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Photograph of Lyn Shannon, a Copa Girl at the Sands Hotel, posing by the pool, Las Vegas, 1967
Date
1950 to 1969
Description
Lyn Shannon, a Copa Girl at the Sands, posing by the pool in the 1950s or 1960s.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Image
Photograph of several showgirls on the airstairs of an airplane, Las Vegas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Description
Showgirls (possibly Bluebell Girls) waving on the airstairs of a Western Airlines plane in the 1950s.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Image
Photograph of Copa Girls in polka dot dresses performing onstage, Las Vegas, November 1958
Date
1958-11
Description
Copa Girls performing onstage in short polka dot dresses in November 1958
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Image
Photograph of Copa Girls performing at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1953
Date
1952 to 1954
Description
Some of the Copa Girls dancing onstage at the Sands Hotel, circa 1953. The two dancers on the right in white dresses are the Ryba Twins.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Image
Photograph of a group watching Lido rehearsal, Paris, France, 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Description
Donn Arden, Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), and Jospeh Clerico (owner and general director) seated in theater watching rehearsal.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
Photograph of Margaret Kelly and Donn Arden, Paris, France, 1978
Date
1978
Description
Portrait of Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), and Donn Arden in 1978.
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
Photograph of Margaret Kelly and Donn Arden at rehearsal, Paris, France, 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Description
Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), and Donn Arden at rehearsal at the Lido in Paris.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
Photograph of Margaret Kelly and Donn Arden watching rehearsal, Paris, France, 1980s
Date
1980 to 1989
Description
Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), and Donn Arden watching rehearsal at the Lido in Paris.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
Photograph of the Copa Girls performing in toreador costumes, Las Vegas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Description
Several Copa Girls perform onstage at the Sands Hotel wearing teal toreador costumes with matching tights, capes and hats. A bullring backdrop is behind them. Audience members are seen in the foreground at their tables watching the show.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Image
Photograph of the Copa Girls performing in red dresses and red hats, Las Vegas, 1962
Date
1962
Description
Four Copa Girls perform onstage at the Sands Hotel wearing red dresses with halter-style tops, long, pleated diaphanous skirts and pillbox-style hats.
Show Name: Picture Window
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Show Name: Picture Window
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
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