Hotcha Hinton scrapbook

Hotcha Hinton (1915-1983) was a transfeminine burlesque dancer and comedian. Her mother was an aerialist with the Sells Floto Circus, and Hinton herself performed from the age of sixteen until her death at sixty-eight. From the late 1940s until 1956, she was a regular at the Garden of Allah nightclub in Seattle, where she performed with live snakes and also created costumes for other performers. In the summer, she toured with carnivals. She continued to tour through 1982, the year before her death, and was billed as "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas." This item is a reconstruction of Hinton's scrapbook, kept during the last fifteen years of her life and chronicling her relationships, family, and performances. The scrapbook, which is now part of the Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue photograph collection at the University of Washington archives, was disassembled in order to preserve its contents, but remains in its original order.

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Identifier: 8049g5681
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
Institution: University of Washington Libraries
Creator(s): Hinton, Hotcha
Date Created: circa 1968 to circa 1983
Dates Covered: circa 1968 to circa 1983
Genre: Ephemera
Subject(s): Hotcha Hinton
Places: Georgia > Fulton County > Atlanta
Texas > Harris County > Houston
Washington > King County > City of Seattle > Seattle
Idaho > Bonneville > Idaho Falls
Alaska > Anchorage
Montana > Gallatin > West Yellowstone
Montana > Cascade > Great Falls
Topic(s): Burlesque (Theater)
Strippers
Trans women
Transfeminine people
Transgender comedians
Resource Type: Mixed material
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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