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Photograph of Harold Minsky auditioning showgirls, 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
A female dancer does a high kick during an audition for Harold Minsky and two unidentified people.
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Photograph of Darrette Von Karr, Harold Minsky, and Angelique, 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Pictured from left to right: Darrette Von Karr, Harold Minsky, and a woman identified only as Angelique.
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Photograph of Harold Minsky and Jerry Norman, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Harold Minsky and choreographer Jerry Norman meeting at the Silver Slipper. The Silver Slipper was a casino in Paradise, Nevada that operated from September 1950 to November 29, 1988. The building was designed by architect Martin Stern, Jr. The casino was built on the grounds of the Last Frontier Village of the Hotel Last Frontier, and was originally named the Golden Slipper Saloon and Gambling Hall. On April 30, 1968, the Silver Slipper was purchased by businessman Howard Hughes for $5.4 million in his famous spending spree of buying Vegas properties, which included the Frontier next door. The casino was purchased for $70 million on June 23, 1988 by Margaret Elardi, who by this time owned the Frontier. It was demolished several months later and turned into a parking lot for the Frontier until its closing and demolition in 2007. In 2009, the Silver Slipper sign was restored and is now part of a display of vintage signs in the median along Las Vegas Boulevard North. Site Name: Silver Slipper (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3100 South Las Vegas Boulevard
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Photograph of Frankie Lane, Harold Minsky, and Frankie Vaughn, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Pictured left to right: Frankie Lane, Harold Minsky, and Frankie Vaughn at the Dunes Hotel. The Dunes Hotel was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, that operated from May 23, 1955 to January 26, 1993. Designed by architect Maxwell Starkman, it was the tenth resort to open on the Strip. Bellagio now stands on the former grounds. The Dunes golf course is now occupied by parts of Monte Carlo, New York-New York, City Center, and Cosmopolitan, and T-Mobile Arena. Site Name: Dunes Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3600 South Las Vegas Boulevard
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Photograph of Howie Engler, Harold Minsky, and others, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Pictured right to left: Howie Engler, one of the owners of the Dunes hotel; Frankie Lane; Mrs. Frankie Vaughn; Mr. Frankie Vaughn, and Harold Minsky at the Dunes Hotel. The Dunes Hotel was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, that operated from May 23, 1955 to January 26, 1993. Designed by architect Maxwell Starkman, it was the tenth resort to open on the Strip. Bellagio now stands on the former grounds. The Dunes golf course is now occupied by parts of Monte Carlo, New York-New York, City Center, and Cosmopolitan, and T-Mobile Arena. Site Name: Dunes Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3600 South Las Vegas Boulevard
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Photograph of Harold Minsky and Sammy Cahn, Wildwood (N. J.), 1964
Date
1964
Archival Collection
Description
Harold Minsky and lyricist Sammy Cahn pose outside a hotel in Wildwood, New Jersey.
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Photograph of Harold Minsky and a showgirl, 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Harold Minsky chats with an unidentified showgirl.
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Photograph of Harold Minsky and showgirls, Chicago (Ill.), 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Harold Minsky poses with six showgirls at the Playboy Hotel. The dancers are wearing rhinestone bikini-style costumes and large feathered headdresses. The Knickerbocker has gone through several incarnations since it opened in 1927. Legend has it that in the 1930s the hotel housed a casino frequented by Al Capone. During World War II and the Korean War, US Armed Forces officers would fill the property's hallways and play cards in the Officer's Club. In 1952, Richard Nixon was nominated Vice President during the Republican National Convention held in the hotel. Finally, in the 1970s it became the Playboy Hotel, owned by Hugh Hefner. Site Name: Playboy Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) Street Address: 163 East Walton Place
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Photographs of Minsky's cast members in costume, 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
A 10-photograph proof sheet of two Minsky's cast members displaying costumes in various poses. The female dancer is wearing a beaded mesh body stocking costume with a large feathered cape. The male dancer is wearing dark pants and a strap-style vest.
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Photographs of Minsky's cast members in costume, 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
An 11-photograph proof sheet of several Minsky's cast members displaying costumes in various poses. The female dancers are wearing beaded bikini-style costumes and have large feathered back pieces, and the male dancers are wearing dark pants and strap-style vests.
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