Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "girl singer (individual Philistine #5)" and "girl singer (individual Philistine #6)" for two identical drawings. Costume Details: Two female performers wearing beaded tops, floor-length split skirts, and matching headdresses with draped cloth. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Prologue Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "girl singer (individual Philistine #7)" and "girl singer (individual Philistine #8)" for two identical drawings. Costume Details: Two female performers wearing beaded tops, floor-length split skirts, and matching headdresses with draped cloth. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Prologue Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Bob Mackie design. Transcribed from original drawing index: " 8 black boy dancers (red tights - bare top)." Costume Details: Shirtless male dancer in red tights, feathered boots, and black jeweled g-string with matching wrist cuffs and shoulder drape. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Bandwagon Finale: Red Hot and Cole Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Bob Mackie design. Transcribed form original drawing index: "8 girl singers (long, black w/feathers)." Costume Details: Jeweled sheath-style showgirl costume with split skirt, primarily black with teal and fuchsia bodice and collar trimmed with black feathers; matching hat and feathered wrap. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Gershwin Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Leonard Polk Jr. was born in 1948 in Monroe, Louisiana. He and his mother moved to Las Vegas in 1949 when he was just two months old. His father worked on the Hoover Dam. Polk grew up in West Las Vegas and remembers the movement to integrate the schools in the city. As a young adult, he joined the Marines and served a tour of duty in Vietnam. Polk began to work for shows in Las Vegas after he finished his military career. He worked for the Aladdin Baghdad Theater and for the MGM Grand Hotel.
Oral history interview with Kimberly and William King conducted by Claytee D. White on November 27, 2017 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project. In this interview, Kimberly and William King discuss the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada and their experiences from that day. They talk about attending the Route 91 Harvest festival and their struggle to find safety and obtain medical medical attention for William after he was shot. Kimberly describes her feelings regarding the city prior to the shooting and how her perspective on Las Vegas has changed. The couple finish the interview with a discussion of life after the shooting, especially in regards to love and community.
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "8 boy singers (short tails look)." Handwritten text from original drawing: "New sketch (costume) to come." Costume Details: Male dancer wearing white trousers, a white shirt, white cravat, and red suit jacket. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Minstrel Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "8 dancing nudes-F, (pink and white teeny boppers)." Costume Details: Three showgirls wearing white miniskirts, white knee-high stockings and shoes, pink hairbows, and pink short-sleeved blouses with the letter "E" printed in white across the chest. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Elvis Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino