Postcard of Jon Niehl Dancers at Follies Theatre

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 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: vm40xs06k
Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Date Created: circa 1960 to circa 1980
Genre: Photographs
Subject(s): Follies Theatre
Jon Niehl Dancers
Places: Illinois > Cook County > City of Chicago > Chicago
Topic(s): Drag community
Female impersonators
LGBTQ+ night life
LGBTQ+ theater
Resource Type: Still Image
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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