Signed Photo of Tillie

Black and white photograph of a female impersonator, Tillie, with handwritten note to Vicki. Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary San Francisco drag queen and transgender woman. Marlane had a long career; starting in the 1950s, she performed as a female impersonator, stripper, and carnival sideshow performer, and she continued to perform in drag almost until her death in 2011. In her last decades, Marlane led the Hot Boxx Girls, the in-house drag troupe at Aunt Charlie's Lounge. This item comes from the Vicki Marlane Papers at the GLBT Historical Society.

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Identifier: 4j03d016m
Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Date Created: circa 1960 to circa 1980
Genre: Photographs
Subject(s): Vicki Marlane
Topic(s): Drag performers
Drag queens
Female impersonators
Resource Type: Still Image
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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