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Postcard of the MGM Grand Hotel at night (Las Vegas), 1973-1980
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Archival Collection
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MGM Grand at night before the 1981 expansion. Printed text on back of postcard: "MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas. The massive MGM Grand Hotel, a $120 million resort complex, is the entertainment capital of Las Vegas, where it dominates the skyline and activites of the exciting Strip. Included in its facilities are two major showrooms, a lively lounge, Jai Alai fronton, movie theatre, six restaurants and a shoppng arcade." The MGM Grand Hotel was burned by a fire in 1980, rebuilt in 1981, and sold to Bally's Corporation to become Bally's Las Vegas in 1985.
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel
Address: 3645 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 24, 1995
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Archival Collection
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Architectural drawing of the Hacienda (Las Vegas), general plans and sections, September 14, 1961
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Archival Collection
Description
Partial first, second, and third floor suite plans and sections for the 214 room addition to the Hacienda. Sage and Sable Enterprises, Inc., project owners.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Warren, Elizabeth, 1934-2021
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Mary Elizabeth von Till was born on April 16, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York. She is the fifth child of eight in her family. Her family moved around much of the Northeast as a child before settling back in Brooklyn at age twelve. She graduated high school in 1947 and went on to Barnard College, where she graduated in 1955. From there, Elizabeth moved on to graduate school at Northwestern University, where she met her husband, Claude Warren. The two married in December 1955.
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Rudiak, Gertrude, 1915-
Gertrude Rudiak was born August 2, 1915 in North Dakota to Russian immigrants. She grew up in Wisconsin until 1924. That year, her family drove to California via the Yellowstone Trail. Her father had a chiropractic practice in Los Angeles, California. After Rudiak earned a music degree at the University of California at Berkeley, she attended a business college, and she got a job as a social worker in northern California.
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