Flamingo Hotel Advertising - 1960s Very Rare - Mafia Related

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Flamingo Hotel Advertising - 1960s Very Rare - Mafia Related
- This advertising piece features coming acts of: Mitzi Gaynor, Trini Lopez, Dotie Fields, Phyllis Diller, Jack Carter, Wayne Newton, Gordon and Sheila MacRae, Frank Sinatra Jr. Harry James, Della Reese, Fats Domino. Jack Jones, Jack E. Leonard, Smothers Brothers, Juliet Prowse, Myron Cohen.  The Hotel management pictured includes; Morris Lansburgh, the president, and associate of Meyer Lanski who were both indicted in 1972 for skimming profits at the Flamingo.  Several others pictured were also associated with Meyer Lansky including casino ventures in Havana prior to Castro.  This is a rare look into Las Vegas while it was owned and operated by the mafia.