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Photograph of a group of women at Maurine Wilson's 90th birthday party at the Thomas and Mack, Las Vegas, March 12, 1988
Date
1988-03-12
Archival Collection
Description
Leola Clark (left) at 98 earned the honor of being the oldest guest at the luncheon. Loellen Clark, her daughter-in-law, and Julia Zammito are all members of the African Violet Society to which Maurine belongs. The 90th birthday party held for Maurine Wilson at the Thomas and Mack Si Redd Room.
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Photograph of a group of women at Maurine Wilson's 90th birthday party at the Thomas, Las Vegas, March 12, 1988
Date
1988-03-12
Archival Collection
Description
Janiece Searles Bellanger (left) and her daughters Sabrina Maurine Bellanger and Karyn Bellanger Finlayson were all music students of Maurine Wilson. Sabrina was named for Mrs. Wilson. The 90th birthday party held for Maurine Wilson at the Thomas and Mack Si Redd Room.
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Photograph of a crowd of women posing for a picture, circa 1960s.
Date
1960 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
A crowd of women posing for a picture at a social function. L to R: First Row: 1. Mrs. Wilson (in black & white), 2. Unidentified, 3 Julie De Armand (in purple); Second Row: 1. Bertha Montgomery Franklin ( in pink), 2. Unidentified, 3. Betty French Tinkler, 4. Helen Mott, 5. Unidentified; Third Row: 1. Janice Haupt (?), 2. Florence Lee Cahlan Jones, 3. John F. Cahlan, 4. Ruth Hazard.
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Photograph of people at a banquet, circa 1915-1920
Date
1915 to 1920
Archival Collection
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 Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, Evelyn Stuckey, and Harry E. Jenks, Las Vegas, April 15, 1964
Date
1964-04-15
Archival Collection
Description
Evelyn Stuckey (center left) welcomes her mother, Mrs. Harry E. Jenks of Miami, Florida, to Las Vegas. Mrs. Jenks arrived in time to see the 14th annual Rhythmette Revue. The Rhythmettes form a welcoming V as Mrs. Jenks steps from the plane at McCarran Field.
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Photograph of Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes and Evelyn Stuckey, May 15, 1964
Date
1964-05-15
Archival Collection
Description
New members of Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes watching Evelyn Stuckey, director, who is seated with her back to the camera. From left to right, (L_R), back row, Suzanne Vandever, Kathy McNally, Kathy Irwin, Marcia Haughton, Janis Kupka; center row, Melita Fuhrman, Rosemary Crane, Judy Fleishman, Marie Warner, Julie Smith; front row, Susan Kiddy, Gayle Callery, Sheila Worthen, Marilyn Johnson.
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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
Archival Collection
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
Archival Collection
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
Archival Collection
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 the Wildwood Show at the Manor House, New Jersey, 1964
Date
1964
Archival Collection
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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