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Costume design drawing, topless showgirl as visiting royalty #16, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Archival Collection
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "bluebell (d) or nude (g) (visiting royalty #16)."
Costume Details: Topless showgirl wearing a large headdress and pleated cape.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Banquet
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Topless showgirl wearing a large headdress and pleated cape.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Banquet
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, Samson, tattered look, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Archival Collection
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "principal male dancer (Samson, tattered look)."
Costume Details: Male bare-chested dancer with blindfold and chains.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Underground
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Male bare-chested dancer with blindfold and chains.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Underground
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Transcript of interview with Joe Friedman by David Schwartz, May 26, 2015
Date
2015-05-26
Archival Collection
Description
Interviewed by David Schwartz. Joe Friedman worked in Caesars Tahoe, first as a cashier in the nightclub and later as a dealer. He also spent six months dealing in the casino on the Cyrstal Harmony. Joe moved to Las Vegas and worked at various casinos such as the Hard Rock, Green Valley Ranch, Wynn, Palms, and MGM as a dealer, pit manager, and an assistant shift manager. Subjects: Sahara Tahoe; Hard Rock Hotel; Silverton; GVR; Wynn; GPI; MGM Grand
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Photograph of the Las Vegas Strip at night, late 1970s
Date
1977 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
View of the Las Vegas Strip at night, showing the MGM Grand (now Bally's), Flamingo Hilton (now Flamingo Las Vegas), the Dunes (where Bellagio now stands), and the Barbary Coast (now Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon)
Site Name: Las Vegas Strip
Address: Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV
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Costume design drawing, lighting man, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Archival Collection
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "boy singer (lighting man)."
Costume Details: Male performer wearing a black bowler hat and black and white paterrned shirt and trousers.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Flickers
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Male performer wearing a black bowler hat and black and white paterrned shirt and trousers.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Flickers
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, maid in striped dress, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Archival Collection
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "2 girl singers (maids)."
Costume Details: Female performer in a black and white striped long sleeved dress with white apron and hat.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Flickers
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Female performer in a black and white striped long sleeved dress with white apron and hat.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Flickers
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, topless showgirl in yellow and black feathers #7, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Archival Collection
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "tall nude girl (yellow & black feathers #7)."
Costume Details: Topless showgirl in jeweled g-string and headress with yellow, white, and black feathers.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Hullabaloo
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Topless showgirl in jeweled g-string and headress with yellow, white, and black feathers.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Hullabaloo
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, topless showgirl in yellow feathers, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Archival Collection
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "16 dancing nudes (yellow feathered disco)."
Costume Details: Topless showgirl in jeweled g-string and headress with yellow, white, and black feathers.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Hullabaloo
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Topless showgirl in jeweled g-string and headress with yellow, white, and black feathers.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Hullabaloo
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, Delilah gold costume, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Archival Collection
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "principal nude (Delilah-gold look)."
Costume Details: Showgirl wearing beaded bikini with matching hair ornament with a gold pleated cape.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Prologue
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Showgirl wearing beaded bikini with matching hair ornament with a gold pleated cape.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Prologue
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, topless showgirl with tasseled drop, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Archival Collection
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "principal nude (with 6 paneled tassel drop)."
Costume Details: Topless showgirl wearing hair ornaments and scarves, holding a tasseled drop.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Banquet
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Topless showgirl wearing hair ornaments and scarves, holding a tasseled drop.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Banquet
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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