Souvenir Photo Program: <i>Phyllis Diller Loves You!</i>
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1965
name: label: designer
content: Weisbrich, Les
label: photographer
content: Thompson, Jay
label: publisher
content: Souvenir Pub. and Dist. Co.
label: designer
content: Morrow, Tom
label: maker
content: Souvenir Pub. and Dist. Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>
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content: Souvenir photo program titled <i>Phyllis Diller Loves You!</i> published c. 1965. The 21-page program includes Diller’s life story, family lore, recipes for home cooking, and information about how she designed her costumes. NMAH also has in its collection the cloche style turquoise blue felt hat she is wearing in the photograph on the inside cover (Catalog Number 2003.0289.13).
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content: Phyllis Diller (1917-2012) began her comedy career in the 1950s at the age of 37 and broke barriers in the comedy world to become the first solo female comic to be a household name. She developed a stage persona of an incompetent housewife and dressed in outlandish outfits with wild hair. Her material focused on self-deprecating jokes that tackled the idealized image of American mothers and homemakers. She also created many mythical personas for her stage act including her “husband” Fang, her “neighbor” Mrs. Clean, and her “mother-in-law” Moby Dick.
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label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Humor
label: Subject
content: Comedians
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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: 2003.0289.33
label: accession number
content: 2003.0289
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0289.33
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Program
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm