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Originally Posted by solarbear

Excellent.. Another Spider Pool model was dolores du vaughn (edit: i thought that was her name, but i just did a search in the softcore models,

I think you're thinking of "Dolores del Monte" (the early Playmate).

There's a comprehensive list of Spider Pool models, as identified by enthusiasts:

Betty Blue – (1931-2000) (Photo) A former Playboy Playmate of the Month
Betty Kidder –
Bobbie Reynolds – Real name Barbara Reynolds
Donna (Busty) Brown – (probably deceased) Very busty nude model and burlesque stripper of the late 1940’s and early 1950’s. Real name: Ruth Brown Talbot Anderson
Candy Paige –
Chris – A busty Hispanic.
Debbie Westmore – Popular petite, but busty, nude model of the 1950’s. One of the “Three Graces.”
Diane Webber – One of the most photographed nude models of the fifties and early sixties. Perhaps the most popular model after Betty Page. A two time Playmate of the Month. For many years a well known nudism advocate and belly dancing instructor. Daughter of author Guy Empey. Also photographed as Marguerite Empey.
Delores Del Monte (Photo) A former Playboy Playmate of the Month. Roommate of and model for well known artist and illustrator Zoe Moezert. Had a short career as a nude model.
Donna Watkins – Statuesque nude model of the early 1950’s who appararently had a long career as she is seen to age visibly across her photographic shoots. One of the “Three Graces.”
Jacqueline (Jackie) Prescott – (possibly deceased) A Playboy Playmate of the Month (Sept, 1957).
Kathy Suits – Very busty model who appears in many photo shoots.
Marge ? – A slender model with platinum blonde hair.
Marge Hammond -
Melody Ward –
Patti Conley – A bondage model who has a slight resemblance to early 70’s porn star Georgina Spelvin
Peggy Watkins – Also known as Ann
Polly – Also known as Sue; a picture of Sue provided the critical clue in rediscovering the location of the Spider Pool
Sybil Ball – Mousy blonde.
Thelma Montgomery – Nude model, mainstream magazine cover girl and one shot movie actress of the early 1950’s. Appeared in “Girl Gang” (1954) with Peggy Winters. One of the “Three Graces.”
Tura Satana – Busty Filipino/Japanese model and actress. She was photographed at the pool as a teenager by Harold Lloyd. Discovered by Russ Meyer and starred in several of his films.

http://www.backdrop.net/sm-201/index.php?title=Spider_Pool_Models

There's also a Yahoo group devoted to the subject . . .

Still a bunch remain to be identified . . . The "Spider Pool History Project" folks have devoted a lot of effort to this, definitely VEF-worthy. This group of photographers and models seems to connect with a lot of what would become Southern California erotica-- folks from John Willie to Russ Meyer to Hugh Hefner all are connected one way or another.