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Costume design drawing, topless showgirl with red featherd fans, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date
1980-06-05
Description
Bob Mackie design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "32 dancing nudes (red feathered fans)."
Costume Details: Topless showgirl wearing red jeweled hairpiece and split skirt, holding two red feather fans.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon Finale: Red Hot and Cole
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Costume design drawing, showgirl with tassels, 2nd color, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date
1980-06-05
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "8 bluebells (with tassels, 2nd color)" for two identical drawings.
Costume Details: Showgirl wearing a beaded top with matching hairpieces, large gold bracelets, and a gold-trimmed pink and purple skirt.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Banquet
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Costume design drawing, topless showgirl costume with black ruffled cape with rhinestones, Las Vegas, 1968

Date
1968
Description
Costume Details: Topless showgirl with black boa backpiece. See Spinedi 32. Artist's notation: "Syd's boa."
Show Name: Thoroughly Modern Minsky
Site Name: Thunderbird (resort)

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Photograph of topless showgirls and male performers in period costumes, Las Vegas, circa early 1960s

Date
1960 to 1965
Description
Topless showgirls and male performers onstage in stylized period costumes representing Ancient Roman times through the mid-19th century. The set is dressed with cut-out portico columns, staircases and candelabras. A live orchestra or band is seen playing on a balcony set off to the side of the stage. Audience members at their tables are seen around the stage.
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino

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Costume design drawing, showgirls in pink and white schoolgirl costumes, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date
1980-06-05
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "8 dancing nudes-F, (pink and white teeny boppers)."
Costume Details: Three showgirls wearing white miniskirts, white knee-high stockings and shoes, pink hairbows, and pink short-sleeved blouses with the letter "E" printed in white across the chest.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Elvis
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of Minsky's showgirl Sharon Johnson at the Aladdin Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1972

Date
1972
Description
Dancer Sharon Johnson posing in a black outfit in front of a white curtain. The Aladdin opened on April 1, 1966 and closed on November 25, 1997, and was imploded on 7:30pm, on April 27, 1998, except for the Aladdin Theatre to make way for the construction of an entirely new casino. The new Aladdin was scheduled to reopen on August 17, 2000, at 6:00 p.m. The opening was delayed while the Clark County building inspector completed its fire safety testing. Another delay was caused by last-minute repairs to the casino surveillance system. The new Aladdin finally opened the next day at 7:45 a.m. The casino was sold in bankruptcy on June 20, 2003 to a partnership of Planet Hollywood and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Renovations were carried out in stages, allowing the resort to remain open throughout. The retail space formerly known as "The Desert Passage" was converted into the Hollywood-themed "Miracle Mile Shops" and the theatre formerly known as the "Aladdin Theatre" was converted into "The AXIS". After the casino was renovated, it was reopened as "Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino" on April 17, 2007. Site Name: Aladdin Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3667 South Las Vegas Boulevard

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Costume design drawing, showgirl in pink and green polka dots, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date
1980-06-05
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "black girl dancer, (pink and green #1)."
Costume Details: Showgirl wearing a white mini skirt, pink and green polka dot long sleeve top, ankle length white socks, green and pink shoes, white neck scarf, and pink hair bow.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Elvis
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Costume design drawing, pink, fuchsia, and plum-colored showgirl costume, Las Vegas, 1974

Date
1974
Description
Costume design for Hallelujah Hollywood!, an MGM Grand Hotel production.
Costume Details: Two-piece showgirl costume with crossed halter top in plum and black, sheath-style long skirt split in front, one side black, the other side plum, trimmed with gold jewels; burst of plum-colored feathers from the hips, pink and fuchsia feathered train; matching headpiece with tall feathers.
Show Name: Hallelujah Hollywood!
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of four Minsky showgirls posing with handfuls of coins and a trunk at the Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1972

Date
1972
Description
Four Minsky's showgirls in beaded costumes and feathered headdress drop handfuls of coins into a chest for an Aladdin promotion. The Aladdin opened on April 1, 1966 and closed on November 25, 1997, and was imploded on 7:30pm, on April 27, 1998, except for the Aladdin Theatre to make way for the construction of an entirely new casino. The new Aladdin was scheduled to reopen on August 17, 2000, at 6:00 p.m. The opening was delayed while the Clark County building inspector completed its fire safety testing. Another delay was caused by last-minute repairs to the casino surveillance system. The new Aladdin finally opened the next day at 7:45 a.m. The casino was sold in bankruptcy on June 20, 2003 to a partnership of Planet Hollywood and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Renovations were carried out in stages, allowing the resort to remain open throughout. The retail space formerly known as "The Desert Passage" was converted into the Hollywood-themed "Miracle Mile Shops" and the theatre formerly known as the "Aladdin Theatre" was converted into "The AXIS". After the casino was renovated, it was reopened as "Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino" on April 17, 2007. Site Name: Aladdin Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3667 South Las Vegas Boulevard

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Paris Folies two lead showgirls: original preliminary sketch and color photocopy of final drawing, 1983

Date
1983
Description

Series II. Folies-Bergere production papers, designs, and photographs -- 16th Edition -- Costume design drawings -- Le Music Hall de Paris 1980s

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