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Stardust Gambling Museum news segments: video

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Date

1987-05-08 to 1987-05-09

Description

Local news segments on the Stardust's "old-time gambling museum" which houses a $3 million dollar collection put together by Boyd Gaming and part of a larger renovation. First segment interviews Ralph Purnell, Stardust General Manager, who explains why the museum was put together as a new attraction, comparing it to Imperial Palace's car collection. In the second segment, Sam Boyd is seen leading the first tour through the museum. A brief history is provided on gaming and gambling, while stills of early Las Vegas are shown. Purnell speaks again on why the museum was created. The third segment the interior of the museum and artifacts around the museum. Interview with E. J. Cummins talks about hiding these artifacts while it was illegal, and the reporter speaks with historians about various early gaming machines. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Stardust Resort and Casino Records (MS-00515) -- Photographs and audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

Digital ID

MS_00515_110
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    Citation

    MS_00515_110. Stardust Resort and Casino Records, 1950-2006. MS-00515. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1zc7xm7m

    Rights

    This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. The donor of the collection, Jim Seagrave, transferred all right, title and interest they had in the Stardust Resort and Casino Records (MS-00515) to UNLV. However, the material may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproductions and use or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.

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    Digital Provenance

    Digitized materials: physical originals are not available for viewing because of fragility or obsolescence

    Extent

    0:08:26

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

    Format

    video/mp4