Cowboy Boots worn by Phyllis Diller
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1996
name: label: Associated Name
content: Hope, Bob
label: maker
content: Tonka
notes: label: Description
content: Phyllis Diller wore these white leather cowboy-style boots to comedian Bob Hope’s 93rd birthday party in 1996. Diller was lifelong friends with Bob Hope, co-starring with him in 3 films and many television specials. She also traveled with him on two USO Christmas tours to entertain American troops in 1966 and 1987.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Brazil
topic: label: Subject
content: Humor
label: Subject
content: Comedians
label: Subject
content: Holidays and Celebrations, general
label: Subject
content: Birthdays, General
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2003.0289.14
label: accession number
content: 2003.0289
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0289.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: boots
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: synthetic fibers (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/8 in x 10 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 33.3375 cm x 26.035 cm x 8.255 cm