Shorts worn by Bessie Bonehill
date: label: date made
content: around 1890
name: label: user
content: Bonehill, Bessie
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: White satin shorts, part of a costume worn by vaudeville performer Bessie Bonehill, a male impersonator. The white satin shorts have two hook and eye fasteners on each side and an elastic waistband. Bonehill wore this costume while performing in New York in the 1890s. Her male impersonation act was a popular success in her native England as well as the United States, where she toured widely until her death in 1902.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Vaudeville
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dorothy M. Wallace
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0432.02
label: accession number
content: 1986.0432
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0432.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shorts
label: Object Type
content: shorts
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: satin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: elastic (waistband material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in x 16 1/2 in; 48.26 cm x 41.91 cm