Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display    Results Per Page
Displaying results 411 - 420 of 3904

Costume design drawing, topless showgirl in green and white tropical ensemble, Las Vegas, 1968

Date
1968
Description
Costume Details: Topless showgirl with long lime green cape with white ruffles, purple flowers, yellow ribbon; matching oversize tropical style hat with large purple flower. "8 skirts, 10 showgirls" and measurements for costume written on paper.
Show Name: Thoroughly Modern Minsky
Site Name: Thunderbird (resort)

Image

Photograph of a showgirl wearing a ballet costume with a top hat, Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1957-1960s

Date
1957 to 1969
Description
A showgirl wearing a ballet costume with a top hat poses backstage at the Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. "Cakewalk, Barbara" handwritten on back of photograph. Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)

Image

Costume design drawing, nude showgirls in white net capes, Las Vegas, 1978

Date
1978
Description
Costume Details: Three nude showgirls wearing capes or ponchos made of white wide-spaced netting material, with hanging chains from the cape hem of graduated white ornaments; matching earrings; headdresses of white scarves and white netting, topped with black feathers.

Image

Slide transparency of a showgirl in an orange feathered costume, circa 1950s to 1960s

Date
1950 to 1969
Description
Female dancer in an orange and yellow feathered costume and headdress from a Donn Arden production, probably in Miami's Latin Quarter

Image

Costume design drawing, pink and black feathered showgirl costume, Las Vegas, 1974

Date
1974
Description
Costume design for Hallelujah Hollywood!, an MGM Grand Hotel production.
Costume Details: Pink showgirl costume with long skirt, decorated with black spots; with matching feather boa and head piece with black feathers.
Show Name: Hallelujah Hollywood!
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

Image

Costume design drawing, yellow and black feathered showgirl costume, Las Vegas, 1981

Date
1981
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from drawing index: "8 black girls (black and yellow feathers)."
Costume Details: Showgirl in jewelled bikini and headdress with yellow and black feathers
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Hullabaloo
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

Image

Slide transparency of showgirls performing onstage in a Donn Arden production, Las Vegas, circa 1960s to 1970s

Date
1960 to 1979
Description
Showgirls dancing onstage in a Donn Arden production

Image

Photograph of Frank Sennes and showgirls at the Stardust Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1958

Date
1958
Description
Photograph of Frank Sennes, a famous Las Vegas producer who worked for the Stardust Resort and Casino, is shown here next to a group of the showgirls from Paris who performed in the Lido at the Stardust Resort in Las Vegas.

Image

Photograph of a showgirl wearing a lace leotard and fur hoops, Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1957-1960s

Date
1957 to 1969
Description
A showgirl poses at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, wearing a lace leotard trimmed with fur, a feathered headdress and a skirt made of graduated fur hoops. Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)

Image

Photograph of a showgirl wearing a lace leotard and fur hoops, Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1957-1960s

Date
1957 to 1969
Description
A showgirl poses at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, wearing a lace leotard trimmed with fur, a feathered headdress, and a skirt made of graduated fur hoops. Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)

Image