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Photograph of female Folies Bergere dancers in can-can costumes at the Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1966

Date

1966

Archival Collection

Description

Female dancers wearing can-can costumes and feathered hats performing in the Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The number "21422" from the Las Vegas News Bureau is stamped on the back of the photograph.
Show Name: Les Folies Bergere (Tropicana Hotel: Las Vegas, Nevada)
Site Name: Tropicana Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Image

Photograph of a production number from the Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1975-1977

Date

1975 to 1977

Description

Costumed performers in a mid-nineteenth century saloon scene in the Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Show Name: Les Folies Bergere (Tropicana Hotel: Las Vegas, Nevada)
Site Name: Tropicana Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Image

Program for Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1961

Date

1961

Description

Program for the Folies Bergere 1961 edition features titles of production numbers, names of performers, and other credits. Program can be folded and mailed as a postcard.
Show Name: Les Folies Bergere (Tropicana Hotel: Las Vegas, Nevada)
Site Name: Tropicana Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Image

Photograph of servicemen with opera singer Marguerite Piazza as Miss-Cue, Las Vegas, May 1, 1955

Date

1955-05-01

Archival Collection

Description

Opera star and entertainer Marguerite Piazza as "Miss-Cue" wearing an A-Bomb crown to illustrate another misfiring of the Operation Cue Bomb. She is surrounded by servicemen.

Image

Photograph of showgirl Linda Lawson, also known as Miss-Cue, at the Sands Hotel pool, circa early 1950s

Date

1950 to 1955

Archival Collection

Description

Copa Girl Linda Lawson (also known as "Miss-Cue") at the Sands Hotel wearing a mushroom cloud headpiece to promote nuclear testing in the 1950s.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

Image

Ruth St. Denis Collection

Identifier

MS-00249

Abstract

The Ruth St. Denis Collection (1916-1986) contains materials relating to the St. Denis School of Dance in Los Angeles, California. Included are scrapbooks containing magazine cutouts from early 20th century performers and celebrities and programs featuring St. Denis or performances honoring her memory.

Archival Collection