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UNLV Theatre Department "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" photographs
Date
Archival Collection
Description
These are unprocessed records from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Theatre Records (UA-00008). Description included in folder: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; December 3-13, 1999." Extra note says that there are 37 slides in the folder. The only slides that were digitized were 5, 6, 7, 18, and 24.
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UNLV Theatre Department "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" photographs
Date
Archival Collection
Description
These are unprocessed records from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Theatre Records (UA-00008). Description included in folder: "Picasso at the Lapin Agile; Oct. 15 - 24, 1999." Extra notes say that there are 53 slides in the folder. The only slides that were digitized were 1, 15, and 51.
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Walking Box Ranch: photographs
Date
Archival Collection
Description
10 color positive slides; Folder says: "Walking Box Ranch: Slides; 2004, undated"; Captured with Kodachrome Film; Typed on back of half of the slides: "July 2004; Michaels Photolab Inc." Folder from the Walking Box Ranch Collection (MS-00657).
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Bobby Darin: photographs
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Two 120mm black-and-white negatives from the Frank Mitrani Photographs (PH-00332) -- Various family and personal portraits and event photographs -- Darin, Bobby file.
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Claude Warren in front of a boulder: photograph
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Slide from the Elizabeth von Till and Claude N. Warren Professional Papers (MS-00906) -- Elizabeth von Till Warren Papers -- Personal papers -- Claude slides, photographs, negatives: Nevada research, California research, Idaho research, Zimbabwe trip, England research, England trip, holiday slides file.
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Photographs of Binion's signs, Las Vegas (Nev.), April 18, 2017
Date
Archival Collection
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
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Photographs of St. Patrick's Day parade, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1993 March 17 (folder 1 of 1)
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes
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Photograph of Anna Bailey and other entertainers at the Moulin Rouge, 1955
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of Anna Bailey and other entertainers at the Moulin Rouge, dated 1955. Top row: Anna Bailey (left); Dianna Washington (second from right); Bob Bailey (right). Bottom row: Dee Dee Jasmin (far right).
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Photograph of Lionel Hampton with members of the Moulin Rouge show group, 1955
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of Lionel Hampton with members of the Moulin Rouge show group, dated 1955.
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Photograph of Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino, [May 23], 1955
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of the Moulin Rouge facade, dated [May 23], 1955.
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