Female dancer in an orange and yellow feathered costume and headdress from a Donn Arden production, probably in Miami's Latin Quarter

Donn Arden (right) onstage with a female dancer in an extravagent costume.

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

Kurdish dancers at the World Peace Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark 1986.

Dancers from "Feminine Touch" revue, Harrah's Hotel in Reno/Lake Tahoe in 1971-72.

Series II. Folies-Bergere production papers, designs, and photographs -- 17th Edition: The Best of the Folies-Bergere -- 2001 costume revisions: costume design drawings, photographs of costume pieces, correspondence, and notes -- La Vedette

Six female dancers in red bikini costumes with capes dancing in front of scaffolding. Three female dancers are on the platforms of the scaffolding.