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Black t-shirt.

"11th Annual Miss Camp America Pageant MCA 1980"
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Blue t-shirt.

"Miss Camp America. Houston, Texas. Founded 1969. 1985"
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Maroon t-shirt.

"Miss Camp America. Houston, Texas. Founded 1969. 1984"
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Red t-shirt.

"Miss Camp America. Houston, Texas. Founded 1969"
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Yellow t-shirt.
Miss Camp America
"MCA 1978"
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Green t-shirt.

"Miss Camp America. Houston, Texas. Founded 1969"
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White t-shirt.
"Tenth Annual Miss Camp America Pageant"
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White t-shirt.

Front: "ICOH Space City Empire. Houston, Texas"
Back: "Who says that sky's the limit? Space City Empire. Houston, Texas"
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White t-shirt.

"Vote for Blair Fullerton, The Blue Stallion. Candidate for Emperor XXXI ERSICSS"
The Imperial Court of the Single Star.
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White t-shirt.

"Candidate For Emperor 31 ERSICSS Susan Hayes Circle Susan"
"Imperial Court of the Single Star Incorporated Empire of the Royal Sovereign"
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Purple t-shirt.

"Chanel Cartier for Gemini Empress. Voting Info at ChanelCartier.com"
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Yellow t-shirt.
"The 29th Diana Awards 1982"

The Diana Foundation is focused on assisting and supporting the needs of the gay community, by distributing funds to organizations that are dedicated to providing services that enhance the lives of deserving individuals in Houston's diverse community.
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Green vest with many buttons.

This vest was designed and word by Bill O'Rourke as a member of Houston's Imperial Court.
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Black t-shirt.
Front: "GB6"
Back: "Ken Vegas Presents The Great Big International Drag King Show 6 Friday, May 19th, 2006. Hosted by: Tamale (Chicago, IL) & Rocky (Washington DC)"
List of other performers

9:30 Club-815 V St NW, Washington, DC 20001
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Black tank top.
Front: DC Kings Logo including a crown with the DC flag.
Back: "DC Kings"

Drag king troupe, active from 2000-2015.
Map set at 1523 22nd St NW, Washington, DC 20037 (location of their last two shows)
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White hat. "Big Hair Ball"
Most likely in reference to Des Moines, IA event.
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White hat. "Big Hair Ball" Most likely in reference to Des Moines, IA event. Duplicate copy found in Tretter Collection.
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White shirt.
Black cursive, "The Big Hair Ball", makes up hair of stylized face with cat's eye glasses and pointy earrings. Text below: "The Big Hair Ball: an annual charity event to benfit [sic] Minnesota AIDS project / www.thebighairball.com"
Back: "Time Warner Cable"
Duplicate copy found in the Tretter Collection.
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White shirt with faded blue sleeves and collar with text, "YALE."
Worn by Loring Hayden

Loring Hayden was a photographer, playwright and actor active in the Florida GLBT and female impersonation communities in the middle of the 20th century. He was born on May 7, 1921 in Orange, New Jersey. Hayden served in the U.S. military for a period of time before graduating from Yale University in 1947. In the 1950s, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study art in Paris.

Hayden subsequently moved to the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, where he was active in the local artistic community throughout the 1960s and 1970s. In his later years, he became known for his performances in Florida drag shows.
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White shirt.
Black cursive, "The Big Hair Ball", makes up hair of stylized face with cat's eye glasses and pointy earrings. Text below: "The Big Hair Ball: an annual charity event to benfit [sic] Minnesota AIDS project / www.thebighairball.com"
Back: "Time Warner Cable"
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Black shirt.
Image of a woman with San Francisco teetering on top of her feathered hat. "Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon. Club Fugazi, San Francisco."

America's longest-running musical revue. The show began its run in 1974, at Club Savoy Tivoli and has since moved to the larger Club Fugazi in the North Beach district of San Francisco.
The show was created by Steve Silver (1944-1995). performers wear disproportionately large hats/wigs and gaudy costumes while performing satirical renditions of popular songs.
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Off-white shirt.
Image of Miss Richfield "Hollywood 10"
Hollywood 10 was an Academy Awards extravaganza at the State Theater and Planet Hollywood in Minneapolis, largest Academy Awards night party sanctioned y the Academy outside of Los Angeles. Miss Richfield was the emcee.

Back: Sponsors, including Dayton's, Starbucks Coffee, American Airlines, RSVP, Evian, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, American Express, Financial Advisors, Planet Hollywood, Bass, Papa John's, Regal Minneapolis Hotel, Mall of America etc.
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fundraiser for the charities of Reign Two at the Baton Show Lounge
436 N Clark St. Chicago, IL
Black t-shirt, sewed on brown sleeves
Dragocious
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catchphrase that made its way into popular culture from the science fiction television series Star Trek
Image of Spock in drag- Beam Me Up, Scotty
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"B"
America's longest-running musical revue. The show began its run in 1974, at Club Savoy Tivoli and has since moved to the larger Club Fugazi in the North Beach district of San Francisco.
The show was created by Steve Silver (1944-1995). performers wear disproportionately large hats/wigs and gaudy costumes while performing satirical renditions of popular songs.
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The one and only original world famous
Bag Lady Bus Tour 2000
"Anytheme Goes"
Saturday, October 28
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Big Bold Bawdy
Gone Wild Bag Ladies 2004
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Norbert Aleman presents An Evening at La Cage
Riviera Hotel & Casino Las Vegas
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Sequins & Mascara
October 26, 1991
Indiana Cares
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The 3rd Lap... Presented by "The Bag Ladies"
Memorial Day Weekend Sunday May 25th, 1986
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Bird Girl statue
Title refers to non-fiction work by John Berendt published in 1994. Gay character/drag culture
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