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Architectural drawing of Sahara Hotel 400 hi-rise addition (Las Vegas), reflected ceiling plan, 1961
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Reflected ceiling plans for the first floor addition of a hotel tower for the Sahara from 1961. Includes revisions. Plan added later to project. Printed on onion skin. Leon Gluckson, architect; Berton Charles Severson, architect.
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the Playboy Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), third floor and mezzanine plans, April 5, 1979
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Archival Collection
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Third floor and mezzanine plans for the construction of the Playboy Hotel and Casino. Includes revision dates. Original material: mylar. Drawn by: J.C. Project Architect: Fred Anderson Job Captain: Bobby C.
Site Name: Playboy Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: Florida Ave & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Architectural drawing of the Playboy Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), fourth floor and mezzanine plans, April 5, 1979
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Archival Collection
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Fourth floor and mezzanine plans for the construction of the Playboy Hotel and Casino. Includes revision dates. Original material: mylar. Drawn by: Jerry C. and Pokin. Project Architect: Fred Anderson Job Captain: Bobby C.
Site Name: Playboy Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: Florida Ave & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Architectural drawing of the Playboy Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), fifth floor and mezzanine plans, April 5, 1979
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Archival Collection
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Fifth floor and mezzanine plans for the construction of the Playboy Hotel and Casino. Includes revision dates. Original material: mylar. Drawn by: Jerry C. Project Architect: Fred Anderson Job Captain: Bobby C.
Site Name: Playboy Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: Florida Ave & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Linda Falba McSweeney oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Linda Falba McSweeney conducted by Judy Harrell on May 23, 2014 for the West Charleston Neighborhoods--an Oral History Project of Ward 1. McSweeney discusses living in the Huntridge area of Las Vegas, Nevada, and her father managing various casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Nancy Craft oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Nancy Craft conducted by Claytee White on July 28, 2015 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Craft discusses high school in the mid-1950s as a member of the famed marching and dancing group, the Rhythmettes (founded by Evelyn Stuckey) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Alice Cowles Brown oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Alice Cowles Brown conducted by Eric M. Cheese for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Brown offers an overview of life in Las Vegas and Henderson from 1956 to 1981. Brown then discusses road conditions, social structures, the educational system, support for intercollegiate sports and UNLV.
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Transcript of interview with JoNell Thomas by Claytee White, January 12, 2010
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JoNell Thomas grew up in a large Utah family, went to Utah State and law school at University of Utah. She moved to Nevada in 1992; first as with the Nevada Supreme Court and then as a staff attorney with a Las Vegas firm, and currently is an attorney with the Clark County Special Public Defender's office. She and her husband, Billy Logan and their twin daughters have lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood since 2001. Their residence was constructed in 1956 on a large corner lot with lots of trees and a fifty-year-old swimming pool. JoNell offers her observations on a variety of JSP events: Stratosphere's failed rollercoaster across the Strip idea; the proposed high-rise complexes; the Monorail lack of convenience to locals; effects of dropping home prices and downturn of economy; the homeless population and closing of Circle Park. She helped create the early online community called the Downtown Neighbors website which provided information regarding , part activist, part pra
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Fredric Watson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Fredric “Rick” Watson conducted by Mark Romonoski on April 19, 2001 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Watson reflects upon his more than 30-year career with Nevada’s Clark County School District as a teacher and administrator from 1964 to 2000. He describes the process by which he became an elementary school principal, and discusses his personal approach to education. He describes challenges that he faced at different elementary schools, discusses political challenges within the school district, and comments on having a school named after him.
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