Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Phyllis Diller wore this head band with a white pompom at the end of a rod as part of an outfit also including a red and white Santa dress with belt, pair of red panties, red pantyhose, and white gloves when she joined Bob Hope’s USO tour of the Persian Gulf in 1987. Other members of the 1987 tour included I Dream of Jeannie actress Barbara Eden, Connie Stevens and her daughters Joely and Tricia Leigh Fisher, “God Bless the USA” singer Lee Greenwood, and Miss USA Michelle Royer.
- Diller was lifelong friends with Bob Hope, co-starring with him in 3 films and many TV specials. In 1978, the USO of Philadelphia, Inc. awarded Diller the USO Liberty Bell Award “for demonstrating concern for the welfare and morale of America’s armed forces.” The award is also at NMAH (Catalog Number 2003.0289.42).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Phyllis Diller
- ca 1987
- ID Number
- 2003.0289.09.05
- accession number
- 2003.0289
- catalog number
- 2003.0289.09.05
- Object Name
- Head Ornament
- Physical Description
- fur (overall material)
- metallic fibers (overall material)
- synthetic fibers (overall material)
- adhesive tape (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in; 10.16 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Phyllis Diller
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Holidays and Celebrations, general
- Christmas
- Humor
- Comedians
- Record ID
- nmah_1218432
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-0ccf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
