very slight moustach on the subject shown ( couds be added on. The facial features are female the way I see it. Would be very believable as a pretty woman. I have never seen another photo that stumped me as to SONG ON YOUTUBE "MASCULINE WOMEN, FEMININE MEN"---SO GIGGLESOME "GENDERBENDER"!!)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSlfQ49Bq1s
    1920s, terrific snappy tune--and riotous lyrics--Please listen!

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    1. Manikin Manikin, 8 years ago
      Solvak ?
    2. martika martika, 8 years ago
      Written in Czech language, the town mentioned is Brno.
    3. Celiene Celiene, 8 years ago
      He's just a very pretty Czech boy.
    4. Celiene Celiene, 8 years ago
      Czech city of Brno.

      https://www.pinterest.com/fotomuzeum/brno-rafael/
    5. Celiene Celiene, 8 years ago
      Probably 1919 or thereabouts, based on his collar.

    6. Celiene Celiene, 8 years ago
      Oops - maybe 1905-6... The key to the date is the symbols on the front. It is prior to 1918.
    7. PostCardCollector PostCardCollector, 8 years ago
      Celine,Martika and Manikin are are great detectives!!!Thanks!!!
    8. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 8 years ago
      manly woman or womanly man?
    9. PostCardCollector PostCardCollector, 8 years ago
      Listen to the great humorous song on Youtube--It is 1920s.
      !https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSlfQ49Bq1s!
      "MASCULINE WOMEN, FEMININE MEN (Who is the rooster, Who is the hen?)
      Absolutely the funniest lyric EVER---Please go over and LISTEN!! Ha Ha!
    10. fleafinder fleafinder, 8 years ago
      very interesting!!i thought i see him wearing an earring!!
    11. PostCardCollector PostCardCollector, 8 years ago
      Is that a diamond stud I see in his,/her right ear?Fleafinder, it does look like it!
    12. fleafinder fleafinder, 8 years ago
      Yeah PCC so means u see it too and im not seeing things :)))
    13. PostCardCollector PostCardCollector, 8 years ago
      That adds to the intrigue in this photo. I don't think a manly male would wear a stud like this-at in his ear, unless he was oblivious to "talk" at the turn of the century (1900) A Czech photo. In our country at that same time we had both male and female entertainers performing on the stage to welcoming audiences who just loved them. SO---why not the same in Europe? In London ,Vesta Tilley was a major draw all over as a man. . An Julian Eltinge a man performing to great applause here in the USA, as a woman ( He even had a NYCity theater named after him.) This photo may be a "impersonator or entertainer" of some kind. Too bad unsigned.

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