item details
NameThe Balcony menu folder
ProductionUnknown; commercial artist; 1970s; New Zealand
Classificationfolders
Materialscardboard, paper, ink
DimensionsOverall: 290mm (width), 425mm (height), 10mm (depth)
Registration NumberGH024825
Credit lineGift of Peter Kooiman, 2016
Overview
This folder held the menu for The Balcony on Victoria Street, Wellington. Also known as 'Le Balcon', it was a Wellington strip club and performance venue run by the iconic transsexual Carmen Rupe, from the late 1960s to 1970s. Many of the staff were transgender.