An image of Jerry Lewis and Jayne Mansfield on a float in the Sands Hotel pool as part of the Sands Hotel's fourth anniversary celebrations while crowds look on.
An image of Jerry Lewis standing on a float as Jayne Mansfield falls into the pool at the Sands Hotel during the hotel's fourth anniversary celebrations.
An image of the award-winning Sands Hotel and Casino Food and Beverage staff. From left to right: Mike Uzan, Assistant Executive Chef; Doug Hardy, Food & Beverage Department Manager; Christopher Johns, Executive Chef; John Thacker, Director of Food & Beverage; Ramon Gonzalez, pastry chef.
An image of Lena Horne (center) seated next to band leader Mitch Miller during a recording of the CBS radio show "Password All-Stars" (probably on January 27, 1963). Donald O'Connor (left, in tweed jacket) sits next to Allen Ludden (with glasses), the host of the TV show, "Password." Two other unidentified men are at the table.
An image of Jack Entratter and Danny Thomas in the Copa Room cutting into a large cake to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Sands Hotel and Casino. The cake is in the shape of the newly constructed tower at the hotel. The women in the photograph is unidentified.
Hydroplane racing pilot Bill Muncey accepts a Martini & Rossi trophy for the Lake Mead Gold Cup race from Bruno Torti, American representative for Martini & Rossi, November 1960.
An image of people golfing in front of the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino. It was designed by Julius Gabrielle. It was finished in pink and white tile and concrete, was 275 feet in length, three stories tall, and had 83 rooms. There were ten suites averaging 1600 square feet with the furnishings costing $18,000 to $22,000. Several of the suites included a private swimming pool and rent for $115 a day.
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "2 nudes from e or f." Costume Details: Female topless dancer in black and white striped top hat trimmed with yellow and orange feathers, jeweled bikini bottom, open jeweled vest, and long feathered cuffs. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Minstrel Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "black girl dancer, (pink and green "Elvis #8"). Costume Details: Showgirl in green miniskirt, ankle socks, and neck scarf with a pink and white horizontally striped, long sleeved top and white hair bow. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Elvis Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes sits with his witnesses at Senate War Invest. Hearing. 1st row (l to r): Glen Odekirk & Thomas Slack; 2nd row (l to r): E. A. Peterman, Richard (?), & Howard Hughes; 3rd row (l to r): Edward Schwartz, John Parkinson, & John R. (?)."