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Oversized_box 01, LLB, 3, SCA Main Stacks, Roller Shelf [Aisle: 2, Section: 2, Shelf: 1], MS--00394, Marshall L. Wright Collection on the Riviera Hotel

Archival objects in this container:

  1. Scrapbook: includes clippings about Wright, black-and-white photographs of the construction of the Riviera, invitation to the Riviera's grand opening, show program signed by Liberace, and materials about the Flamingo Hotel, 1954-1956
  2. Pacific Coast Record magazine, 1955 April
  3. Riviera promotional material and brochures, undated
  4. Red Shoes Ballet Suite Helldorado Float sponsored by the Riviera color print, 1955 May
  5. Riviera promotional material for conventions, 1955
  6. Riviera planning documents, proposed entertainment budget, 1954 December 28
  7. Typewritten press release about Riviera with handwritten corrections, undated
  8. Correspondence to Wright, 1955-1956
  9. Riviera grand opening press kit, 1955 April 20
  10. Riviera Gala Premiere Banquet menu, Clover Room, 1955 April 21
  11. Newspaper clippings, 1944, 1955-1956
  12. Las Vegas Sun issue commemorating grand opening of Riviera, 1955 April 25