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Minsky showgirls, undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Harold Minsky Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00075
Collection Name: Harold Minsky Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13

Archival Component

Photograph of Harold Minsky and a showgirl, 1970-1979

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Harold Minsky chats with an unidentified showgirl.

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Tango showgirl gowns: costume design drawing

Date

2002

Archival Collection

Description

Series II. Folies-Bergere production papers, designs, and photographs -- 17th Edition: The Best of the Folies-Bergere -- 2002 costume revisions: costume design drawings, photographs of costume pieces, correspondence, and notes -- Flappers/Vamps/Tango

Image

Lucia, dancer, image 002: photographic print

Date

1920 (year approximate) to 1989 (year approximate)

Description

Lucia, a principal dancer in the Stardust Lido production.

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Photograph of Harold Minsky and a showgirl, 1970-1979

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Harold Minsky talking with a topless showgirl.

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Showgirls comment on misrepresentation of their craft: video, 1995 December 19

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

B-roll of the Aki, the Stardust showgirl whose likeness is on the side of a Western Pacific Airlines plane, poses on the wing. Video switches to inside McCarran Airport, where a small ceremony celebrating the plane's reveal, including dancers and singers from "Enter the Night", including Marva Scott. Stardust executives, showgirls, and others board the plane for its inagural flight. Showgirls, dancers, and singers from "Enter the Night" walk up and down the plane's aisle while information about them is read aloud. Next segment is interview with Aki who describes the feeling of having her likeness on the side of a plane. Next segment is interview with Jim Seagrave, Stardust executive, who describes how exciting it is to have a "flying billboard." Edward Beauvais, Western Airlines executive, shares his thoughts on the plane-sized billboard. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.

Archival Collection

Stardust Resort and Casino Records
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Collection Number: MS-00515
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 035

Archival Component

Photographs of dancers from Donn Arden productions, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Ten snapshots of showgirls posed in costume. Dancers are from Donn Arden productions but not identified by name or show.

Image

Photograph of Donn Arden and dancers, 1930s-1940s

Date

1930 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Murray DeAltley's picture of the Donn Arden Dancers.

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Showgirls comment on misrepresentation of their craft: video

Date

1995-09-17

Description

Local news segment report on showgirls not wanting to be associated with the upcoming movie Showgirls. Reporter interviews a number of Las Vegas showgirls who graduated college, are currently studying law or business., and teach dance during the day. One showgirl explains the difference between exotic dancing and dancing in shows, and many are concerned that the upcoming "Showgirls" movie will cause misconceptions about their work. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Stardust Resort and Casino Records (MS-00515) -- Photographs and audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

Moving Image

Dancers in "Kanpai," image 007: photographic print

Date

1974

Description

Dancers in "Kanpai," a Japanese revue at Harrah's Tahoe in 1974.

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