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Photograph of the Copa Girls performing in Siamese costumes, Las Vegas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Five Copa Girls perform onstage at the Sands Hotel wearing Siamese-themed costumes with wraps and Oriental-style headpieces. Audience members are seen stage-side.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
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Photograph of Jack Entratter and Frank Sinatra rehearsing with the Copa Girls, Las Vegas, 1954
Date
1954
Archival Collection
Description
Two of the Copa Girls onstage with Jack Entratter and Frank Sinatra (looking at script pages) during rehearsal at the Sands Hotel.
Show Name: Ziegfeld Follies
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, topless showgirls in ruffled capes, Las Vegas, 1968
Date
1968
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Pencil sketches of topless showgirls in oversized ruffled capes and matching headdresses.
Show Name: Thoroughly Modern Minsky
Performance Name: Opening
Site Name: Thunderbird (resort)
Show Name: Thoroughly Modern Minsky
Performance Name: Opening
Site Name: Thunderbird (resort)
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Photograph of the dedication of Hermiston Memorial Baptist Church, Las Vegas, March 8, 1925
Date
1925-03-08
Archival Collection
Description
Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Sunday school with Hermiston Memorial Baptist Church, Las Vegas, Nevada. Dedicated March 8, 1925." Site Name: Hermiston Memorial Baptist Church (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph Georgia Butterfield and others, Las Vegas (Nev.), October 29, 1961
Date
1961-10-29
Archival Collection
Description
Seated left to right at table are: Janet Kay, Zora Grant (Mrs. Archie), Bill Beckley, Sylvania De Armond, Georgia Butterfield, and Robert Griffith. Site Name: Tropicana Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of Ward Lindquist bartending at Lake Mead Lodge, Boulder City, (Nev.), 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Ward Lindquist bartending at the Lake Mead Lodge as people are being served their drinks. Site Name: Lake Mead Lodge (Boulder City, Nev.) Street Address: 322 Lakeshore Road, Boulder City, Nevada
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Photograph of a dancer posing backstage in a ballet costume, Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1957-1960s
Date
1957 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
A female dancer wearing a sheer jeweled bodysuit and ballet slippers poses backstage at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. "Barbara--nude costume" handwritten on back of photograph. Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)
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Photograph of Minsky's Burlesque sign and dancers at the Aladdin Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1970
Date
1970
Archival Collection
Description
Six female dancers in rhinestone bikini costumes posing in front of the "Minsky's Burlesque '70" sign. Site Name: Aladdin Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3667 South Las Vegas Boulevard
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Photograph of Minsky's Burlesque dancers on scaffolding at the Aladdin Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1970
Date
1970
Archival Collection
Description
Eight female dancers in Minsky's Burlesque wearing rhinestone bikini costumes posing in platform scaffolding. Site Name: Aladdin Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3667 South Las Vegas Boulevard
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Slide of the Huntridge Theatre in Las Vegas (Nev.), 1960
Date
1960
Archival Collection
Description
A color slide of the Huntridge Theatre marquee advertising: "World premiere Walt Disney's 'Kidnapped,' Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Extra - 'Gala Day at Disneyland.'" Site Name: Huntridge Theatre (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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