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Photograph of Minsky's showgirl posing on a sofa at the Playboy Hotel, Chicago (Ill.), circa 1977
Date
1976 to 1978
Description
A Minsky's showgirl posing on a sofa at the Playboy Hotel. The Playboy hotel was originally named The Knickerbocker, and 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. After completing a multi-million dollar renovation in 2008, the hotel has reinvented itself once again. However, the elegant two-storied lobby still honors the hotel's historic past, with marble ornaments and wood moldings. Site Name: Playboy Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) Street Address: 163 East Walton Place
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Photograph of a Minsky's Burlesque showgirl, Playboy Hotel, Chicago (Ill.), circa 1977
Date
1976 to 1978
Description
A close-up of a Minsky's showgirl posing on a sofa at the Playboy Hotel. The Playboy hotel was originally named The Knickerbocker, and 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. After completing a multi-million dollar renovation in 2008, the hotel has reinvented itself once again. However, the elegant two-storied lobby still honors the hotel's historic past, with marble ornaments and wood moldings. Site Name: Playboy Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) Street Address: 163 East Walton Place
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Photograph showing a production of Pzazz! 70 staged by Donn Arden, Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1970
Date
1969 to 1971
Description
On a wooden stage decorated with a platform and a red, yellow, orange, and blue backdrop, entertainers perform the opening number, Act 1: "Las Vegas U.S.A. Today," of the show Pzazz! 70 staged by Donn Arden at the Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas. Posed across the stage are both female and male performers dressed in a Western fashion. The women, dressed like cowgirls, are clothed in sparkling, white two-piece costumes complete with white, rhinestone-studded cowgirl hats and either a full pair of glittering fringe chaps, a half pair of flared chaps, white belts, or arm cuffs. Dressed like cowboys, the male performers are wearing white pants with white bandanas tied around their necks, and either have white jackets adorned with rhinestones on or similarly decorated wrist cuffs.
Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Performance Name: Las Vegas U.S.A. Today
Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Performance Name: Las Vegas U.S.A. Today
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Interview with Fred Ray Huckabee, January 7, 2005
Date
2005-01-07
Description
Narrator affiliation: Supervisory General Engineer, Chief Test Construction Branch, U.S. Department of Energy
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Interview with Fred Ray Huckabee, January 21, 2005
Date
2005-01-21
Description
Narrator affiliation: Supervisory General Engineer, Chief Test Construction Branch, U.S. Department of Energy
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