Charles Gray and Jack Greer in character as a couple of sailors under the name "Shrimp and Lobster". Photographic postcard by Central Photographic Co., ca. 1930.

Date:
[1930?]
Reference:
2064386i
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The James Gardiner Collection.
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Charles Gray and Jack Greer in character as a couple of sailors under the name "Shrimp and Lobster". Photographic postcard by Central Photographic Co., ca. 1930. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

[London] (27 Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, E.C.1) : Central Photographic Co, [1930?]

Physical description

1 print : photoprint ; 13.5 x 8.6 cm

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Central Photographic Co. 27 Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, E.C.1

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "A double act called Shrimp and Lobster, played by Charles Gray and Jack Greer in the role of camp sailors, apparently exchanging innuendoes as part of the Christmas pantomime 'Dick Whittington and his cat' at the Brixton Theatre, 1930-1931 (interpretation of inscription on verso, partly indistinct)".

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Wellcome Collection 2064386i

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  • Romantic fantasy and comic postcards

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