A flashback to the San Antonio stripper scene in the 1970s

Exotic, totally nude acts lined Austin Highway in the 1970s, from clubs like the Classic Cat to Dirty Sally's. Even the River Walk joined the bump and grind with Club Casino Strip. Click ahead for a flashback to that heyday. less Exotic, totally nude acts lined Austin Highway in the 1970s, from clubs like the Classic Cat to Dirty Sally's. Even the River Walk joined the bump and grind with Club Casino Strip. Click ahead for a flashback ... more Photo: San Antonio Express-News Photo: San Antonio Express-News Image 1 of / 47 Caption Close A flashback to the San Antonio stripper scene in the 1970s 1 / 47 Back to Gallery

Exotic, totally nude acts were a staple of several clubs that lined Austin Highway in the 1970s. It was the swinging 1970s after all, perhaps a peak of nude exhibitionism, and clubs like the Classic Cat and Dirty Sally's were hot.

The police department's vice squad had "been restrained from enforcing nude dancing laws" in 1975, according to a report in the San Antonio Express-News. Capt. James Dupres, a vice squad veteran at the time, pointed out that a growing number of places featured nude shows of both men and women.

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That same year, the Club Casino Strip nightclub opened on the River Walk, featuring a novelty act called "Big Tex." A 6-foot-6 graduate of MacArthur High School, he was a self-professed exhibitionist who believed in nudism and much preferred stripping to truck driving.

Click through the gallery for more acts from this era of San Antonio's swinging stripper scene.

Whether you know them as gentlemen's clubs or strip clubs, the scene has been around for quite a long time in San Antonio. Nude acts are long gone, and today's strippers stick to pasties.

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