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Costume design drawing, showgirls in white bikinis with ruffled turquoise capes, 1978
Date
1978
Description
Costume Details: Three showgirls in sheer white bikini costumes with large ruffled turquoise capes, white leg warmers; matching headpieces with turquoise feathers.
Image
Stardust Lido Show showgirls in costumes: photographic print, 1980
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Archival Collection
UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00171
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Archival Component
Film negatives of showgirls posing with security officers for Moulin Rouge publicity, May 6, 1955
Date
1955-05-06
Description
Series of eight black and white film negatives of two showgirls posing in Moulin Rouge T-shirts at the Moulin Rouge prior to opening day, dated May 6, 1955.
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Costume design drawing, showgirl in a pot, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "Principal nude (pearl - in pot)." Handwritten text from original drawing: "Pearl white #3."
Costume Details: Showgirl wearing white short sleeved shirt and white pith helmet with a bow. She is shown tied up and in a pot.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Flickers
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Showgirl wearing white short sleeved shirt and white pith helmet with a bow. She is shown tied up and in a pot.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Flickers
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Image
Costume design drawing, showgirl with a banjo, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: " 8 black girls (orange and white "Tootsies")." Handwritten text from original drawing: "Black girls "Toot toot tooties."
Costume Details: Showgirl in a white and orange striped leotard with matching hair bow and bustle made of lace and ribbons.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Jolson- Personality
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Showgirl in a white and orange striped leotard with matching hair bow and bustle made of lace and ribbons.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Jolson- Personality
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Image
Photograph of showgirls performing in Lido de Paris at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1977
Date
1977
Description
Showgirls wearing metallic skirts, beaded bras, and tiaras, performing in the Lido de Paris at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Male dancers in tuxedos can be seen on the stairs behind the women. The number "37781" from the Las Vegas News Bureau is stamped on the back of the photograph.
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
Image
Photograph of showgirl posing in front of the Sands Hotel marquee, Las Vegas, 1965
Date
1965
Description
Showgirl posing in front of Sands Hotel marquee which was advertising Dean Martin, Count Basie and Pat Boone in the Copa Room, 1965.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Image
Photograph of a showgirl in "Lido de Paris" at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1958-1959
Date
1958 to 1959
Description
A showgirl in the "C'est Magnifique" number from the first editon of Donn Arden's "Lido de Paris" at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas.
Image
Costume design drawing, topless showgirls in ruffled capes, Las Vegas, 1968
Date
1968
Description
Costume Details: Pencil sketches of topless showgirls in oversized ruffled capes and matching headdresses.
Show Name: Thoroughly Modern Minsky
Performance Name: Opening
Site Name: Thunderbird (resort)
Show Name: Thoroughly Modern Minsky
Performance Name: Opening
Site Name: Thunderbird (resort)
Image
Photograph of Harold Minsky with showgirl and costumer, circa late 1950s
Date
1955 to 1959
Description
Harold Minsky points with tobacco pipe at section of dancer's costume being measured by a seamstress. Additional costumes hang in the background.
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