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Photograph of the Copa Girls performing in toreador costumes, Las Vegas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

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

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Photograph of the Copa Girls performing in red dresses, Las Vegas, 1962

Date

1962

Description

Several Copa girls perform onstage at the Sands Hotel wearing sleeveless red dresses with full, pleated skirts. Three Copa Girls stand behind a backdrop with picture frame-style cutouts. The performers are underneath a white swag-style awning. Audience members are seen in the foreground at their tables watching the show.
Show Name: Picture Window
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of the Copa Girls performing in red dresses and red hats, Las Vegas, 1962

Date

1962

Description

Four Copa Girls perform onstage at the Sands Hotel wearing red dresses with halter-style tops, long, pleated diaphanous skirts and pillbox-style hats.
Show Name: Picture Window
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of the Copa Girls performing in red dresses and hats, Las Vegas, 1962

Date

1962

Description

Several Copa Girls perform onstage at the Sands Hotel wearing red dresses with halter-style tops and long, pleated skirts; they wear matching red hats. Audience members are seen in the foreground at their tables watching the show.
Show Name: Picture Window
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of the Copa Girls performing in Siamese costumes, Las Vegas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

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

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Photograph of the Copa Girls performing in white costumes with fur muffs and hats, Las Vegas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Three Copa Girls perform upstage at the Sands Hotel wearing white satin leotards with matching fur hats and muffs. An orchestra can be seen onstage behind them. Audience members at their tables can be seen in the foreground.
Show Name: Where's Ace?
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of the Copa Girls posing with blue ostrich feather fans, Las Vegas, circa 1955

Date

1954 to 1956

Description

Four Copa Girls pose onstage with oversized blue ostrich feather fans; they stand in front of a red curtain.
Show Name: Fan Dance
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of dress rehearsal in Sands Hotel showroom, Las Vegas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Musicians, crew members and Copa Girls onstage during dress rehearsal for "Where's Ace?" number at the Sands Hotel.
Show Name: Where's Ace?
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of former Ziegfeld Girls visiting with the Copa Girls, Las Vegas, 1954

Date

1954

Archival Collection

Description

Former Ziegfeld Girl Gladys Gardner (in white dress) and another former Ziegfeld Girl (at right) visit with some of the Copa Girls at the Sands Hotel.
Show Name: Ziegfeld Follies
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of Madame Pauline with a Copa Girl, Las Vegas, 1954

Date

1954

Description

Wardrobe mistress Pauline with a Copa Girl in a dressing room at the Sands Hotel.
Show Name: Ziegfeld Follies
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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