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Costume design drawing, topless showgirl as visiting royalty #1, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date

1980-06-05

Archival Collection

Description

Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "b-bell (d) or nude(g) (visiting royalty #1)."
Costume Details: Topless showgirl wearing a large headdress and pleated cape.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Prologue
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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UNLV University Libraries Collection of Posters

Identifier

MS-00852

Abstract

The UNLV University Libraries Collection of Posters is comprised of posters featuring Southern Nevada with a focus on Las Vegas, Nevada, collected by the University Libraries Special Collections and Archives. The material dates between 1891 and 2002, with the bulk of the material dating between 1940 and 2002. The collection includes posters of movies filmed in Las Vegas, casino marketing and advertisement posters, newspaper clippings, political rallies and campaign advertisement posters, and event promotions.

Archival Collection

Costume design drawing, Delilah costume, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date

1980-06-05

Archival Collection

Description

Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "principal nude (Delilah)."
Costume Details: Showgirl wearing beaded bikini-style top, gold hair ornament, and hooded orange and gold cape.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Prologue
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Costume design drawing, male performer with brass instrument, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date

1980-06-05

Archival Collection

Description

Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "8 black boys (clarions)."
Costume Details: Male perfromer wearing a g-string, sandals, wrist cuffs, beaded helmet, and cape holding a brass instrument prop.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Processional
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Costume design drawing, stylized robe and turban, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date

1980-06-05

Archival Collection

Description

Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "black girl (Aba)."
Costume Details: Female performer wearing a stylized robe with intricate design on the chest and tasseled sleeves, large loop earrings, and turban.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Processional
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Costume design drawing, stylized robe with large turban, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date

1980-06-05

Archival Collection

Description

Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "black girl (Aba)."
Costume Details: Female performer wearing a stylized robe with intricate design on the chest and tasseled sleeves, large loop earrings, and turban.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Processional
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Costume design drawing, topless gold digger showgirl #6, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date

1980-06-05

Archival Collection

Description

Bob Mackie design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "girl singer (gold digger showgirl #6)."
Costume Details: Topless showgirl wearing furs, feathers, and a skirt made of transparent material trimmed with "gold" coins.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: B-Babies
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Costume design drawing, male performer in a polo coat, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date

1980-06-05

Archival Collection

Description

Bob Mackie design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "8 boy singers (polo coats)."
Costume Details: Male performer in a brown polo coat, black gloves, leopard-print scarf and black fedora.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: B-Babies
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Costume design drawing, jeweled headdress and cuffs with yellow feathers, Las Vegas, 1981

Date

1981

Archival Collection

Description

Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "32 Bluebells (yellow feathered gloves)."
Costume Details: Showgirl in jeweled bikini with jeweled headdress with yellow feathers, jeweled cuffs with yellow feathers.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Hullabaloo
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Conedy, Clifford B., 1952-

Clifford Conedy played on the football team at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, beginning in 1973. The university got him a job working security as part of the youth patrol at Circus Circus Hotel-Casino. He lived in Washington State and came back to Las Vegas in 1977 and worked security for the Fremont Hotel and Casino and for the Stardust. He became a dealer for the Fremont and also worked for Little Caesars Casino, the Mint Hotel and Casino, El Rancho, the Imperial Palace, the MGM Grand, the Flamingo Hilton, and Casesars Palace.

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