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Fold-out booklet of Las Vegas Hotels and Casinos: postcards, image 013

Description
Front cover of a postcard booklet depicting a showgirl drawing and a view of Fremont Street.

Advertisement for Donn Arden's Jubilee! at MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1980s

Date
1981 to 1989
Description

10" x 5 1/4" advertisement printed on 8" x 10" glossy photo paper; photograph of a showgirl in an elaborate headdress and the words "Donn Arden's Jubilee! MGM Grand Hotel." A sticker in the lower right hand corner reads: "The Geary Company/Advertising 2139 Industrial Road Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 (702) 386-0315."
Show Name: Jubilee!
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Photographs of performers in "Lido de Paris," produced by Donn Arden at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1958-1959

Date
1958 to 1959
Description
Eleven photographs featuring performers in "Lido de Paris," produced by Donn Arden at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas. Four photographs show singers in Bavarian costume; four photographs show showgirls in a dance number; two photographs show a female-male dance routine; one photograph shows dancers in ancient Greek costume.

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Photographs of performers in winter scenes from "Lido de Paris," produced by Donn Arden at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1958-1959

Date
1958 to 1959
Description
Six photographs of performers in winter scenes from "Lido de Paris," produced by Donn Arden at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas. Photos feature topless skiers and ice skaters, a male-female skating pair and a holiday sleigh with showgirls costumed with antlers. Margie Lee and Dick Price are featured skaters.

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Riviera Hotel and Casino entertainment: postcards, image 004

Description
Postcard of the Crazy Girls showgirls at the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. (1995-1997)

Dolly Kelepecz oral history interview

Identifier
OH-00994
Abstract

Oral history interview with Dolly Kelepecz conducted by Claytee D. White on April 29, 2010 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Kelepecz discusses her career as a ballet dancer, a performer in a circus, and a showgirl and dancer in Las Vegas, Nevada, especially in the Lido at the Stardust Hotel and Casino. She also discusses her time as a model, a pilates instructor, and running the Opus Dance ensemble. Kelepecz then discusses teaching a class at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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