WWI USS TEXAS SAILOR DRESSED AS WOMAN CROSS-DRESSER IN DRAG Real Photo 1918 RPPC

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WWI USS TEXAS SAILOR DRESSED AS WOMAN CROSS-DRESSER IN DRAG Real Photo 1918 RPPC:
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Vintage WWI Real Photo Postcard from the USS TexasSepia, unused RPPC postal card,3 3/8\" x 5 3/8\"

This real photo postcard is from a collection I found in Scotland of RPPC\'s with photos of Scotland and aboard the American Navy battleship USS Texas (BB-35). These photos were taken in 1918 right at the end of World War I. Many (though not all) of the photos have the name \"Frank Merritt\" (or \"F. Merritt\") written on back, and they all have titles in white lettering on the front, some of which say \"Photo By Denson.\"

Denson is Oscar Davis Denson, Musician 2nd Class, who served on the Texas between 1916-1920. And Frank Merritt served on the Texas during WWI, as this entry is in the memorial registry at pacifichistoricparks.org: \"Merritt, Frank, U.S. Navy, USS Texas BB-35, WWI\"

According to usstexasveterans.org and wikipedia, the Texas served February to November of 1918 supporting the British Grand Fleet in Scotland, spending most of its time at the Firth of Forth. After the war ended the sailors aboard the Texas witnessed the surrender of the German Fleet at the Firth of Forth. Many of these photographs are of the Firth of Forth, or were taken on the deck of the ship. Others are of various noted sites in Scotland, likely taken by Denson while on leave or in the days immediately after the end of the war. He would have printed a small quantity of these photos and given them out to his shipmates. These all belonged to his shipmate Frank Merritt, who labeled some of them and then left the whole lot in Scotland, where they turned up.

There are several other RPPC\'s of the USS Texas labeled \"Photo by Denson\" which are in various archives and references can be found on the web. His photos of the USS Texas football team and an opposing baseball team are referenced online, as well as photos he took of other ships, including the USS Finland as King George visited it in Liverpool.

Bizarre real photo postcard showing a Navy sailor on the deck of the USS Texas, dressed up like some kind of old woman, with a dress and something like a tarp or curtain wrapped around him, and some kind of a shawl on his head.

The stampbox has \"AZO\" (2 triangles up, 2 triangles down) which according to the photoguide at cycleback.com places this card definitively between 1918 and 1930. (As described above this photo is from 1918.) On the back in pencil is the name \"Frank Merritt.\"

VG- CONDITION as pictured fair amount of wear and several creases, one small rust mark near top, the watermark is NOT on the postcard, click on the image to enlarge it and zoom.

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