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Originally Posted by Klondike
Sorry about the double post - mods may remove the one above. Computer glitch 
Thanks for the history. I knew about Naked City but didn't realize it was held at a different club. I guess I always assumed it just predated NAP but was held at the Ponderosa Sun Club. So, I'm confused about my retro pics because maybe some are actually from Naked City, not NAP. It all depends on what the timeline was. Looking closely at my pics from Hooter Historians, some show babes sitting in chairs and no pool is visible. I think these may be from Drost's club (based on a vid I saw once). Did the two contests ever overlap in time? Drost had to move out of Indiana in 1986 because of a felony conviction, so after that all pics are NAP. Both clubs I understand are located in Roselawn.
See the pic below - babes in chairs - Naked City, not NAP?
thanks,
Klondike |
Sorry took me awhile to get back to you Klondike, I had a "small" computer glitch myself, power surge took out the processor, motherboard, and video card. LOL Been wanting to try out Vista anyway.... Would you believe the hard drive survived though?
My memory is failing as I age in years, but yeah Naked City's pageants did pre-date NAP, but not all of them. Some did happen during the same years. Naked City was also located in Roselawn. It moved out west in the mid 80's. (I'll take your word it was 86.)
I know Ponderosa opened in 1965, don't know when they held the first NAP, but once they started they haven't stopped them. Naked City and Ponderosa weren't the only clubs that held such events either, those magazines I mentioned in a earlier post had beauty pageant pictures in them also. I've saw scans of some of these years ago back in the newsgroups. Most of those pictures couldn't be posted here anyway. (age)
I've always tried to "place" each picture I've seen or collected myself. Later NAP pics are easy, the red and black contestant garters. Naked City used ballons for awhile. The pool at Ponderosa is rectangular, Naked City has a round "clubhouse," T-shaped Pool, heart shaped man made lake, and of course the Lady leg sundial if that helps you.
Naked City is now called Sun Aura Resort BTW.