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Binion's Horseshoe Club Restaurant menu

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

Note: No date on menu. Separate sheet with morning specials clipped to menu Menu insert: Daily Specials Restaurant: Binion's Horseshoe Club Restaurant Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter program committee reports

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2003-01-04
2003-01-15
2003-02-01
2003-02-19
2003-03-08
2003-04-05
2003-04
2003-09
2003-10-03
2003-12

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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Photographs of Binion's signs, Las Vegas (Nev.), April 18, 2017

Date

2017-04-18

Description

The Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel, bought in 1951 as the Horseshoe Club, sits at 128 Fremont Street inside the Fremont Street Experience. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Sheet.
Site name: Binion's Horseshoe (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site address: 128 Fremont St
Sign owner: TLC Casino Enterprises
Sign details: Opened By Benny Binion 1951, and later say remodels and expansions in 1960 after the purchase of the Boulder Club and 1988 when The Mint was purchase and expanded further and doubled the size. Mr. Binion is known for popularizing the World Series of Poker and brought the game into the mainstream. Binion's Horseshoe was the first casino to put carpeting in a downtown property.
Sign condition: 5 - all of the neon on the property is well maintained and working
Sign form: Concave design, Bullnose elements and decorated shed
Sign-specific description: The property is currently known as Binion's. The horseshoe elements of the property were removed when the Casino changed the name in 2004. The property is a decorated shed, with blue neon signs covering the exterior of the building. The property also has neon signs with the name "Binion's" in a cursive font around the building, along with a large "B" and the world "Gambling" in a western style serif font
Sign - type of display: Neon and Incandescent
Sign - media: Steel
Sign animation: Flickering incandescent bulbs, neon tubes in-between the solid blue flicker.
Sign environment: Downtown Las Vegas, across from Golden Nugget
Sign manufacturer: YESCO and AD-Art
Sign designer: Rudy Crisostomo
Sign architect of record: 1961
Sign - date of installation: 1961
Sign - date of redesign/move: 2005 rebranded as Binion's Gambling Hall
Sign - thematic influences: Similar to other properties on Fremont Street. Property is wrapped with neon and has elements of western flair in the design
Sign - artistic significance: 1960s Downtown started to see the first decorated sheds, and the western style casino was still popular during that time.
Survey - research locations: The Magic Sign, Binion's website, Vintage Vegas
Survey - research notes: https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2010/jan/12/rooms-dark-there-still-action-binions/
Surveyor: Wyatt Currie-Diamond
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-11
Sign keywords: Neon; Incandescent; Steel; Flickering; Bullnose; Architectural

Mixed Content

Photographs of Fremont Street rally, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1994 April (folder 1 of 4)

Date

1994-04

Description

Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes

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Photographs of St. Patrick's Day parade, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1993 March 17 (folder 1 of 1)

Date

1993-03-17

Description

Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes

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Photograph of a man in a tie, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1974

Date

1974

Description

A photograph of Amarillo Slim shown during World Series of Poker Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1974.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inter-Mountain Cluster program

Date

2004-10-30

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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Photograph of Ted, Benny, and Jack Binion at a Christmas Party, circa 1960s

Date

unspecified year in 196X

Description

Casino owner Benny Binion, middle, is flanked by his sons Ted, on left, and Jack. The photograph was taken during a Christmas party, circa 1960s. Photo from the Binion's Horseshoe Casino Records on Poker -- Series 6: Photographs -- General Horseshoe: Billboard Snapshots file.

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Photograph of Chill Wills and another man in front of the Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1940 to 1985

Date

1940 (year uncertain) to 1985 (year uncertain)

Description

Chill Wills (left) standing with an unidentified man in front of the Million Dollar Horseshoe at Binion's Horseshoe Casino.

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Photograph of two officers in front of the Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1940 to 1985

Date

1940 (year uncertain) to 1985 (year uncertain)

Description

Two Horseshoe Club security guards pose in front of the million dollar horseshow display.

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