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Photograph of Dean Martin performing to a celebrity audience at a Four Chaplains memorial event, Las Vegas, February 7, 1960
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Archival Collection
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Dean Martin performs onstage at a Four Chaplains memorial event. Elizabeth Taylor, Kirk Douglas with his wife Anne Buydens are in the audience (lower right). Jack Entratter and the Sands Hotel hosted the event at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Four Chaplains Day, Sunday, February 7, 1960. The event featured Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop. Site Name: Las Vegas Convention Center (Las Vegas, Nev.); Sands Hotel and Casino
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Photograph of Joan Collins and other celebrities at a Four Chaplains memorial event, Las Vegas, February 7, 1960
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Archival Collection
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Joan Collins is pictured at the right with Kirk Douglas and his wife Anne Buydens sitting to the left during the Four Chaplains memorial event. Others in photograph unidentified. Jack Entratter and the Sands Hotel hosted the event at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Four Chaplains Day, Sunday, February 7, 1960. The event featured Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop. Site Name: Las Vegas Convention Center (Las Vegas, Nev.); Sands Hotel and Casino
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Photograph of celebrities lined up outside the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1955-1956
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Archival Collection
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Sands Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, Nev)
The Sands Hotel opened in Las Vegas, Nevada in December 1952. A controversial group of investors fronted by Texas gambler and oilman Jake Freedman and New York nightclub boss Jack Entratter built what was considered at the time one of the world’s most lavish hotels and a showcase Las Vegas resort. Freedman purchased the property itself for $15,000 and spent $600,000 on the construction. The Sands was designed by Googie California architect Wayne McAllister.
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