Copa Girls and Harry Nofal performing at the Sands Hotel in November 1962. From left to right, Rowena Buttenweiser, Marlene, Charlotte Nort, Mary Baglan, Harry Nofal, Billye Nelms, unidentified woman, Shirley Kirks.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

Jackie Lee, a Copa Girl at the Sands, posing at the pool, circa 1952.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

Vassili Sulich and Veronica Mlakar performing in the ballet "La Dryade," by Irène Lidova.
Show Name: La Dryade (ballet)

Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "16 dancing nudes (yellow feathered disco)."
Costume Details: Topless showgirl in jeweled g-string and headress with yellow, white, and black feathers.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Hullabaloo
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "bluebell (d) or nude (g) (visiting royalty #9)."
Costume Details: Topless showgirl wearing a large headdress and pleated cape.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Banquet
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "16 dancing nudes (long wigs, straps)."
Costume Details: Topless female performers wearing straps, wigs, wrist cuffs and g-strings.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Underground
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

A portuguese newspaper article of Vassili Sulich, including a portrait of the dancer. Handwritten across the top of the article: "Journal de Brazil, 19/8/57."