Mrs Waggot and Mrs Short - Ventriloquist - Haswell (hasw0230)

Mrs Waggot and Mrs Short - Ventriloquist - Haswell

Photograph of a woman dressed in a man's trousers, jacket, tie, and straw boater and women's sandals sitting on a stool on a stage with curtains behind her; beside her are the striped blouse and dark trousers of a ventriloquist's doll draped over the edge of a large whicker basket; above the costume of the doll is the head of a woman made up to resemble a doll, her body presumably being concealed in the basket; on the curtains behind them is a banner with the words, Long Live The Queen, and it is possible that the entertainment is part of celebrations to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; the entertainers have been identified as Mrs. Waggot and Mrs. Short

Date: 1953