Poster from <i>Hello, Dolly!</i> with Phyllis Diller
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1970
notes: label: Description
content: Framed poster from Phyllis Diller’s time portraying Dolly Gallagher Levi in <i>Hello, Dolly!</i> on Broadway. Diller portrayed Dolly for three months in 1970 at the St. James Theatre in New York City. Diller followed Carol Channing, Ginger Rogers, Martha Raye, Pearl Bailey (in a version with an all-black cast), and Betty Grable in the roll and was replaced by Ethel Merman, who closed out the show in December 1970. NMAH’s collection also includes the costume that Diller wore in the show (Catalog Number 2003.0289.10).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Musical Theater
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content: Actors
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Phyllis Diller
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Phyllis Diller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0289.21
label: accession number
content: 2003.0289
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0289.21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster, framed
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
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content: glass (overall material)
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content: wood (overall material)
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content: paint (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 1/2 in x 20 3/4 in; 67.31 cm x 52.705 cm