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Photograph of the Copa Girls performing in toreador costumes, Las Vegas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Several Copa Girls perform onstage at the Sands Hotel wearing teal toreador costumes with matching tights, capes and hats. A bullring backdrop is behind them. Audience members are seen in the foreground at their tables watching the show.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
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Photograph of Jack Entratter and Frank Sinatra during rehearsal with the Copa Girls, Las Vegas, 1954
Date
1954
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Jack Entratter onstage during rehearsals with the Copa Girls at the Sands Hotel. Frank Sinatra is seen at the left in a dark, short-sleeved shirt at the left of the photo.
Show Name: Ziegfeld Follies
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, back view of multicolored lace-up jumpsuit with halter top, Las Vegas, 1967
Date
1967
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Multicolor fluorescent jumpsuit with lace-up back and halter top with matching earrings. Artist's notation: "Dancers back."
Show Name: Mad, Mod World
Performance Name: Finale
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Show Name: Mad, Mod World
Performance Name: Finale
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, showgirl in purple long-sleeved top and bell-bottom pants, Las Vegas, 1968
Date
1968
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Showgirl in purple long-sleeved top, bare midriff, purple bell-bottom pants with white decoration, wide gold belt, white floral headpiece.
Show Name: Thoroughly Modern Minsky
Site Name: Thunderbird (resort)
Show Name: Thoroughly Modern Minsky
Site Name: Thunderbird (resort)
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Photograph of Black Canyon, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
The upstream view of Black Canyon. Typed description on back of image: "Looking upstream at the Black rock site of the Boulder Canyon Dam project. The River is about a 280 feet wide at this point and a 550 foot dam would be about 1200 feet wide at the top."
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Photograph of Caesars Palace convention area, Las Vegas, 1966-1969
Date
1966 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
Panoramic view of Caesars Palace convention or meeting center during set-up, showing tables, a portable bar, the carpet and ceiling fixtures. A truck, a moving van, an elevated work platform and a helicopter are inside. Site Name: Caesars Palace (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of Eddie Lynch and Harold Minsky at the Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Pictured left to right: Eddie Lynch, producer and director, and Harold Minsky hold a fur costume piece backstage at a rehearsal at the Dunes Hotel. Site Name: Dunes Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3600 South Las Vegas Boulevard
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Photograph of Harold Minsky and Earl Leaf, Beverly Hills (Calif.), 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Pictured from left to right: Harold Minsky and Earl Leaf, Hollywood correspondent for London Times, at press party at the Beverly-Hilton. Credited - Minsky and Dunes Hotel Site Name: The Beverly Hilton (Beverly Hills, Calif.) Street Address: 9876 Wilshire Boulevard
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Photograph of showgirl in tasseled dress, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1957-1960s
Date
1957 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of a showgirl at the Dunes Hotel, posing in a tasseled dress with a feathered headdress and a feather boa wrapped around her arms. She is standing in front of a set and has a cigarette in a cigarette holder in her hand. Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)
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Photograph of Minsky's Burlesque at the Aladdin Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1970
Date
1972
Archival Collection
Description
Thirteen female dancers and one male dancer on stage for Minsky's Burlesque. The ladies are wearing large feather back pieces and rhinestone bikini costumes. Site Name: Aladdin Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3667 South Las Vegas Boulevard
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