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Photograph of Virginia Page, Miss Las Vegas, Sands Hotel, June 2, 1957.

Date

1957-06-02

Archival Collection

Description

Nineteen year old Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of Meet Me In Las Vegas contest. Page, as Miss Las Vegas, won a trip to Las Vegas for a week starting June 2, 1957. She is pictured here wearing a tiara and standing on a stage in front of a microphone with several other unidentified individuals.

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Photograph of Virginia Page, Miss Las Vegas, Sands Hotel, June 2, 1957

Date

1957-06-02

Archival Collection

Description

Nineteen year old Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of Meet Me In Las Vegas contest. Page, as Miss Las Vegas, won a trip to Las Vegas for a week starting June 2, 1957. She can be seen standing in a white fringe dress in the center of the photograph between two other formally dressed yet unidentified individuals.

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Photograph of people at a banquet, circa 1915-1920

Date

1915 to 1920

Description

A group of people sitting and standing around a long table with place settings. Handwritten on back of photograph: Standing by wall: R.E. Rockwell; (?); Bonnie Botts; Harry Jameson; (?); H. Case; Mrs. Arnold Scott; Shorty DeBrink; (?); Bill Hall; (?). Seated left side of table: Mun Levitt; Lolla Adams; Bill Johnson; Mrs. Mun Leavitt; Lauren Shaw; Mrs. Wm. Hall; Irene DeBrink; (?); Scotty Brewner; (?); Walt Bond. Right side of table: Mrs. Dick Leavitt; Mother Rockwell; Archie Mellott; Mrs. Walt Bond; Lt. Rockwell; Jim Downs; Dick Levitt. Small table: Bessie Rockwell; Lynn Botts; Mrs. H. Case. A "Welcome" banner is on the wall in the background.

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Photograph of Patrick McCarran addressing function, Las Vegas, October 31, 1944

Date

1944-10-31

Archival Collection

Description

Black and white photo of Patrick McCarran addressing a function in Las Vegas. Left to right, Jack Higgins, Mrs. Pearl Brown, Jim Downs, Mrs. Hickey, Berkely Lloyd Bunker, Senator Patrick Anthony McCarran (speaking), E. W. Clark, and H. E. "Hap" Hazard.

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Photograph of three Minsky's Burlesque cast members in front of a painted wooden set piece, Playboy Hotel, Chicago (Ill.), circa 1977

Date

1976 to 1978

Description

A male dancer in a white pantsuit and two female dancers (one in white pants and white cropped top, and one in a white bikini-style costume with a feathered headdress) pose in front of painted wooden set piece in the Playboy Hotel. Site Name: Playboy Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) Street Address: 163 East Walton Place

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Photograph of Gordon Beck, Madame Kamarova, and Harold Minsky at the Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1970-1979

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Pictured from left to right: Gordon Beck - Dunes Hotel; electrician; Madam Kamarova, and Harold Minsky during rehearsal at Dunes Hotel. Site Name: Dunes Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3600 South Las Vegas Boulevard

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Photograph of Harold Minsky and showgirls, Chicago (Ill.), 1970-1979

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Harold Minsky poses with six showgirls at the Playboy Hotel. The dancers are wearing rhinestone bikini-style costumes and large feathered headdresses. The Knickerbocker has gone through several incarnations since it opened in 1927. Legend has it that in the 1930s the hotel housed a casino frequented by Al Capone. During World War II and the Korean War, US Armed Forces officers would fill the property's hallways and play cards in the Officer's Club. In 1952, Richard Nixon was nominated Vice President during the Republican National Convention held in the hotel. Finally, in the 1970s it became the Playboy Hotel, owned by Hugh Hefner. Site Name: Playboy Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) Street Address: 163 East Walton Place

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Photograph of Francisco Rivero with his five children, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 5, 1928

Date

1928-09-05

Description

Francisco with his five children. On photo sleeve: "At site of present Mint Hotel, 1928. Front row L-R: Raymond (Ramon) Rivero; Gloria Rivero, sister; Alicia Rivero, little girl; Robert Rivero. Back row L-R: Francisco Rivero holding Celia on father's property. Las Vegas, Nev. Sep 5-28." "Mama, Raeibe esta cami un recudo de tus hijos. Pancho. huy te mendo ese P."

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Photograph of past Chamber of Commerce presidents, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1953

Date

1952 to 1954

Description

Past presidents of the Chamber of Commerce pose for a group photo. Some identified (sitting) are Howard Cannon, third from left, Spencer Butterfield and C.D.Baker, 5th and 6th from left respectively. Standing 3rd from left are Vern Willis, 5th from left Maxwell Kelch, and 6th from left Artemus Ham, Sr.

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Photograph of the Wildwood Show at the Manor House, New Jersey, 1964

Date

1964

Description

Four topless female dancers in beaded bikini costumes with partial long skirts, arm bands and bracelets, with tall feathered headdresses, and five female dancers in beaded bikini costumes with sheer beaded long skirted dresses, sheer face veils, and small tiara headdresses surround a male and female pair of dancers at the center of the stage. The male dancer is wearing beaded tights, gloves, beaded ankle cuffs, and hat. The female dancer is topless, and wearing a beaded fringe-style skirt, beaded ankle cuffs, arm band, bracelet, and beaded tiara. The audience is seated on either side of a runway. A cutout of the Buddhist Deity Amoghapasha (Six Arms) is visible in the background.

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