Man Dressed as Woman Prob Photographer Self Portrait UNUSUAL! Cabinet Card Gay shrouded so the only thing I

so the only thing I can read for sure are the dates 1881 and 1883

unfortunately there is a crease in the upper-right corner

but by the outbreak of the Civil War they were living in Okolona

The writing on the front is in light pencil and can be erased easily

Man Dressed as Woman Prob Photographer Self Portrait UNUSUAL! Cabinet Card Gay shrouded so the only thing IMustached man dressed as a woman, with a headpiece, large cross necklace, earrings, and wig. The studio imprint is "E. M. Johnson, Photo" this was the photographer Elbert M. Johnson whose studio was in Crown Point, New York. I believe this is a self portrait of the photographer E. M. Johnson. This was originally part of a lareger group of photos that I owned by E. M. Johnson, and he was featured in quite a few of them, although this was the only one