Signed Photo of Carmen Del Ray

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 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 Felicia "Flames" Elizondo Papers at the GLBT Historical Society.

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Identifier: xd07gt14f
Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Date Created: circa 1960 to circa 1970
Genre: Photographs
Subject(s): Carmen Del Ray
Vicki Marlane
Places: Illinois > Cook County > City of Chicago > Chicago
Topic(s): Drag performers
Drag queens
Female impersonators
Resource Type: Still Image
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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