Bob Mackie design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "16 Bluebells (Vienna hoopskirts); 16 Male dancers (Vienna-Military)." Costume Details: Female performer in pale pink hoop skirt costume decorated with large fuchsia and purple grapes, black ribbons at waist, and teal hair ribbons. Male performer wearing a stylized military uniform costume with white tights, blue jacket, cape and hat trimmed with black feathers, and black boots. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Vienna Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "black girl dancer (pink and green "Elvis #6") and "black girl dancer (pink and green "Elvis #7")" for two identical drawings. Costume Details: Two showgirls in mini skirts and long sleeve tops, ankle socks, neck scarves, and hair bows. One dancer is wearing a green and pink horizontal striped top and the other is wearing a green and white verticle striped top. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Elvis Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "black girl dancer (pink and green "Elvis #4") and "black girl dancer (pink and green "Elvis #5")" for two identical drawings. Costume Details: Two showgirls in mini skirts and long sleeve tops, ankle socks, neck scarves, and hair bows. One dancer is wearing a green and pink striped top and the other is wearing a green and white checkered top. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Elvis Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Oral history interview with Danny Cluff conducted by Claytee D. White on December 8, 2017 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project. In this interview, Danny Cluff discusses his attendance at the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the evening of the October 1, 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada with his friends and nephew. He talks of finding safety in Hooters with other survivors from the concert. When speaking of gun control, he discusses his perspectives on human nature, citing his experiences during and after the concert shooting. Throughout the interview, Cluff speaks of the ways he has healed and kept positive after the shooting, such as laughing through the hard times and writing poetry, of which he gives a few samples.
Born in 1936, architect Joel Bergman spent his childhood in Venice, California, the son of Edythe Klein and Harry Bergman, a baker who later turned to dealing in scrap metal. The award-winning designer of such Las Vegas projects as the International Hotel, the MGM Grand Hotel (later Bally's), additions to the Riviera Hotel and the Golden Nugget downtown, the Mirage, Treasure Island, Paris Casino Resort, Caesars Palace, Trump International Hotel and Tower, the Signature at MGM Grand, Rhumbar, Gilley's at Treasure Island, and the Tropicana Hotel and Casino first arrived in Las Vegas in 1968 to work on the International Hotel. In this interview, Bergman discusses his architectural career, which began with his graduation in architecture from the University of Southern California; he also discusses his work with Martin Stern, his sixteen years with Steve Wynn, and the formation of his own architectural firm, Bergman Walls and Associates. Throughout, he pays tribute to the three mentors who had the greatest influence on his work—USC architecture professor Carleton Winslow, architect Berton Severson, and client Steve Wynn—and the ways they visualized people moving through space. He acknowledges other professionals whose work he admired and talks about his wives Marlene Federman, Terrie Colston, Maria Nicolini, and Valentina Bogdanova as well as his children and stepchildren. Joel David Bergman passed away August 24, 2016, three weeks after he gave this interview.
The Production Company Audiovisual Collection consists of commercials, advertising, and political campaigns from approximately 1965 to 1995 created by The Production Company, a television production company founded by Thomas “Bob” Patrick in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection consists of primarily 16 mm film and video formats such as VHS, U-Matic, Betacam, open reel, Type C, and quadruplex. The videotapes and films in this collection represent advertising and marketing for hotels and casinos, entertainment companies, politicians, and local businesses located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "black girl dancer (pink and green "Elvis #2") and "black girl dancer (pink and green "Elvis #3")" for two identical drawings. Costume Details: Two showgirls in mini skirts and long sleeve tops, ankle socks, neck scarves, and hair bows. One dancer is wearing a pink and white polka dot top and the other is wearing a green and pink checkered top. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Elvis Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino