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Photograph of a Copa Girl photoshoot in the desert, Las Vegas, circa 1950s to 1960s

Date

1950 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

Photographers taking a picture of the Copa Girls in feathered costumes during a photo shoot in the Nevada desert, sometime in the 1950s or 1960s. A prospector can be seen in the foreground.

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Photograph of the Copa Girls performing in toreador costumes, Las Vegas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Several Copa Girls perform onstage at the Sands Hotel wearing teal toreador costumes with matching tights, capes and hats. A bullring backdrop is behind them. Audience members are seen in the foreground at their tables watching the show.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of the Copa Girls performing in red dresses and hats, Las Vegas, 1962

Date

1962

Description

Several Copa Girls perform onstage at the Sands Hotel wearing red dresses with halter-style tops and long, pleated skirts; they wear matching red hats. Audience members are seen in the foreground at their tables watching the show.
Show Name: Picture Window
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of the Copa Girls performing in Siamese costumes, Las Vegas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Five Copa Girls perform onstage at the Sands Hotel wearing Siamese-themed costumes with wraps and Oriental-style headpieces. Audience members are seen stage-side.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of the Copa Girls rehearsing on stage with Frank Sinatra, Las Vegas, 1954

Date

1954

Archival Collection

Description

The Copa Girls warm up on stage during a dress rehearsal at the Sands Hotel. Frank Sinatra is seen at the far right walking upstage.
Show Name: Ziegfeld Follies
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of former Ziegfeld Girls visiting with the Copa Girls, Las Vegas, 1954

Date

1954

Archival Collection

Description

Former Ziegfeld Girl Gladys Gardner (in white dress) and another former Ziegfeld Girl (at right) visit with some of the Copa Girls at the Sands Hotel.
Show Name: Ziegfeld Follies
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter watching rehearsal, Las Vegas, 1954

Date

1954

Archival Collection

Description

Frank Sinatra and Jack Entratter watching a rehearsal at the Sands Hotel.
Show Name: Ziegfeld Follies
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of Frank Sinatra and the Copa Girls during rehearsal, Las Vegas, 1954

Date

1954

Archival Collection

Description

Frank Sinatra with the Copa Girls during rehearsal at the Sands Hotel. Two other unidentified men are in the photo.
Show Name: Ziegfeld Follies
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of Frank Sinatra with the Copa Girls during rehearsal, Las Vegas, 1954

Date

1954

Archival Collection

Description

Frank Sinatra rehearsing onstage with the Copa Girls, in costume, at the Sands Hotel.
Show Name: Ziegfeld Follies
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of Gladys Gardner watching Frank Sinatra onstage, Las Vegas, 1954

Date

1954

Archival Collection

Description

Former Ziegfeld Girl Gladys Gardner (with blonde hair, at bottom left of photo), who danced in Florenz Ziegfeld's shows in 1913, watches Frank Sinatra onstage, from her stage-side table at the Sands Hotel showroom.
Show Name: Ziegfeld Follies
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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