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Seven showgirls from the Dunes Hotel posing by the hotel's swimming pool soon after its opening in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right, the women are Penny Davidson, Billie Nelson, Sherry Klarke, Pat Gautier, Gloria Curtis, Pat O'Conner, and Irene Rainwater.

A promotional image for the Malagon Sisters who were a headline attraction in the Sinbad Bar of the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A promotional image for the Malagon Sisters who were a headline attraction in the Sinbad Bar of the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

From left to right, Joseph Cotton, Rita Hayworth, and Dick Haymes in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dick, who was appearing at the Dunes Hotel, was married to Miss Hayworth.

From left to right, Wally Cox, singer Eileen Barton, and Marlon Brando at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Liberace, right, standing beside two unidentified women. The women are probably showgirls at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, where Liberace performed.

Portrait of Elbert Edwards' maternal aunts, Charlotte Malinda Woods Terry and Roxa Jane Woods Terry and maternal uncle, Joseph Lafeyette Woods. Handwritten by Elbert Edwards on back of photograph: "Mama gave this to me March 26, 1937. It is Aunt Wolinda [sic] Woods Terry, Aunt Roxa Woods Terry, Uncle Lafey [Lafeyette] Woods. My mother was Maribah Woods. Her other brothers were Carlos, Lyman, James, Lamond, Jasper, Albert and Lafayette."