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Costume design drawing, female Philistine costumes #5 and #6, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
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Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Two female performers wearing beaded tops, floor-length split skirts, and matching headdresses with draped cloth.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Prologue
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, female Philistine costumes #7 and #8, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Two female performers wearing beaded tops, floor-length split skirts, and matching headdresses with draped cloth.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Prologue
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, shirtless male dancer in red tights, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Shirtless male dancer in red tights, feathered boots, and black jeweled g-string with matching wrist cuffs and shoulder drape.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon Finale: Red Hot and Cole
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, black, teal and fuchsia feathered showgirl costume, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Jeweled sheath-style showgirl costume with split skirt, primarily black with teal and fuchsia bodice and collar trimmed with black feathers; matching hat and feathered wrap.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Gershwin
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Kimberly and William King oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Kimberly and William King conducted by Claytee D. White on November 27, 2017 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project. In this interview, Kimberly and William King discuss the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada and their experiences from that day. They talk about attending the Route 91 Harvest festival and their struggle to find safety and obtain medical medical attention for William after he was shot. Kimberly describes her feelings regarding the city prior to the shooting and how her perspective on Las Vegas has changed. The couple finish the interview with a discussion of life after the shooting, especially in regards to love and community.
Archival Collection
Polk, Leonard, Jr., 1948-
Leonard Polk Jr. was born in 1948 in Monroe, Louisiana. He and his mother moved to Las Vegas in 1949 when he was just two months old. His father worked on the Hoover Dam. Polk grew up in West Las Vegas and remembers the movement to integrate the schools in the city. As a young adult, he joined the Marines and served a tour of duty in Vietnam. Polk began to work for shows in Las Vegas after he finished his military career. He worked for the Aladdin Baghdad Theater and for the MGM Grand Hotel.
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Costume design drawing, male dancer in white pants and red jacket, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Male dancer wearing white trousers, a white shirt, white cravat, and red suit jacket.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Minstrel
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, showgirls in pink and white schoolgirl costumes, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Three showgirls wearing white miniskirts, white knee-high stockings and shoes, pink hairbows, and pink short-sleeved blouses with the letter "E" printed in white across the chest.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Elvis
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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