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# Were such photographs not captioned, there would simply be no way of telling who is who, even for the most seasoned archivists
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- Published: 2021-08-24T13:33:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:40:38.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archive, Mores, Society, People

One might suppose that the frame is an ideological statement, yet we could just as easily take the picture for a prank. If you have ever looked through a good collection of photographs of that era, the chances are that it contained something of the kind: men larking about in women's attire, and women appearing in a pointedly masculine guise.

The picture shows a suffragist and activist from Norway at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Mary Høeg. One is tempted to add that she was the author of a great many remarkable photographic works, in which she invariably appeared in vivid, characterful personas, often sporting splendid false moustaches.