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Photograph of Harold Minsky and a showgirl, 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Harold Minsky talking with a topless showgirl.
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Photograph of Harold Minsky and a showgirl, 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Harold Minsky standing in front of an art print as a topless showgirl wearing a white lace bikini bottom poses for the camera.
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Photograph of Harold Minsky posing with nine showgirls, 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Harold Minsky posing with nine showgirls. Six of the girls are wearing beaded bikini-style costumes and headdresses, while three of the girls are wearing white laced pants with cropped tops and hats.
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Photograph of Harold Minsky posing with six of his showgirls, 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Harold Minsky and an unidentified man pose with six showgirls wearing beaded costumes and large feathered headdresses.
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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 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 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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Photographic negatives of several unidentified models and showgirls, 1957-1977
Date
1957 to 1977
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photo sheet negatives of several unidentified models. The first set of photographs are of a nude model wearing a fishnet body-suit posing over a fur rug. The second set contains the same photographs as the first set along with photographs that include several unidentified topless showgirls and one male model posing together in various positions in front of a black backdrop.
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