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Postcard of the MGM Grand Hotel at night (Las Vegas), 1981-1985
Date
1981 to 1985
Archival Collection
Description
MGM Grand at night after the 1981 Expansion. Printed text on back of postcard: "MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas. Majestically towering over the glittering Las Vegas 'Strip', the 2900 room entertainment resort complex is regarded as one of the truly outstanding hotels in the world." 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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Photograph of Walter Bracken inside the post office, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1908
Date
1908
Archival Collection
Description
Walter Bracken stands inside the Las Vegas Post Office, which had been moved to the interior of the First State Bank on Fremont Street in 1907. Bracken served as Las Vegas' postmaster from 1904-1914. Pigeon holes containing sorted mail surround the room. Desks, stools and office equipment, including a postage scale, are seen. Calendars hang from the wall and electric lights hang from the ceiling.
Caption: Post Office, Las Vegas, 1908
Site Name: United States Post Office and Court House
Caption: Post Office, Las Vegas, 1908
Site Name: United States Post Office and Court House
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Casino Projects on the Las Vegas Strip from the Air, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2016-03-23
Archival Collection
Description
Stalled resort construction and a future demolition project cluster along Las Vegas Boulevard generally between Desert Inn and Sahara. Construction on the Fountainbleau (tall blue building, upper right) ceased in 2009, while Boyd Gaming's Echelon Project stopped construction on former Stardust site back in 2008 (left). That project was revived as the Resorts World Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority has scheduled the demolition of the Riviera Hotel and Casino for in summer 2016 to make way for a convention center expansion (small white buildings below Fountainbleau).
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Costume design drawing for Hello America! Las Vegas, Nevada
Date
1964
Archival Collection
Description
Costume design drawing with fabric swatches; 2 males in striped jackets
Costume Details: Two men in suits; one is wearing a light blue hat, and light pink bow tie, a blue and white striped jacket and blue pants; the other is wearing a white hat with a dark blue strip on it, a light blue tie, a magenta vest, a blue, grey and white striped jacket with pink lining, and grey-ish pants.
Show Name: Hello America!
Site Name: Desert Inn (Las Vegas, Nevada)
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Costume design drawing, showgirl in Judy Garland costume, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Archival Collection
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "Principal (Judy Garland, "Get happy tux")." Handwritten text from original drawing: "Judy Garland."
Costume Details: Showgirl wearing tan leggings, black jacket and fedora, and white neck scarf. It is imitating a costume worn by Judy Garland for her performance of the song "Get Happy" in the 1950 film Summer Stock.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Jolson- Personality
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Showgirl wearing tan leggings, black jacket and fedora, and white neck scarf. It is imitating a costume worn by Judy Garland for her performance of the song "Get Happy" in the 1950 film Summer Stock.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Jolson- Personality
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, black, gold, and fuchsia showgirl costume, Las Vegas, 1974
Date
1974
Archival Collection
Description
Costume design for Hallelujah Hollywood!, an MGM Grand Hotel production.
Costume Details: Long black sheath-style showgirl costume decorated with gold jewels, split skirt, and long sleeve on left side. A long fuchsia feather stole is draped over the right arm, and long fuchsia feathers curve from the back of the neck forward over the head. Both are decorated with gold jewels and long black feathers; matching cap-style headpiece.
Show Name: Hallelujah Hollywood!
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Long black sheath-style showgirl costume decorated with gold jewels, split skirt, and long sleeve on left side. A long fuchsia feather stole is draped over the right arm, and long fuchsia feathers curve from the back of the neck forward over the head. Both are decorated with gold jewels and long black feathers; matching cap-style headpiece.
Show Name: Hallelujah Hollywood!
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, native Greek style costume with mini-skirt, Reno, Nev., 1968
Date
1968
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Native Greek style showgirl costume with black bodice trimmed with gold braid, tightly pleated and flared long white sleeves, tightly pleated and flared white mini-skirt with red and yellow under-skirts, red belt with large gold ornament at the center; knee-high white stockings with red ties below the knees, white shoes with black pom-pom style ornaments; red stocking cap with black tassel.
Show Name: The Feminine Touch
Site Name: Harrah's Reno
Show Name: The Feminine Touch
Site Name: Harrah's Reno
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Spectators who attended the first auction of town lot in 1905: photographic print
Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1960 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Charles Aplin Photograph Collection (PH-00236). The interested spectators are some of the old timers who attended the first auction of town lot in 1905. Left to right: Chief of Police George Thompson, Fred Pine, Charles Aplin, C.W. "Pop" Squires, Ed Von Tobel, Sr., Silvagni, Walter R. Bracken, and Sheriff Glen Jones. P.O. Silvagni is shown receiving his deed for the lot on North Second Street which he purchased at an auction in the spring of 1948. The lot is the site of the old fire station and jail.
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Photograph of Kenny Guinn speaking at a WE CAN benefit, Union Plaza Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1984
Date
1984
Archival Collection
Description
Nevada politician-businessman Kenny Guinn speaking at the WE CAN "Love Ya Child" benefit at the Union Plaza Hotel, Las Vegas. WE CAN (Working to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect) was a chapter of the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse (later Prevent Child Abuse America). Guinn was Vice President of Nevada Savings and Loan at the time, and served as Governor of Nevada from 1999-2007. Unidentified people in foreground. Site Name: Union Plaza Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 1 South Main Street
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Photograph of Berlin (Nev.), 1905
Date
1905
Archival Collection
Description
Berlin, Nevada 1905. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "Silver ore was discovered at the site in 1895. In 1898 the Nevada Company purchased the claims, developed the mine and installed a 30 stamp mill. Soon Berlin boasted a population of 250. There was a store, post office and a number of saloons in the area. Mining ceased by 1909 and the mill's machinery was removed in 1947. Today Berlin is a ghost town in a state of "arrested decay" and is part of the Berlin-Ichthyosaur Nevada Satate Park. Berlin's mines produced over $800,000. Don E. Lewis Collection." There is a date stamp: Christmas 1985.
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