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Photograph of Howard Hughes standing on stage, Chicago, 1938
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Slide transparency of a photograph of the congressional record honoring Donn Arden's Hello America production, Las Vegas, 1965
Show Name: Hello America!
Site Name: Desert Inn (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Newspaper clipping of a review for Ballets de Paques, Monte Carlo, April 18, 1957
A newspaper clipping of a raving french review of Les Ballets de Paques (Easter Ballet) show performed in Monte-Carlo. Dancers in the show included Nyna Nyna Viroubova and Colette Marchand. Handwritten on the side of the article: "L'Espoir, 18 Avril - Nice (?) 1957."
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Photograph of showgirls performing in the Lido de Paris in Paris, France, 1960-1969
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
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Photograph of Leo Carrillo in front of the Carrillo Room at the Last Frontier Village (Las Vegas), circa mid 1940s
Actor Leo Carrillo, who played Pancho in the popular 1950s TV series "The Cisco Kid" poses in his 1941 Cadillac with a woman outside of the Carrillo Room at the Last Frontier Village.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of an artist's rendering of a woman sitting atop the Las Vegas Club neon sign, circa 1950
A photograph of a woman in a swim suit is shown sitting atop an artist's rendering of the vertical Las Vegas Club neon sign, with the Las Vegas cityscape below. The illustration is signed "Boernge" in the lower left corner.
Site Name: Las Vegas Club
Address: 18 East Fremont Street
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Film transparency of women on diving boards at Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn (Las Vegas), circa 1950s
Two women pose on diving boards at the swimming pool at the Desert Inn. Other guests relax in the adjoining courtyard. The neon sign over the resort's entrance is visible from the courtyard.
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of two women near the front entrance of the Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1950s
Entrance of the Thunderbird Hotel showing the porte-cochère and the marquee. Stamped on original: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo."
Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel
Address: 2755 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of Florence Chadwick sitting on the diving board at the swimming pool of the Hotel Last Frontier, 1950s
Florence Chadwick, the first American woman to swim the English Channel both directions, at the swimming pool of the Hotel Last Frontier.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of Frontier Hotel suite (Las Vegas), 1970s
View of a suite at the Frontier Hotel. Handwritten text on photo sleeve: "Suite, Frontier Hotel. Woman possibly is Doris Day." Stamp on back of photo: "Allen photographers."
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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