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Photograph of a showgirl and male dancer onstage, Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1957-1960s

Date

1957 to 1969

Description

A showgirl in a feathered costume and a male dancer wearing a tuxedo perform onstage at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)

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Photograph of The Lucky Girls in bathing suits, 1940-1959

Date

1940 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

A Las Vegas dance group, The Lucky Girls, pose in bathing suits and flower crowns with beach balls. This photograph was published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal The Nevadan captioned, "Help Us Write History" in April 11, 1982. They worked in the Flamingo in the late 1940s, the Desert Inn in the early 1950s, the showroom of El Cortez in the 1950s, and the Showboat when it first opened in the 1950s. Depicted from left to right, top row: Darlene Landis, Judy Pettit, Jackie Turner. Bottom row: Carole Cohen, Margo Evans, Elinor Horden, Nadine Nejedlik, Pat Parsons.

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Photograph of The Lucky Girls in can-can costumes, 1940-1959

Date

1940 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

The Las Vegas dance group, The Lucky Girls, pose in can-can dancer costumes. Elinor (Nora) Horden is standing second from left.

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Photograph of The Lucky Girls, 1940-1959

Date

1940 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

The Las Vegas dance group, The Lucky Girls, in acrobatic poses. Elinor Nora Horden is in a "handstand" on the left.

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Photograph of Western Airlines, Alhambra Airport, 1930

Date

1930

Description

Glamorous Fanchon and Marco girls helping Western Airlines (originally called Western Air Express Corporation) inaugurate four-engine airliner service from Alhambra Airport. These four-engine aircraft were Fokker planes.

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Photograph of a dancer at the Nevada Women's Conference, Las Vegas (Nev.), June 18, 1977

Date

1977-06-18

Description

Unidentified dancer performing at Nevada Women's Conference festival, June 18, 1977.

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Photograph of square dancers, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 15, 1980

Date

1980-05-15

Description

Square dancers at Second & Fremont during celebration of Diamond Jubilee of the City of Las Vegas. Street Address: Fremont Street

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Photograph of Ralph and Chloe Lisle dancing, Beatty (Nev.), 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Ralph and Chloe Lisle dancing to the band Bearcat and the Lisle Brothers in Beatty, Nevada. Ralph Lisle was a Nye County Commissioner and the brother of Celesta Adelaide Lisle Lowe, the first director of UNLV Libraries Special Collections.

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Postcard of a dinner theater show, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950s-1960s

Date

1950 to 1969

Description

Postcard of an audience watching showgirls and dancers performing onstage, Las Vegas, Nevada. Caption: "Showtime in Las Vegas, Nev." Caption on back: "Typical lavish floor show." "P29125. Color courtesy Desert Sea News Bureau."

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Photograph of Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes marching in a parade, circa late 1940s - early 1950s

Date

1945 to 1955

Description

The Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes marching in a parade, probably in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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