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San Diego, California report on the Stardust Hotel aerial advertising: video, 1995 December 19
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Local news reports on Stardust showgirl image on the outside of a Western Pacific Airlines plane. Footage shows the showgirl whose image is used (Aki who performs in Enter the Night) posing next to the plane and a small group of people gathered inside the airport for the reveal. Jim Seagrave (Stardust Marketing) explains how the photograph was taken, then sent off to a company to be made into a vinyl wrap for the plane. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
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Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 034
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Stardust New Years countdown (various cuts/options): video, 1995 December 20
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Local news reports on Stardust showgirl image on the outside of a Western Pacific Airlines plane. Footage shows the showgirl whose image is used (Aki, who performs in Enter the Night) posing next to the plane and a small group of people gathered inside the airport for the reveal. Jim Seagrave (Stardust Marketing) explains how the photograph was taken, then sent off to a company to be made into a vinyl wrap for the plane. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
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Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 037
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"New and Improved" Stardust Resort and Casino renovation promotion: video, 1991 December 31
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Local news segment interviewing Showgirls on their New Year's Eve resolutions. The first showgirl, Tami Kappi, hopes for world peace in the Middle East, and the second, Sharon Shackleford, hopes for more cures for illness and less stress in the world. Second segment includes interviews with locals and tourists as well, who hope for world peace, to lose weight, to win a million dollars, and sports teams to suceed. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
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Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 045
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Carolyn MacMullen oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Carolyn MacMullen conducted by Su Kim Chung on April 21, 2014 and July 07, 2014 for the West Charleston Neighborhoods: an Oral History Project of Ward 1. In these interviews, MacMullen discusses being a dancer in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Sands, Desert Inn, and Sahara throughout the 1950s. She recalls working as a dresser and describes what it is like to be backstage during a show production. MacMullen then talks about changes in showgirl costumes, the Texas Copa Girls, and her decision to stop dancing. Lastly, MacMullen discusses living in the West Charleston area and changes in Las Vegas.
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Film transparency of the Tropicana Hotel's float entry in the Helldorado Parade, Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1957
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"This Is Burlesque" show at the Aladdin's Bagdad Theatre with clip of performer Irving Benson: video
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Footage of the "This is Burlesque" show at the Aladdin Casino; clips feature showgirls dancing in various scenes; a short clip of comedian Irving Benson; additional acts in the show. Original media 16mm, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 2048 x 1556. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
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