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Photograph of poolside guests at the Desert Inn, Las Vegas, 1967-1972
Date
1967 to 1972
Description
Guests on the patio at the Desert Inn swimming pool in the late 1960s or early 1970s.
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Photograph of the Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat docked at the Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947
Date
1947-11-01
Description
View of Hughes Flying Boat port bow in dry dock at Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor. Howard Hughes and Jack Jerman can be seen on the platform in the background.
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Photograph of Hughes Tool Company employees at work, 1951
Date
1951
Description
Employees of Hughes Tool Company at work in 1951.
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Photograph of crew and passengers leaving a TWA aircraft, circa 1940-1950s
Date
1940 to 1950
Description
Three unidentified men and one unidentified woman outside of a TWA aircraft in the 1940s or 1950s.
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Photograph of billboard in Paris advertising Lido, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Description
Outdoor night shot from a street lined with parked cars of a billboard advertising the Lido Cabaret-Restaurant in Paris. A lamppost and traffic signal are seen to the left in front of another billboard advertising TWA. The billboards are illuminated by electric spotlights.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
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Photograph of Bluebells posing outside of Pan Am jet, 1958
Date
1958
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
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 Copa Girls posing with blue ostrich feather fans, Las Vegas, 1955
Date
1955
Description
Nine Copa girls perform a dance number with blue ostrich feather fans on the stage of the Copa Room in the Sands Hotel.
Show Name: Fan Dance
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Show Name: Fan Dance
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
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 a black and white one-shoulder evening gown with a lavender feather boa, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "girl singer (long black and white with boa #6)."
Costume Details: Showgirl in a long, one-shouldered, black and white sequined gown with a lavender feather boa.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Love songs
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Showgirl in a long, one-shouldered, black and white sequined gown with a lavender feather boa.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Love songs
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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