Patti Conley

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Patti Conley was an American photographic model and was one of the ladies who modeled at the Spider Pool

From the Yahoo Spider Pool newsgroup

July 03, 2007 I've recently found a couple of people very familiar with the work of John Willie, who immediately and independently recognized Spider Pool model Pat.

The gist of what they can add to our info file on her follows:

Patti's last name is Conley. I've been able to find photos or magazine appearances of her that list her as Patti and as Connelly, and other combinations may exist. According to "Glamour Girls: Then & Now" (Dec. 1995/Jan. 1996), she was from rural Oklahoma, born circa 1937–39 and her father was a Blackfoot Indian. She posed for a number of L.A. photographers, including Gowland, de Dienes, and Bernard and had worked as a showgirl at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas. She did extensive modeling for John Willie circa 1958-60. I've been able to find that Pat Conley/Connelly appeared in magazines dated 1957-66, though few of the online listings include photos of her. Based on the testimony of the "Willie experts" I believe that our Pat is Pat Conley, though I haven't been able to find magazine photos that are obvious matches. I'll leave it up to you photo hounds to add Pat to your list of models to look out for.

Rowan

A Personal Note from Robin

Excerpt from A John Willie Portfolio:

By comparing the tiles in the photos from the Spider Pool photos with the tiles in the photos below, the "garish swimming pool" referred to is undeniably the "Spider Pool" owned Jack McDermott

• Patti Conley at the Spider Pool
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