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Photograph of the Sarno family, 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Outdoor group portrait of the Sarno family. Jay Sarno is standing second from right. Location unknown.

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Photograph of Freddie, Jay C., September and Heidi Sarno, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1968

Date

1968

Archival Collection

Description

L-R: Freddie Sarno, Jay C. Sarno (Jay Sarno, Jr.), September ("Temmy") Sarno, Heidi Sarno.

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Alex Shoofey oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01694

Abstract

Oral history interview with Alex Shoofey conducted by David G. Schwartz on March 13, 2003 for the Remembering Jay Sarno Oral History Project. In this interview, Shoofey discusses his personal history as an orphan in Brooklyn, New York. He describes his experience with casino owner Kirk Kerkorian, opening of the Flamingo Hotel, and the clientele that junkets brought to the Las Vegas, Nevada casinos. Shoofey discusses opening the International Hotel and Casino in 1969 and talks about designing the procedures for operating the casino. Lastly, Shoofey recalls Elvis Presley performing at the International Hotel and selling the property to Hilton a year into its operation.

Archival Collection

Photograph of the interior of Slots-A-Fun Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1971-1979

Date

1971 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

Interior view of Jay Sarno's Slots-A-Fun Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bally slot machines are seen.

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Photograph of the interior of Slots-A-Fun Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1971-1979

Date

1971 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

Interior view of Jay Sarno's Slots-A-Fun Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. People are seen at Bally slot machines.

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Photograph of Jay, Joyce, Nellie, and Alexander Sarno, April 1958

Date

1958-04

Archival Collection

Description

L-R: Jay Sarno, Joyce Sarno (Jay's wife), Nellie and Alexander Sarno (Jay's parents). Unknown location. Print date on photo is April 1958.

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Photograph of members of the Sarno family, 1983

Date

1983

Archival Collection

Description

L-R: Joyce Sarno, Heidi Sarno (holding bouquet), Jay Sarno, September ("Temmy") Sarno, Freddie Sarno, Bertha Cooper (Joyce's mother), at a formal event.

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Jay C. Sarno Jr. oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02241

Abstract

Oral history interview with Jay C. Sarno Jr. conducted by David G. Schwartz on July 10, 2008 for the Remembering Jay Sarno Oral History Project. Sarno begins by discussing how his parents met in the early 1950s in Miami, Florida and were married within six weeks. Sarno then describes his family moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1965 and living in the Dunes Hotel for the first three weeks. Sarno then chronicles his parents’ marriage and their divorce in the 1970s. Sarno then recounts his father’s relationship with Jimmy Hoffa and Allen Dorfman and the visits Hoffa made to Las Vegas to see his father. Sarno talks about the way his father treated him and his brother differently than his sisters. Lastly, Sarno discusses how he and his siblings were surprised their father owed the Internal Revenue Service over one million dollars at the time of his death.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Jay and Heidi Sarno during Heidi's birthday celebration, late 1960s

Date

1968 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

Jay Sarno watches his daughter Heidi Sarno blow out the candles on her birthday cake as she is held by a Caesars Palace cocktail waitress. Site Name: Caesars Palace (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of the exterior of Slots-A-Fun Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1973

Date

1973

Archival Collection

Description

The northeast exterior and marquee of Jay Sarno's Slots-A-Fun Casino. The fountains in front of Sarno's Circus Circus are partially seen to the right. Street Address: Las Vegas Boulevard

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