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  1. Black and White Group Photo of Performers

     
    Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators
    Subject: Vicki Marlane
    Description: A group photograph of female impersonators in various costumes with one person in masculine clothing. Vicki Marlane is pictured on the bottom right. Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary San F...
  2. Blond Uses Sex Change as an Alibi

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    Date: Aug. 8, 1967
    Topics: Arrests, Dancers, Mental health, MtFs, Police
    Subject: Andrew J. Thon, Gloria C. Schuff
  3. Blond Uses Sex Change as an Alibi (2)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    Date: Aug. 9, 1967
    Topics: Arrests, Dancers, Mental health, MtFs, Police
    Subject: Andrew J. Thon, Gloria C. Schuff
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Blue Dahlia Show Lounge Presents Our Guys Are Dolls Revue

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Blue Dahlia Show Lounge
    Date: 1960s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Theatre shows
    Subject: Blue Dahlia Show Lounge, Kismet, Maria Montez, Paolo, Roger Williams
  7. Flyer for "Chicago's Best In Unusual Entertainment"

     
    Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Drag community, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators
    Subject: Vicki Marlane
    Description: Flyer for drag show advertised as "Chicago's Best In Unusual Entertainment," with photo of cast. Vicki Marlane is pictured on the bottom right. Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary San Francis...
  8. Group Photo of Six Drag Performers

     
    Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Trans women
    Subject: Vicki Marlane
    Description: A black and white photograph of six drag performers posed together. Vicki Marlane is pictured on the top row, one over from the right. Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary San Francisco dr...
  9. Postcard of Jon Niehl Dancers at Follies Theatre

     
    Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1980
    Topics: Drag community, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Follies Theatre, Jon Niehl Dancers
    Description: Post card of the Jon Niehl dancers at the Follies Theatre in Chicago, collected by Vicki Marlane. Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary San Francisco drag queen and transgender woman. Marlane had a l...
  10. Signed Photo of Carmen Del Ray

     
    Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators
    Subject: Carmen Del Ray, Vicki Marlane
    Description: A photograph of drag performer Carmen Del Ray, with a note of admiration inscribed on the back from Carmen to Vicki Marlane. Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary San Francisco drag queen an...