TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Patrons at Compton's Cafeteria | Patron's at Compton's Cafeteria. |
1970 | |
Pearls Over Shanghai poster | Poster for the Thrillpeddlers revival production of Pearls Over Shanghai. Pearls Over Shanghai was originally a Cockettes musical written by Link Martin and Richard Scrumbly Koldewyn. |
2009 to 2010 | |
Hot Greeks poster | Poster for the Thrillpeddlers revival production, Hot Greeks. Hot Greeks was originally a Cockettes musical written by Martin Worman and Scrumbly Koldewyn in 1972. |
2010 | |
Mother Fu costume | Costume for the character, Mother Fu (performed by Russell Blackwood) from the Thrillpeddlers revival production of Pearls Over Shanghai. Pearls Over Shanghai was originally a Cockettes musical written by Link Martin and Richard Scrumbly Koldewyn. |
2009 to 2014 | |
Russell Blackwood's smoking jacket | Smoking jacket worn by Russell Blackwood (Thrillpeddlers founder and artistic director) during introductions to shows at The Hypnodrome theatre.
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2004 to 2017 | |
Yellow insect headpiece | Yellow insect headpiece used as part of a costume in an unidentified Thrillpeddlers production. This item is undated. |
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Russell Blackwood as Mother Fu in Pearls Over Shanghai [1] | 2009 | ||
Russell Blackwood as Mother Fu in Pearls Over Shanghai [2] | 2009 | ||
Blood Bucket Ballyhoo tech lighting map | Tech lighting map for the Thrillpeddlers production, Blood Bucket Ballyhoo. |
2005 | |
Hypnodrome Theatre installation photographs | A series of photographs mounted on poster board depicting the installation of the Hypnodrome Theatre, the long time home of the Thrillpeddlers located in the SoMa district of San Francisco. |
2003 to 2004 | |
Hot Greeks headpiece [2] | Headpiece from the Thrillpeddlers revival production, Hot Greeks. Hot Greeks was originally a Cockettes musical written by Martin Worman and Scrumbly Koldewyn in 1972. This headpiece is meant to resemble the corinthian greek architecture order. |
2012 | |
Hot Greeks headpiece [3] | Headpiece from the Thrillpeddlers revival production, Hot Greeks. Hot Greeks was originally a Cockettes musical written by Martin Worman and Scrumbly Koldewyn in 1972. This headpiece is meant to resemble the ionic greek architecture order. |
2012 | |
Purple costume from Pearls Over Shanghai | Purple costume from the Thrillpeddlers revival production of Pearls Over Shanghai. Pearls Over Shanghai was originally a Cockettes musical written by Link Martin and Richard Scrumbly Koldewyn. |
2009 to 2014 | |
Tinsel Tarts in a Hot Coma poster, 2013 | 2013 | ||
Audacious Artefacts poster | 2004 to 2017 | ||
Shocktoberfest 2000 poster | 2000 | ||
Welcome to the Hypnodrome set design | 2004 | ||
Creepshow Camp poster | Poster advertising Creepshow Camp, an arts education program that taught horror and science fiction performance skills to youth. |
2006 to 2017 | |
Blood Bucket Ballyhoo poster | 2005 | ||
Shocktoberfest 2002 poster | 2002 | ||
Welcome to the Hypnodrome poster | 2004 | ||
The Bloody Debutant stage designs | Stage designs for the Thrillpeddler's production, The Bloody Debutant. |
2014 | |
Sequined costume from Pearls Over Shanghai | Sequined costume from the Thrillpeddlers revival production of Pearls Over Shanghai. Pearls Over Shanghai was originally a Cockettes musical written by Link Martin and Richard Scrumbly Koldewyn. |
2009 to 2014 | |
Hot Greeks headpiece [2] (image 1) | Headpiece from the Thrillpeddlers revival production, Hot Greeks. Hot Greeks was originally a Cockettes musical written by Martin Worman and Scrumbly Koldewyn in 1972. This headpiece is meant to resemble the corinthian greek architecture order. |
2012 | |
Hot Greeks headpiece [2] (image 2) | Headpiece from the Thrillpeddlers revival production, Hot Greeks. Hot Greeks was originally a Cockettes musical written by Martin Worman and Scrumbly Koldewyn in 1972. This headpiece is meant to resemble the corinthian greek architecture order. |
2012 | |
Hot Greeks headpiece [3] (image 1) | Headpiece from the Thrillpeddlers revival production, Hot Greeks. Hot Greeks was originally a Cockettes musical written by Martin Worman and Scrumbly Koldewyn in 1972. This headpiece is meant to resemble the ionic greek architecture order. |
2012 | |
Hot Greeks headpiece [3] (image 2) | Headpiece from the Thrillpeddlers revival production, Hot Greeks. Hot Greeks was originally a Cockettes musical written by Martin Worman and Scrumbly Koldewyn in 1972. This headpiece is meant to resemble the ionic greek architecture order. |
2012 | |
Mother Fu costume (front) | Costume for the character, Mother Fu (performed by Russell Blackwood) from the Thrillpeddlers revival production of Pearls Over Shanghai. Pearls Over Shanghai was originally a Cockettes musical written by Link Martin and Richard Scrumbly Koldewyn. |
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Mother Fu costume (rear) | Costume for the character, Mother Fu (performed by Russell Blackwood) from the Thrillpeddlers revival production of Pearls Over Shanghai. Pearls Over Shanghai was originally a Cockettes musical written by Link Martin and Richard Scrumbly Koldewyn. |
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Purple costume from Pearls Over Shanghai [1] | Purple costume from the Thrillpeddlers revival production of Pearls Over Shanghai. Pearls Over Shanghai was originally a Cockettes musical written by Link Martin and Richard Scrumbly Koldewyn. |
2009 to 2014 | |
Purple costume from Pearls Over Shanghai [2] | Purple costume from the Thrillpeddlers revival production of Pearls Over Shanghai. Pearls Over Shanghai was originally a Cockettes musical written by Link Martin and Richard Scrumbly Koldewyn. |
2009 to 2014 | |
Purple costume from Pearls Over Shanghai [3] | Purple costume from the Thrillpeddlers revival production of Pearls Over Shanghai. Pearls Over Shanghai was originally a Cockettes musical written by Link Martin and Richard Scrumbly Koldewyn. |
2009 to 2014 | |
Sequined costume from Pearls Over Shanghai [1] | Sequined costume from the Thrillpeddlers revival production of Pearls Over Shanghai. Pearls Over Shanghai was originally a Cockettes musical written by Link Martin and Richard Scrumbly Koldewyn. |
2009 to 2014 | |
Sequined costume from Pearls Over Shanghai [2] | Sequined costume from the Thrillpeddlers revival production of Pearls Over Shanghai. Pearls Over Shanghai was originally a Cockettes musical written by Link Martin and Richard Scrumbly Koldewyn. |
2009 to 2014 | |
Thrillpeddlers collection 2018-85 | Thrillpeddlers was a San Francisco-based multigenerational queer theater company specializing in Grand Guignol plays and Theatre of the Ridiculous. |
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Hot Greeks headpiece [1] (image 1) | Headpiece from the Thrillpeddlers revival production, Hot Greeks. Hot Greeks was originally a Cockettes musical written by Martin Worman and Scrumbly Koldewyn in 1972. This headpiece is meant to resemble the doric greek architecture order. |
2010 | |
Hot Greeks headpiece [1] (image 2) | Headpiece from the Thrillpeddlers revival production, Hot Greeks. Hot Greeks was originally a Cockettes musical written by Martin Worman and Scrumbly Koldewyn in 1972. This headpiece is meant to resemble the doric greek architecture order. |
2010 | |
Hot Greeks headpiece [1] | Headpiece from the Thrillpeddlers revival production, Hot Greeks. Hot Greeks was originally a Cockettes musical written by Martin Worman and Scrumbly Koldewyn in 1972. This headpiece is meant to resemble the doric greek architecture order. |
2010 | |
A Visit to Mrs. Birch and the Young Ladies of the Academy script with cues | Script for the opening scene of the Thrillpeddlers production, A Visit to Mrs. Birch and the Young Ladies of the Academy, containing stage cues and other annotations. This production was featured as part of Shocktoberfest 14. |
2013 | |
Farewell to the Hypnodrome program | Program for the Thrillpeddlers show, Farewell to the Hypnodrome. Farewell to the Hypnodrome was the final Thrillpeddlers' production held at the Hypnodrome Theatre due to the sudden sale of the building. Ticket sales revenue for this show were used to help cover the cost of moving. |
2017-02-14 | |
Tinsel Tarts in a Hot Coma costume meeting minutes | 2013-02-18 | ||
Shocktoberfest XV master FX list | Chart listing special effects used during Shocktoberfest XV. |
2014-10 | |
Tinsel Tarts in a Hot Coma cue sheet | 2013 | ||
Eve Finocchio's mink stole (front) | Mink stole belonging to Eve Finocchio, the owner of Finocchio's nightclub. This item is undated. |
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Eve Finocchio's mink stole (rear) | Mink stole owned by Eve Finocchio, the owner of Finocchio's nightclub. This item is undated. |
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Finocchio's doorman hat [1] | Hat worn by Finocchio's doormen. This item is undated. |
