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Costume design drawing, black ruffled Spanish flamenco costume with brimmed hat and lace detailing, circa 1965-75
Date
1965 to 1975
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Black and white Spanish flamenco female dancer costume with oversized black ruffled sleeves, a white net top, black ruffles at the knees, white boots, and a black brimmed hat, shown front and back.
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Costume design drawing, reclining nude showgirl wearing white boa with foxtails, holding lorgnette, Las Vegas, January 28, 1968
Date
1968-01-28
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Reclining nude showgirl with lorgnette, white boa with white foxtails trimmed with red ribbons, red bow on her head; piles of books in background. [Signed by artist]
Show Name: Pony Express
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Show Name: Pony Express
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, blue ballet costume for male dancer, Las Vegas, 1981
Date
1981
Archival Collection
Description
Bob Mackie design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "4 Principal boy dancers (Vienna, ballet look)."
Costume Details: Male dancer in blue ballet style costume with sheer ballooned sleeves; decorated with fuchsia trim; matching boots.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Vienna
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Male dancer in blue ballet style costume with sheer ballooned sleeves; decorated with fuchsia trim; matching boots.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Vienna
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Photograph of Bluebells posing outside of Pan Am jet, 1958
Date
1958
Archival Collection
Description
The Bluebells dance troupe poses on the steps of a Pan Am jet plane as they arrive in Las Vegas to open the new Lido de Paris show at the Stardust Hotel. Other members of the Bluebells pose with Margaret Kelly ("Madame Bluebell") and Lido owner/producer Pierre-Louis Guérin on the tarmac below the plane. All are dressed in street clothes and some are holding small carry-on bags.
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of dance number with showgirls and male dancers in tuxedos, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Dance number onstage featuring showgirls in bodices trimmed with various-colored fur or feather shoulders and short skirts and tall feather headdresses, and male dancers in tuxedos with tails and top hats. White cut-out portico columns form the stage backdrop. Audience members at their tables are seen in the foreground.
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
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Photograph of Harold Minsky in hotel room, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Harold Minsky, while on the telephone, reaches for a publicity photo among several photos and newspapers laid out on top of a bed in a hotel room. A stack of suitcases is seen in one corner of the room.
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Photograph of Copa Girls with former Ziegfeld Girl, Las Vegas, 1954
Date
1954
Archival Collection
Description
Copa Girls with former Ziegfeld Follies dancer, Gladys Gardner in dressing room at the Sands Hotel.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, topless dancer in top hat and feathers, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Archival Collection
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "2 nudes from e or f."
Costume Details: Female topless dancer in black and white striped top hat trimmed with yellow and orange feathers, jeweled bikini bottom, open jeweled vest, and long feathered cuffs.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Minstrel
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Female topless dancer in black and white striped top hat trimmed with yellow and orange feathers, jeweled bikini bottom, open jeweled vest, and long feathered cuffs.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Minstrel
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, showgirl in pink and white stripes, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Archival Collection
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "black girl dancer, (pink and green "Elvis #8").
Costume Details: Showgirl in green miniskirt, ankle socks, and neck scarf with a pink and white horizontally striped, long sleeved top and white hair bow.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Elvis
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Showgirl in green miniskirt, ankle socks, and neck scarf with a pink and white horizontally striped, long sleeved top and white hair bow.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Elvis
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, long blue evening gown #4, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Archival Collection
Description
Bob Mackie design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "principal girl singer (blue long #4)."
Costume Details: Showgirl wearing a long blue evening gown with matching hair ornaments.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon Finale: Stairway
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Showgirl wearing a long blue evening gown with matching hair ornaments.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon Finale: Stairway
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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