[Handmade Paper Fan Supporting Drag Queen Autumn Leaves]

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Double sided red and yellow fan. This handmade fan (made of two pieces paper and a popsicle stick) showcases Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and Marilyn Monroe as The Girl from the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch. The fan has written text that shows support for Autumn Leaves, a famed Dallas drag queen. Autumn Leaves, a.k.a. Randy Pruett, was also known as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" and was seen in many Dallas bars throughout the 1980s.

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1 Fan: 30L X 20W cm.

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Creator: Unknown. 1989.

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Double sided red and yellow fan. This handmade fan (made of two pieces paper and a popsicle stick) showcases Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and Marilyn Monroe as The Girl from the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch. The fan has written text that shows support for Autumn Leaves, a famed Dallas drag queen. Autumn Leaves, a.k.a. Randy Pruett, was also known as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" and was seen in many Dallas bars throughout the 1980s.

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1 Fan: 30L X 20W cm.

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  • Preferred Citation: Autumn Leaves Collection (The Dallas Way) (AR1022), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Autumn Leaves Collection (The Dallas Way)

This collection contains photographs, VHS tapes, audio cassette tapes, dresses, a sash, and assorted ephemera pertaining to Dallas drag queen Autumn Leaves (aka - Randy Pruett) from 1983 to 1991.

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LGBT Collections

Publications pertaining to issues relevant to the LGBT community. The collection includes The Dallas Voice, a weekly newspaper for the gay community in North Texas that has been published since 1984.

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The Dallas Way Collections contains materials from over 30 different archival collections contributed by The Dallas Way.

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  • 1989

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[Handmade Paper Fan Supporting Drag Queen Autumn Leaves], image, 1989; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2540242/: accessed October 9, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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