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Finocchio's doorman hat [2] | Hat worn by Finocchio's doormen. This item is undated. |
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Green lace gown (rear) | Green lace gown worn by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Large format photograph of Finocchio's performer | Large format photograph of performer that was displayed at Finocchio's. This item is undated. |
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Large format photograph of Finocchio's performer (rear) | Large format photograph of performer that was displayed at Finocchio's (rear). This item is undated. |
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Portrait of performer wearing yellow flower (front) | Painted portrait of a performer that was displayed at Finocchio's nightclub. This item is undated. |
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Portrait of performer wearing yellow flower (rear) | Painted portrait of a performer that was displayed at Finocchio's nightclub. This item is undated. |
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Red lace Pat Campano dress (front) | Red lace gown worn by performers at Finocchio's. This garment was designed by Pat Campano and is undated. |
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Red lace Pat Campano dress (rear) | Red lace gown worn by performers at Finocchio's. This garment was designed by Pat Campano and is undated. |
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Pink hat with feather [1] | Pink feathered hat worn by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Pink hat with feather [2] | Pink feathered hat worn by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Red folding fan [1] | Red folding fan used by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Red folding fan [2] | Red folding fan used by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Halloween drag group | A group of attendees at a Halloween drag event. |
1960 to 1970 | |
Hot Greeks set piece | Set piece reading "Alwayz Eze" used in the Thrillpeddlers production, Hot Greeks. Hot Greeks was originally a Cockettes musical written by Martin Worman and Scrumbly Koldewyn in 1972. |
2010 | |
Dewsnap James 1999-19 | The James Dewsnap collection contains two full-length nude portraits of Scott O'Hara by San Francisco artist David Ross; transcripts of 16 interviews from 1994 that Dewsnap conducted with Jackie Phillips, the lead "comedienne" at Finocchio's from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s; and an unpublished book-length typescript on Phillips’ life, called "Oh, what a drag! The life and career of Wacky Jackie Phllips, Finocchio's riotous redhead, as told to Jim Dewsnap." |
1994 | |
Jackie Phillips oral history | An oral history of longtime Finocchio's comedy queen Jackie Phillips, taken by James Dewsnap and later incorporated into Phillips' autobiography ghostwritten by Dewsnap. |
1994 | |
Jackie Phillips book | The autobiography of longtime Finocchio's comedy queen Jackie Phillips, as told to and ghostwritten by James Dewsnap. |
1994 | |
Gay Freedom Day - Man in Drag with Blue Headdress | Drag queen in a light blue leotard and large feathered headpiece standing on the street. |
1978-06 | |
Roz Joseph photograph 002 | Photograph by Roz Joseph. From her series of photographs of the San Francisco drag scene in the mid-1970s. |
1975 | |
Roz Joseph photograph 003 | Photograph by Roz Joseph. From her series of photographs of the San Francisco drag scene in the mid-1970s. |
1975 | |
Roz Joseph photograph 001 | Photograph by Roz Joseph. From her series of photographs of the San Francisco drag scene in the mid-1970s. |
1975 | |
Joseph (Roz) Photographs, 2010-08 | Roz Joseph (1926–2019) was a San Francisco-based photographer who in the mid-1970s photographed the pageantry and activism of the city’s diverse drag cultures at Gay Freedom Day parades, Halloween celebrations, Imperial Court coronations and drag and costume balls. The collection consists of matted color photographic prints, notebooks of slides, interviews and manuscript materials, and various ephemera. |
1975 to 1984 | |
Roz Joseph photograph 006 "Ambi Sextrous" | "Ambi Sextrous." Photograph by Roz Joseph. From her series of photographs of the San Francisco drag scene in the mid-1970s. |
1975 | |
Roz Joseph photograph 005 "Ricky" | "Ricky". Photograph by Roz Joseph. From her series of photographs of the San Francisco drag scene in the mid-1970s. |
1975 | |
Roz Joseph photograph 004 | Photograph by Roz Joseph. From her series of photographs of the San Francisco drag scene in the mid-1970s. |
