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Pictured from left to right: Darrette Von Karr, Harold Minsky, and a woman identified only as Angelique.

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

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

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.

An 11-photograph proof sheet of several Minsky's cast members displaying costumes in various poses. The female dancers are wearing beaded bikini-style costumes and have large feathered back pieces, and the male dancers are wearing dark pants and strap-style vests.

12 photograph proof sheet of several Minsky's cast members displaying costumes in various poses. Several of the photos have a table with a "What's my line" sign.

An 11-photograph proof sheet of several Minsky's female cast members displaying costumes in various poses. The female dancers are wearing beaded bikini-style costumes with feathered headdresses. Some of the photos have a sign that reads "Produced by Harold Minsky."