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Harold Minsky and Jerry Norman at the Silver Slipper, undated
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Harold Minsky Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00075
Collection Name: Harold Minsky Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
Collection Name: Harold Minsky Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
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Photograph of Harold Minsky posing with six of his showgirls, 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Description
Harold Minsky and an unidentified man pose with six showgirls wearing beaded costumes and large feathered headdresses.
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Harold Minsky speaking to performers at the Dunes Hotel, undated
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Harold Minsky Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00075
Collection Name: Harold Minsky Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-059
Collection Name: Harold Minsky Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-059
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Photograph of Darrette Von Karr, Harold Minsky, and Angelique, 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
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 showgirls, Chicago (Ill.), 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
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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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Contracts and accounting documents for Harold Minsky's burlesque shows, 1957-1959
Date
1957 to 1959
Description
This group of documents includes the contract that brought Harold Minsky's burlesque show to the Dunes Hotel in 1957, and the cost of producing different versions of the show.
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Harold Minsky and Sammy Cohn, Wildwood, New Jersey, 1964
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Archival Collection
Harold Minsky Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00075
Collection Name: Harold Minsky Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
Collection Name: Harold Minsky Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
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Photograph of Harold Minsky at the Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans (La.), February 1971
Date
1971-02
Description
Harold Minsky posing next to a poster advertising Minsky's Follies appearing in the Blue Room. Site Name: Fairmont Hotel (New Orleans, La.) Street Address: 123 Baronne Street
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Photograph of Harold Minsky and Earl Leaf, Beverly Hills (Calif.), 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Description
Pictured from left to right: Harold Minsky and Earl Leaf, Hollywood correspondent for London Times, at press party at the Beverly-Hilton. Credited - Minsky and Dunes Hotel Site Name: The Beverly Hilton (Beverly Hills, Calif.) Street Address: 9876 Wilshire Boulevard
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Photograph of Harold Minsky with cast and crew during rehearsal, 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Description
Minsky pictured on set with cast and crew at rehearsal.
Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)
Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)
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