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Untitled showgirl: original sketch with specifications and notes

Date

2002

Archival Collection

Description

Series II. Folies-Bergere production papers, designs, and photographs -- 17th Edition: The Best of the Folies-Bergere -- 2002 costume revisions: costume design drawings, photographs of costume pieces, correspondence, and notes -- Hippie Medley

Mixed Content

38 showgirls: color photocopy of drawings with notes

Date

2001

Archival Collection

Description

Series II. Folies-Bergere production papers, designs, and photographs -- 17th Edition: The Best of the Folies-Bergere -- 2001 costume revisions: costume design drawings, photographs of costume pieces, correspondence, and notes -- When I Think of You

Mixed Content

Untitled showgirl costume: original drawing, 1997

Date

1997

Archival Collection

Description

Series II. Folies-Bergere production papers, designs, and photographs -- 17th Edition: The Best of the Folies-Bergere -- Costume production and design -- Opening

Mixed Content

Photograph of costumed showgirls posing backstage, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1957-1960s

Date

1957 to 1969

Description

Three unidentified showgirls in costume with headdresses posing backstage.

Image

Photograph of Bobbi Blair posing in showgirl costume, Las Vegas, 1960

Date

1960

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)

Image

Photograph of Donn Arden with female dancers, 1930s-1940s

Date

1930 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Donn Arden chatting with two female dancers.

Image

Photograph of Donn Arden on stage with dancer, 1930s-1940s

Date

1930 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Donn Arden (right) onstage with a female dancer in an extravagent costume.

Image

Photograph of Harold Minsky with showgirl and costumer, circa late 1950s

Date

1955 to 1959

Description

Harold Minsky points with tobacco pipe at section of dancer's costume being measured by a seamstress. Additional costumes hang in the background.

Image

Photograph of dancers at rehearsal, 1980s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Color photo of Arden-Fletcher or Donn Arden dancers warming up in rehearsal, possibly for the Lido show "Panache" in Paris, France. Rich Rizzo is identified at the front center.

Image

Maryann Picchi Collection on Las Vegas Showgirls and Entertainment

Identifier

MS-01141

Abstract

The Maryann Picchi Collection on Las Vegas Showgirls and Entertainment (approximately 1965-2009) contains newspapers clippings and programs for different shows on the Las Vegas Strip that featured showgirls from the 1970s to the 1990s. Shows represented in this collection includes Casino de Paris, Folies Bergère, and Jubilee!. Materials include programs for Stardust Resort and Casino cast and crew member reunions. Materials were donated by Maryann Picchi who used to perform as a showgirl for the Stardust.

Archival Collection