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Status report on Stratosphere tower construction: video, 1992 September 10
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Bob Stupak Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 36
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Stay, Evaline, 1882-1947
Evaline Stewart was born September 22, 1882 to Helen and Archibald Stewart on the Las Vegas Ranch located Las Vegas, Nevada. She was known to her family as Eva, and she was educated on the ranch until 1897, when she was sent to California with her other younger siblings to further their education. She returned to Nevada after her education and married Clarence Archibald Stay in 1917. She had four children, Clarence Jr., Francis, Evaline LaVega, and Clinton. Evaline Stewart Stay died on August 1, 1947 in Las Vegas.
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El Cortez Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)
"El Cortez Hotel and Casino is the longest continuously running hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Opened in 1941, it was so successful that it attracted the attention of Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Gus Greenbaum, and Moe Sedway, all whom purchased it in 1945.
In 1963 El Cortez was purchased by Jackie Gaughan, and it has been run as a family business ever since, even through its sale to Ike Gaming in 2008.
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Tower expansion: architectural drawings, sheets A100-A272, 1979 September 10; 1980 January 11
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 034
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