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Photograph of several showgirls on the airstairs of an airplane, Las Vegas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Showgirls (possibly Bluebell Girls) waving on the airstairs of a Western Airlines plane in the 1950s.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
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Photograph of Copa Girls performing before an audience of former Ziegfeld Follies dancers, Las Vegas, 1954
Date
1954
Archival Collection
Description
Copa Girls performing in the Ziegfeld Follies production show at the Copa Room of the Sands Hotel in 1954 before an audience of former Ziegfeld Follies dancers.
Show Name: Ziegfeld Follies
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Show Name: Ziegfeld Follies
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
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Photograph of Copa Girls in polka dot dresses performing onstage, Las Vegas, November 1958
Date
1958-11
Archival Collection
Description
Copa Girls performing onstage in short polka dot dresses in November 1958
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Image
Photograph of Copa Girls performing at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1953
Date
1952 to 1954
Archival Collection
Description
Some of the Copa Girls dancing onstage at the Sands Hotel, circa 1953. The two dancers on the right in white dresses are the Ryba Twins.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Image
Photograph of Donn Arden and Margaret Kelly at post-show party, Paris, France, 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Donn Arden and Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), dining at a post-show party at the Lido in Paris. Arden wears a paper party hat, and streamers and garlands hang from the ceiling.
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
Photograph of Donn Arden, Margaret Kelly, Rich Rizzo and René Fraday at the Lido, Paris France, 1980s
Date
1980 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
Donn Arden (holding eyeglasses), Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), choreographer Rich Rizzo (in t-shirt) and René Fraday pose at the Lido in Paris.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
Photograph of a group watching Lido rehearsal, Paris, France, 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Donn Arden, Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), and Jospeh Clerico (owner and general director) seated in theater watching rehearsal.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
Photograph of Margaret Kelly and Donn Arden at rehearsal, Paris, France, 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), and Donn Arden at rehearsal at the Lido in Paris.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
Photograph of Margaret Kelly and Donn Arden watching rehearsal, Paris, France, 1980s
Date
1980 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), and Donn Arden watching rehearsal at the Lido in Paris.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
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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