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Photograph of eight Minsky's Burlesque cast members, 1968-1973
Date
1968 to 1973
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph is a double-exposed image. A total of eight cast members posing in various costumes.
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Photograph of topless showgirls, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1957-1960s
Date
1957 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of topless showgirls posing in thigh high stockings.
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Photograph of showgirls in lace costumes, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1957-1960s
Date
1957 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of two showgirls posing in black, lace costumes with thigh high stockings.
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Transcript of interview with Kim Krantz by Joyce Marshall, February 26, 1996
Date
1996-02-26
Archival Collection
Description
Kim Krantz arrived in Las Vegas in 1953. She came as a seasoned performer having danced in large productions in Chicago, Montreal, New York and Florida. Born Delores Kalcowski in Jersey City, New Jersey, she adopted the name Kim Perrin while working at New York’s Latin Quarter. She had always loved the West and jumped at the chance to take the Latin Quarter show from New York City to Las Vegas. She came for a two-week engagement at the Desert Inn Hotel. The show was held over at that property for three months, and then it moved to the Riviera Hotel and Casino. Bill Miller approached her to join a new production at the Dunes Hotel. He and Harold Minsky were preparing “Minsky’s Burlesque,” the first show to use women born in the United States in a nude show. She opened with the original cast and stayed for two years. Kim retired in 1957 after she married Danny Krantz, the Food and Beverage Manager for the Flamingo Hotel. She raised four children in Las Vegas, but never lost touch with th
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