Materials depict the Copa Girls performing or rehearsing at the Sands Hotel from approximately 1952 to 1970. The photographs primarily depict the Copa Girls, one of Las Vegas's most famous groups of showgirls, in costume or rehearsing with Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Jack Entratter. The photographs also depict the Copa Girls performing in various productions, including the "Ziegfeld Follies."

Materials depict events, banquets, parties, and promotional events at the Sands Hotel from approximately 1952 to 1980. The photographs primarily depict entertainers such as Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra at events. The photographs also depict celebrities and dignitaries at the Sands, including President John F. Kennedy, Lucille Ball, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Milton Berle, Jerry Lewis, Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, artist Joy Caros, and business executive meetings.

Materials depict the buildings and staff of the Sands Hotel from approximately 1952 to 1969. The photographs primarily depict staff at the Sands, the hotel's marquee advertising various performers, the exteriors of the Sands Hotel's buildings, aerial views of the Sands, construction of the Sands Hotel's tower, the Aqueduct building, and workers at the hotel.