Brochure for the Diplomat Review

A flyer from the Diplomat Review, promoting their cast of female impersonators. Vicki Marlane is billed as a comic stripper with the tagline "Mr. Peel." 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: rb68xc313
Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Date Issued: circa 1960 to circa 1970
Genre: Ephemera
Subject(s): Arthur Blake
Bobbi Johns
Danny Windsor
Edie Lloyd
Fat Jack
Jerri Daye
Rae Bourbon
Toni Albright
Vicki Marlane
Win Wells
Places: Michigan > Wayne County > City of Detroit > Detroit
Topic(s): Drag bars
Drag community
Drag queens
Drag shows
Female impersonators
LGBTQ+ night life
Strippers
Transgender people
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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