Glass slides of Las Vegas hotels and aerial views of Clark County (Nev.), 1950s-1960s (tray 1 of 3)

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Color aerial view of Downtown Las Vegas. Binion's Horseshoe is under construction. The Mint, Lucky, Las Vegas Club, the New Pioneer Club, the Golden Nugget, and the Fremont Hotel are also visible.
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Color view of a construction site. The Golden Nugget, Binion's Horseshoe, and Fremont are visible in the background.
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Color drawing of the 4 Queens Hotel.
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Color plate "Gaming Revenues, 1954, 1963"
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Color plate "The world's great new convention center"
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Color view of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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Color aerial view of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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Color view of a seating area, possibly part of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Information

Date

1950 to 1969

Description

Slides collected by the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 depict Las Vegas and Clark County during the 1950s and the 1960s. Individual photographs show the Strip, downtown Las Vegas, Boulder City, Lake Mead, the Hoover Dam, and individual hotels (including the Flamingo, Tropicana, El Rancho, Dunes, Sahara, Desert Inn, Stardust, Landmark, Thunderbird, Sands, Tallyho, Riviera, Golden Nugget, Mint, Binion's Horsehoe, Pioneer Club, Fremont, and Four Queens). Aerial shots and photographs of buildings under construction, marquees, and interiors are included. There are also photos of showgirls and the Las Vegas Convention Center. Tray 1 of 3. The original slides were retained by the Union.Arrangement note: Series V. Glass slides

Digital ID

cwu0001

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1k35mq79

Details

Subject

Time Period

1950s (1950 - 1959)

1960s (1960 - 1969)

Place

Clark County

Resource Type

Image

Material Type

photographs

slides (photographs)

aerial photographs

Archival Collection

Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs

Digital Project

Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Photographs

More Info

Citation

cwu0001. Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs, approximately 1950-2006. PH-00382. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1k35mq79

Rights

The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 retains copyrights to materials in this collection. Materials may be used for nonprofit purposes, including educational, teaching, scholarship, research, or other academic use. All for-profit use of copyrighted materials must receive permission in advance from the Culinary Workers Union Local 226. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.

Rights Holder

Culinary Workers Union Local 226

Standardized Rights Statement

In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted

Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Date Digitized

2014-10-01

2014-10-02

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff

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