Photo: Hugh Talman, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
Diller's 48 file-drawer steel cabinet contains more than 50,000 jokes and gags typewritten on index cards by Diller during her career. It also includes some of Diller’s most iconic costume pieces—an unkempt wig, wrist-length gloves, cloth-covered ankle boots and a bejeweled cigarette holder, all of which became synonymous with her comedic persona.
