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Photograph of dance number with showgirls and male dancers in tuxedos, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Dance number onstage featuring showgirls in bodices trimmed with various-colored fur or feather shoulders and short skirts and tall feather headdresses, and male dancers in tuxedos with tails and top hats. White cut-out portico columns form the stage backdrop. Audience members at their tables are seen in the foreground.
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
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Photograph of dancers in front of "Panache" sign, Paris, France, 1985
Date
1985
Archival Collection
Description
A row of male dancers wearing black trousers and shirts with white vests and black bowler hats perform in front of a large electric sign spelling "PANACHE." A showgirl in white fur costume poses atop the middle A in the sign. Audience members at their tables are seen in the foreground.
Show Name: Panache (Lido: Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Panache (Lido: Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
Photograph of dancers marching in striped costumes with top hats, Paris, France, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Dancers pose onstage in a march number, wearing two piece, vertically-striped, spangled costumes comprised of bikini bottoms with long feather tails, long-sleeved short bolero-type tops with cuffs and collars, and matching high-heeled boots and plumed top hats. Audience members at their tables are seen in front of the stage.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
Photograph of Donn Arden, Margaret Kelly and Pierre-Louis Guérin with dancers, Paris, France, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Donn Arden (center) onstage with dance mistress Margaret Kelly (AKA Madame Bluebell), Lido owner Pierre-Louis Guérin and three dancers in costume during rehearsal at the Lido in Paris.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
Photograph of female dancers in red and gold costumes, male dancers in white and gold tuxes, Paris, France, 1985
Date
1985
Archival Collection
Description
Showgirls wearing gold costumes with matching gold headpieces and red, orange, yellow and white feathered wings perform onstage with male dancers wearing white tuxedos with short gold jackets and white top hats.
Show Name: Panache (Lido: Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Panache (Lido: Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
Photograph of male dancers and topless female dancer in front of keyboard set, Paris, France, 1985
Date
1985
Archival Collection
Description
A topless female dancer in showgirl costume with oversized ribbon train blows a kiss to male dancers in blue jackets, black trousers and white shirts with black bow ties. They pose in front of a stylized treble clef and curving piano keyboard set.
Show Name: Panache (Lido: Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Panache (Lido: Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
Photograph of stage scene with dancers and fountains, Paris, France, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
At center stage a nude female dancer, with drapes hanging from her arms, poses on the shoulder of a male ballet dancer wearing tights and a short bolero jacket. On either side of them dancers pose wearing drape-like dresses with jeweled bodices, feather trim and tiaras with tall feathers. They stand in front of fountain-like jets of water on a set of steps onstage.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
Photograph of Stardust marquee and hotel front, Las Vegas, 1961
Date
1961
Archival Collection
Description
Color photo of the front of the Stardust Hotel and a globe-shaped marquee in a parking lot in front. The text on the marquee reads: "3rd All New 1961 Revue, Lido de Paris, Adults Only, 70 Stars, 'World's Greatest Floor Show!' Live. Roberta Linn, Dick Contino, Ray Eberle, Malani Kele in the Lounge."
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
Image
Photograph of topless showgirls in Arabian-themed stage scene, circa early 1960s
Date
1960 to 1965
Archival Collection
Description
Topless showgirls in long white dresses and pill-box hats hold the long trains of a dancer at center stage wearing a tall feathered headdress. The stage is set in an Arabian-Indian theme with hanging drapes, gold scrollwork screens and misting fountains.
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
Image
Photograph of Bobbi Blair posing in showgirl costume, Las Vegas, 1960
Date
1960
Archival Collection
Description
Dancer Bobbi Blair poses onstage in a sequined two-piece showgirl costume with fishnet stockings, a large ruffled fan-like cape and matching tall ruffled headpiece.
Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)
Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)
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