Guide to the Mama Galore Drag Photograph Album, 1980s-1995

Collection comprises a photograph album featuring 405 color photographs (ranging in size from 2.5" x 3.5" to 4" x 6", primarily 3.5" x 5") and black-and-white publicity stills documenting members of Mama Galore and their friends while at home, backstage, and on tour. Images capture performances, makeup and other performance prep, performer's pets, and general gatherings. Also includes many ephemeral items, including obituaries, news clippings, clippings of performers mentioned in Etcetera Magazine, flyers, greeting cards, and several inscribed publicity stills.

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Identifier: hm50tr78v
Collection: Discovery Resources
Institution: Duke University
Creator(s): David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Date Created: Sep. 2015
Dates Covered: 1980 to 1995
Genre: Finding Aids
Subject(s): Mama Galore
Places: Pennsylvania > Philadelphia County > City of Philadelphia > Philadelphia
North Carolina
New York
Florida
South Carolina
Topic(s): Female impersonators
Homosexuality
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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