Object Details
- Description
- This is a black and white photograph (.1) of the Rat Pack and a piece of Sands Casino stationary with the Rack Pack's signatures (.2). The photograph depicts Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Peter Lawford outside the Sands Casino. In the bottom left corner is Peter Lawford, wearing a light grey sweater under a white jacket. Behind him is Frank Sinatra in a light colored shirt under a dark suit jacket with a dark tie. Next to Frank Sinatra Is Sammy Davis Jr. wearing a light colored button down shirt under a light colored cardigan. He rests his right hand on Peter Lawford’s left arm and holds a pair of dark rimmed spectacles in his left hand. Behind his left shoulder is Dean Martin wearing a light colored shirt under a dark suit jacket. All the men are shown from the waist up and gaze directly at the viewer. In the background over their heads is the sign for the Sands Casino. In large letters text reads “ SANDS / A PLACE / IN THE SUN.” The marquee below it lists the names “Frank Sinatra / Dean Martin / Sammy Davis, Jr./ Peter Lawford / Joey Bishop.” The signed piece of Sands Casino stationary (.2) has the casino letterhead in the top left hand corner. The image consists of a cowgirl figure standing behind a large hourglass. Next to the hourglass is brown text that reads “ The / SANDS / HIGHWAY 91 – LAS VEGAS NEVADA – Dudley 2.7100.” At the bottom left is small brown text that reads “a / place in / the / sun.” Next to the text is a small illustration of the casino. In the center of the page are four signatures, all done on the diagonal, in blue ink. There is a fifth signature by Sammy Davis Jr. along the bottom margin.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Bob Willoughby, American, 1927 - 2009
- Signed by
- Sammy Davis Jr., American, 1925 - 1990
- Frank Sinatra, American, 1915 - 1998
- Dean Martin, American, 1917 - 1995
- Peter Sydney Ernest Lawford, English, 1923 - 1984
- Date
- ca. 1965
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- .1: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- .2: ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W (.1 photo): 10 3/8 × 7 5/16 in. (26.3 × 18.5 cm)
- H x W (.2 stationary): 10 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (26.6 × 18.4 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- autographs
