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Dottie Dee Dancers Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00358

Abstract

The Dottie Dee Dancers Photograph Collection (approximately 1940-2008) consists of black-and-white photographic reprints of the La Bard Dancers and the Dottie Dee Dancers at the El Rancho in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

"Fancy That" dancer: photographic print

Date

1972

Description

Dancer from "Fancy That" revue at the Heritage House in Seattle, Washington in 1972.

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Evelyn Lewis, dancer: photographic print

Date

1920 (year approximate) to 1989 (year approximate)

Description

Evelyn Lewis, one of the dancers in Lou Walters' Latin Quarter Review. Handwritten on the back of photo "Evelyn Lewis one of the exquisite girls in Lou Walters' Latin QuarterReview."

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Photograph of showgirl Linda Lawson and others, Las Vegas, circa 1955

Date

1954 to 1956

Archival Collection

Description

Showgirl Linda Lawson, left, and another unidentified showgirl pose backstage with an unidentified man in costume at the Dunes Hotel n Las Vegas, Nevada.
Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)

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Photograph of male dancers and topless female dancer in front of keyboard set, Paris, France, 1985

Date

1985

Archival Collection

Description

A topless female dancer in showgirl costume with oversized ribbon train blows a kiss to male dancers in blue jackets, black trousers and white shirts with black bow ties. They pose in front of a stylized treble clef and curving piano keyboard set.
Show Name: Panache (Lido: Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)

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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

Dottie Dee Dancers Collection

Identifier

MS-00544

Abstract

The Dottie Dee Dancers Collection (approximately 1940-2002) is comprised of newspaper clippings and photographs documenting the career of Dorothy (Dalton) Tomlin who led a line of dancers known as the Dottie Dee Dancers. The dancers performed in nightclubs in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other western cities. Other items in the collection include scans of the original costume drawings by Hollywood costume designer Lloyd Lambert that were created for the Dottie Dee Dancers, and the transcripts of a 2002 oral history of Dottie and her husband, Donald Tomlin.

Archival Collection

Photograph of showgirl posing with a headdress, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1957-1960s

Date

1957 to 1969

Description

Unidentified showgirl with a headdress posing backstage.

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Photograph of a showgirl in costume backstage, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1957-1960s

Date

1957 to 1969

Description

Unidentified showgirl posing in costume backstage.

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Photograph of topless showgirl backstage, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1957-1960s

Date

1957 to 1969

Description

Unidentified topless showgirl posing backstage.

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