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  1. Blue Dahlia handbill

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1967
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ comedians, Nightlife, Strippers
    Subject: Blue Dahlia Show Lounge, Fat Jack, Frank Levine, Gayle Sherman, Hillmar, Kim Knoules, Kismet, Little Lil, Mark Vickers, Michelle, Romie Blu, Timmy McKay, Tony Delray
    Description: A handbill advertising performances at the Blue Dahlia, a Chicago nightclub. The venue specialized in female impersonators, some of whom performed as strippers and comedians.

  2. Blue Dahlia handbill

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1967
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ comedians, Nightlife, Strippers
    Description: A handbill advertising performances at the Blue Dahlia, a Chicago nightclub. The venue specialized in female impersonators, some of whom performed as strippers and comedians.

  3. Clippings

     
    Collection: The Queen (1968) Production
    Institution: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
    Creator: Allen, Lewis M.
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag pageants, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ comedians, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ theater, Transvestites
    Subject: Cannes FIlm Festival, Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant, The Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America, The Queen (Film)
    Description: Executive producer Lewis M. Allen’s files for the documentary film The Queen (1968)—a behind-the-scenes look at the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant in New York City—including corresponde...

  4. Comedian Rae Bourbon

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 8, 1942
    Topics: Drag performers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ comedians
    Subject: Rae Bourbon
    Description: A photograph of comedian Rae Bourbon dressed in a suit with a polka dotted tie, wearing makeup.

  5. Rae Bourbon in skirt suit, sitting at a bar

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1946 to 1956
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ comedians
    Subject: Rae Bourbon
    Description: Photograph of Rae Bourbon in pinstripe skirt suit and a black bow tie, sitting at a bar holding a bottle of Olympia beer.

  6. The Heat Flyer

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag queens, Drag shows, LGBTQ+ comedians, LGBTQ+ drama, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ plays, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Amy Coleman, Angie Stardust, Hot Peaches, Jimmy Camicia, Joe Longo, Mark Hannay, Marsha P. Johnson, Ron Jones, Steve Kaufman, The Drill Hall Arts Centre, The Heat
    Description: Pamphlet promoting the British premiere of The Heat, a performance put on by gay NYC theatre company Hot Peaches.