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Title
Winning contestant in drag contest hosted by Bill Hefflin at the Club Alabam, Los Angeles, 1940s
Contributor
Woods, Buck
Date Created and/or Issued
[1940s?]
1940/1949
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Drag ball hosted by Bill Hefflin at the Club Alabam, most likely on Halloween. The winner is in a grey striped two-piece suit.
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
The Club Alabam was located at 4015 S. Central Ave.
Type

Identifier
Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 6
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0349
ark:/21198/zz0025pdp8
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Events
Culture
Drag shows--California--Los Angeles
Nightclubs--California--Los Angeles
Club Alabam (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hefflin, Bill
Source
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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