Buddy Kent as "Bubbles Kent, Exotic Dancer," late 1940s. Her strip act played Jimmy Kelly's nightclub at 181 Sullivan Street, between Bleecker and Houston Streets (home from 1960 to 2001 of "The Fantastiks," the longest running show ever), and the Nut Club, Seventh Avenue South just below Grove Street, Greenwich Village.

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all slide show images courtesy of The Lesbian Herstory Archives