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Eliscu, Edward, 1902-1998
Edward "Eddie" Eliscu was born in New York City, New York in 1902. He began performing in vaudeville and on Broadway after completing college; in 1929 he co-produced his first Broadway score and moved to Hollywood the following year to work as a lyricist. In 1935 he earned an Academy Award nomination for "Carioca" from the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers hit, Flying Down to Rio. Eliscu continued to work as a lyricist and screenwriter in Hollywood until 1950. He died in 1998.
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Photograph of railroad tunnel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1927
Date
1927
Archival Collection
Description
Widening a railroad tunnel between Las Vegas and Caliente. The plan was to double track the Union Pacific Railroad (U.P.R.R.), but the Great Depression occurred and work was never completed. Iowa civil engineer John Muceus is working on the project.
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Photograph of Noel Coward and others, circa 1955
Date
1954 to 1956
Archival Collection
Description
Noel Coward (left); Joseph Sullivan, president of the Dunes Hotel (center); and an unidentified man posing together in what is probably Las Vegas, Nevada.
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The Aladdin Hotel and Casino, image 007: postcard
Date
1966 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Vegas World Hotel and Casino, image 001: postcard
Date
1979 (year approximate) to 1995 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Vegas World Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas.
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El Cortez Hotel and Casino, image 001: postcard
Date
1941 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
El Cortez Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas.
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