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I KNOW. I know. You see the word “macho” and you immediately think this will be all about me. But, it’s all about my grandmother. She was a handsome woman.
I’ve been scanning photos from one of the old family albums and selected a number of images of my paternal grandmother in male drag. They were taken over a number of years in New York City in the 1920s and I’m assuming my grandparents were going to costume parties or just having fun at a photographer’s studio (click here for an earlier post), but we’ll never know. Oh, the stories we could make up.
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LO SÉ. LO sé. Ves la palabra “macho” e inmediatamente piensas que se trata de mí. Pero se trata de mi abuela. Ella era una mujer “guapo”.
He estado escaneando fotos de uno de los viejos álbumes de la familia y elegí unas imágenes de mi abuela paterna vestida como un hombre. Fueron tomadas durante varios años en la ciudad de Nueva York en la década de 1920 y asumo que mis abuelos iban a fiestas de disfraces o simplemente se estaban divirtiendo en el estudio de un fotógrafo (haz clic aquí para ver una entrada anterior), pero nunca lo sabremos. Oh, las historias que podríamos inventar.
WITH A FRIEND.
CON UN AMIGO.
WITH THE SAME FRIEND.
CON LA MISMA AMIGA.
Hmm. She makes a very convincing man, don’t you think?
Judy:
Yes, astounding.
Wow, she was a very handsome woman. Hmm, I wonder if she was well ahead of her time…..ah , the stories 🙂
Deedles:
I would love to know the stories.
WOW! Very convincing indeed……very sultry. Am I to assume that her husband, your grandfather, dressed as a woman? Seems like they enjoyed their lives when they were young.
Couldn’t help but notice that hammock she is on. Beautiful!
Jim:
THAT would be the day. The photos of my grandfather from that time are all very macho and/or GQ.
Yes, it would be VERY tempting to make up stories! What wonderful photos to have!
Debra:
I have so many more photos of my paternal grandparents from that time. Wish i had known them better.
Hmm, I should caption a few photos so that someone is not making up stories about me 100 years from now.
David:
Exactly. I don’t think my grandparents had any thoughts as to what might be said about their photos 100 years later.
I think it was popular in that time for women to dress like men, it showed they were modern and fun, especially after WW1. Anything went in that timeframe. She does make a nice looking man.
Cheapchick:
I had never actually heard that about the 1920s although I know man-tailored clothing became trendy (Kathryn Hepburn) in the ’40s. I wonder if this actually WAS for costume parties or simply for fun.
She was versatile.
Wilma:
I’ll be sharing photos of her in fox furs and lace. She was DEFINITELY versatile.
grandmom swings both ways!
anne marie:
Fascinating, isn’t it?!?
These are wonderful pics!! Reminds me very much of Frida. She insisted on posing in family pic dressed in male clothing. So cool!
hollihd:
I wish I knew more. I have very basic but sweet memories of my grandmother because she died when I was about 3. My father’s best friend told me she was a wonderful woman. I wonder if she was actually avant garde.
A handsome person whither as a man or a woman. Such great pictures.
Willym:
She was. And I’m lucky to have many more wonderful 100-year-old photos of my grandparents.
Soooooo. are you telling us she was a drag king???
Mistress Maddie:
It’s my only genetic connection with royalty!
Fascinating. I guess you’ll never know the truth for sure. That she left a photographic record is interesting, too.
Kirk,
It was clearly nothing “shameful” given that all these photos were in their family album. But I wish I could talk to my grandparents s about it and how they felt being so daring at the time.