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Photograph of the Bluebell Girls performing in the Lido de Paris in Paris, France, 1960-1969

Date

1960 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

The Bluebell Girls showgirls wearing beaded bikinis and feathered capes performing in the Lido de Paris in Paris, France.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)

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Photograph of dancers at the Lido, Paris (Fr.), circa 1950s-1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

A photograph of the Bluebell Girls rehearsing in the Lido cabaret club in Paris sometime in the 1950s. Seated at the table in the background are (L-R): 1. unidentified 2. Donn Arden 3. Pierre Lewis-Guerin, and 4. Margaret Kelly ("Madame Bluebell", the creator and manager of the Bluebell Girls. The Bluebell Girls was a well-known dance troupe founded by Margaret Kelly. Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)

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Photograph of some of the Bluebell showgirls relaxing, Paris (FRA), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Some of the showgirls from Donn Arden productions, known as the Bluebells, are relaxing by feeding ducks in a pond somewhere in Paris.

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Bluebell Girls: photographic print

Date

1939 to 1960

Description

From the Margaret Kelly Collection on the Bluebell Girls, MS-00604. Written on the back of the photo: "George [Zenga?] 3. Rue St. [Christofe?] [not legible] [seine?]. "100 [gianil?] 100 Hold 100 Roye.

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Dancer Catherine Dunne: photographic print

Date

1939 to 1960

Description

From the Margaret Kelly Collection on the Bluebell Girls, MS-00604. Written on the back of the photo: "Miss Catherine Dunne in another of her show pieces. (This photo was very small & had been cut by Miss Dunne. It has been copied as received)."

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Sports team on a field: photographic postcard

Date

1931 to 1932

Description

From the Margaret Kelly Collection on the Bluebell Girls, MS-00604. Written on the back of the photo: "[hopes?] Cartolina Postale. This was taken just before our match. In case you don't know me I'm the one with the horrible grumpy face. 1931-32." Men and women (the women are wearing vertically striped shirts) pose for a group photo on a field. (See also sod2022-016.)

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Catherine Dunne: photographic print

Date

1939 to 1940

Description

From Margaret Kelly Collection on the Bluebell Girls MS-00604. (sod2022-010-007 shows this photograph in a newspaper clipping.)

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