Las Vegas showgirls performing in sequined costumes and using feather fans, sometime in the late 1970s to early 1980s. Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
A topless showgirl poses backstage at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, wearing a turban and a long skirt with jewels. Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)
A showgirl poses backstage wearing a tall, feathered headdress and a costume with flowers and fringed with long ribbons. Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Johnny Dixon at the bar, and Tim Holean, dealers Whitney Shugart watching (shift manager).
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "Principal nude (pearl - in pot)." Handwritten text from original drawing: "Pearl white #3." Costume Details: Showgirl wearing white short sleeved shirt and white pith helmet with a bow. She is shown tied up and in a pot. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Flickers Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
A showgirls poses backstage at the Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, wearng a chandelier headdress, draped with a sheer, sequined veil. Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)
A showgirl wearing a feathered costume and headdress poses while hugging a stage column at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)
Bob Mackie design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "Nude showgirl (Purple #1)." Costume Details: Topless showgirl in jeweled purple and black collar and split skirt costume with large matching trailing headdress trimmed in purple and black feathers; teal and fuchsia accents. The costume was worn from the opening night of Jubilee, July 1981 until May 1984. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Stairway Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: " 8 black girls (orange and white "Tootsies")." Handwritten text from original drawing: "Black girls "Toot toot tooties." Costume Details: Showgirl in a white and orange striped leotard with matching hair bow and bustle made of lace and ribbons. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Jolson- Personality Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
A showgirl wearing a ballet costume with a top hat poses backstage at the Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. "Cakewalk, Barbara" handwritten on back of photograph. Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)