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In the United States, striptease started in traveling carnivals and burlesque theatres, and featured famous strippers such as Gypsy Rose Lee and Sally Rand.

The vaudeville trapeze artist, Charmion, performed a " disrobing " act onstage as early as 1896, which was captured in the 1901 Edison film, Trapeze Disrobing Act.

Another milestone for modern American striptease is the possibly legendary show at Minsky's Burlesque in April 1925: The Night They Raided Minsky's.

The Minsky brothers brought burlesque to New York's 42nd Street.

However the burlesque theatres here were prohibited from having striptease performances in a legal ruling of 1937 leading to the later decline of these " grindhouses " ( named after the bump ' n grind entertainment on offer ) into venues for exploitation cinema.