1975 | |
Roz Joseph photograph 007 | Photograph by Roz Joseph. From her series of photographs of the San Francisco drag scene in the mid-1970s. |
1975 | |
Carhaix (Jean-Baptiste) Papers, 2019-39 | Jean-Baptiste Carhaix (1946-2023) was a French photographer. The collection includes photographs of early members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and images of events, including AIDS fundraisers and marches. |
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Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence softball benefit program | Program for Crusade, a softball benefit for the 1982 Gay Olympics, presented by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. |
1982 | |
Finocchio's Collection, 1999-79 | This collection contains materials relating to Finocchio’s, one of the oldest and best-known female impersonation clubs in the world. The term, "female impersonators" is a historic term that comes from a straight-coded Victorian theatrical form and continued until the mid-20th century before merging into what we now call drag. Finocchio's performers included what we now know as drag queens, trans people, and cis men in drag. |
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Finocchio's flyer | 1999-02 | ||
Finocchio's emcee lines [1] | A list of jokes performed by Finocchio's emcees during shows. This item is undated. |
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Finocchio's emcee lines [2] | A list of jokes performed by Finocchio's emcees during shows. This item is undated. |
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Finocchio's performer [1] | 1985 to 1999 | ||
Young's Wigs business card | Business card for Young's Wigs, located in Oakland, California. This item is undated. |
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Finocchio's performer [2] | 1985 to 1999 | ||
Finocchio's hours of operation sign | Sign with hours of operation of Finocchio's. This item is undated. |
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Red lace Pat Campano dress | Red lace gown worn by performers at Finocchio's. This garment was designed by Pat Campano and is undated. |
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Green dirndl dress | Green dirndl dress worn by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Finocchio's doorman hat | Hat worn by Finocchio's doormen. This item is undated. |
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Group photograph of Finocchio's performers | 1980 to 1990 | ||
Finocchio's performer with patrons [1] | 1995 | ||
Finocchio's performer with patrons [2] | 1995 | ||
Eve Finocchio's mink stole | Mink stole owned by Eve Finocchio, the owner of Finocchio's nightclub. This item is undated. |
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Finocchio's decorative textile | Decorative textile from Finocchio's nightclub. This item is undated. |
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Multicolor top and skirt | Multicolor top and skirt worn by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Run of show [1] | A run of show listing the schedule of performers and their acts at Finocchio's nightclub. |
1990 to 1999 | |
Run of show [2] | A run of show listing the schedule of performers and their acts at Finocchio's nightclub. |
1990 to 1999 | |
Finocchio's promotional postcard | Promotional postcard advertising Finocchio's nightclub. This postcard uses the term "female impersonators" to describe performers, which is a historic term that comes from a straight-coded Victorian theatrical form and continued until the mid-20th century before merging into what we now call drag. |
1990 to 1999 | |
Finocchio's coupon | 1990 to 1999 | ||
Red folding fan | Red folding fan used by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Enrico's Menu | Illustrated menu for the restaurant, Enrico's, which was directly below Finocchio's. The illustration depicts the facade of both Enrico's and Finocchio's and was created by Wendy Wheeler. |
1968 | |
Portrait of performer wearing yellow flower | Painted portrait of a performer that was displayed at Finocchio's nightclub. This item is undated. |
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Large format photograph of Finocchio's performer | Large format photograph of performer that was displayed at Finocchio's. This item is undated. |
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Silver necklace | Silver necklace worn by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |