Curio

State Library of New South Wales

Golden Orchid strip club, Kings Cross, 1970–71

Silver gelatin photoprint

PXE 858/1

A428001

Sunset Strip

By Rennie Ellis

At night the boulevard feel of the daytime streets capitulates to a more brittle, more garish Sunset Strip atmosphere. The strip clubs- The Pink Panther, The Pink Pussycat, Coconut jungle… and all the others- have continuous shows through till 3am and the spruikers, some of them just young kids with that carnival barker’s nasal twang, go to work on the passing traffic with all the zeal of missionary preachers.

Rennie Ellis and Wesley Stacey Kings Cross Sydney: A personal look at the Cross 1971 pg 46