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Costume design drawing, topless showgirl in green and white tropical ensemble, Las Vegas, 1968
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Archival Collection
Description
Show Name: Thoroughly Modern Minsky
Site Name: Thunderbird (resort)
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Ned V. Bearden Sr. Photograph Collection
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The Ned V. Bearden Sr. Photograph Collection contains black-and-white photographic prints and negatives of early Las Vegas, Nevada Fremont Street hotels, casinos, as well as Las Vegas businesses and residences between approximately 1940 to 1960. These photographs detail air conditioning units installations by Bearden throughout Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Milton, Billie, 1908-
Althea Wilhelmina Losky was born to Sarah Milton and Charles Losky in West Monroe, New York on March 22, 1908. She married Howard Ungleich on July 23, 1927 and they had one son, Frederick, born on June 20, 1929. She went by the name Billie and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in approximately 1948 where she worked as a governess for Marion B. Hicks. She later worked as an executive housekeeper at the Thunderbird. She married Fred Grace in by the late 1950s and the couple lived in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Costume design drawing, topless showgirl with floral platter headdress, Las Vegas, 1968
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Show Name: Thoroughly Modern Minsky
Site Name: Thunderbird (resort)
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Lee, Jackie, 1930-
Olga Jacqueline (Jackie) Lee was born to Olga Leigh Pilson (1898-1984) and Frank Charles Lee (1891-1963) on July 20, 1930 in Washington D.C. Jackie Lee later studied at the American Academey of Dramatic Arts in New York City. She worked as a professional dancer in New York City, before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1952 and dancing at the Sands under Jack Entratter. She later worked at the Thunderbird. After her dancing career, Lee worked as cocktail waitress.
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Ffolliott "Fluff" LeCoque Papers
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Collection is comprised of Ffolliott "Fluff" LeCoque's professional and personal papers (1879-2015), documenting her life and career working as a dancer and later as company manager for Las Vegas entertainment productions; most notably the long-running Jubilee! show produced by Donn Arden for the MGM Grand and Bally's Hotel-Casinos. Materials include personal letters, drawings, professional papers, newspaper clippings, photographs, magazines, commericially produced sheet music, and related ephemera.
Archival Collection