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Costume design drawing, long sheer lavender gown, circa late 1970s
Date
1975 to 1985
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Long gown of sheer lavender fabric decorated with beads, split skirt, with matching beaded fringed drape.
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Costume design drawing, sheer long pale green gown, circa late 1970s
Date
1975 to 1985
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Sheer long pale green gown with deeply scooped back, decorated with beads, matching necklace, long gloves, and long scarf with beaded fringe.
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Costume design drawing, sheer long pink gown, circa late 1970s
Date
1975 to 1985
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Long gown of sheer pink fabric decorated with beads, tied around the waist with sash and hanging bead ropes.
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Costume design drawing, black gown with light blue train, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Black sheath-type dress with light blue ruffled train, long black gloves, black and light blue feathered headpiece.
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Costume design drawing, black lace bodice with pink drape, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Black lace leotard with pink drape over one arm, wrapped around the waist and trailing to floor; also shows miniature of same costume with colors reversed
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Costume design drawing, brown and white spirals dress, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Dress with white halter top, brown cinched waist, and flared skirt of brown and white spirals; long pink gloves and pink floral headpiece.
Performance Name: Pianos
Performance Name: Pianos
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Costume design drawing, brown dress with pink jewels, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Long brown sheath-type dress and gloves with pink feathers and jewels.
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Photograph of Donn Arden onstage with skaters, 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Donn Arden with several ice skaters onstage. They are posed around a "carousel" formed of long ribbons coming from the top of a pole.
Costume Details: The skaters are wearing white figure skates, costumes with short, frilly skirts, and headpieces resembling ponies' heads with feather "manes."
Costume Details: The skaters are wearing white figure skates, costumes with short, frilly skirts, and headpieces resembling ponies' heads with feather "manes."
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Photograph of Donn Arden with dancer and costumers, 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Donn Arden, holding a costume sketch, examines the fringed, short-skirted two-piece costume worn by a dancer backstage. A costume mistress measures the dancer's skirt with a tape measure. An unidentifed man holding a length of fabric is seen on the right.
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Photograph of Donn Arden with two dancers, 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Donn Arden puts the finishing touches on a dancer's costume during rehearsal. Another dancer, in costume, poses in front.
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