Green’s Dictionary of Slang

the attractive women in a neighbourhood; also used in homosexual context of young men.

1930		(con. 1915) ‘W.W. Windstaff’ ‘A Flier’s War’ in Longstreet Canvas Falcons (1970) 268: Once every two weeks, horny as mink, we hired a car for a trip to Toronto where we ate, drank, went to bed with local talent.
1955		W. White ‘Wayne University Sl.’ AS XXX:4 302: local talent [...] n. Girl, usually where we ate, drank, went to bed with local talent pretty. Often used to refer to a woman of loose morals.
1970		J. Bouton Ball Four 190: [of a single woman] [H]iding in a closet to shoot a little beaver while his roommate made out on the bed with some local talent.
1992		D. Burke Street Talk 2 52: The King [...] decided to throw a killer bash in order to scope out the local talent.
2000		Young Dudes Guide to Japan 15 May 🌐 I was quite interested in seeing what the local talent (girls) in Korea looked like, as I’d heard they were pretty hot from friends who’d previously been over there.