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Richard D. Chase oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Richard D. Chase conducted by Helen Rondthaler on October 17, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Chase discusses the history of Las Vegas, Nevada from 1945, touching on topics such as the housing shortage during the 1940s, The Red Rooster swingers’ club, Billy Moore, Sam Larson, Ira Goldring, atomic bomb testing, and the Nevada environment. Chase discusses the importance of construction-based labor to the development of Southern Nevada. Chase also explains at length the impact of the Nevada Test Site on his construction company.
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Architectural drawing of the Holiday Casino (Las Vegas), plot plan, first floor plan, September 3, 1971
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Plot and first floor plans for the proposed Holiday Casino in Las Vegas. Original medium: paper ozalid. The property became Harrah's Las Vegas in 1992.
Site Name: Holiday Casino
Address: 3475 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photographs from an event at the Mesquite Club of Las Vegas, Nevada, mid-1980s
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Transcript from interview with George Simmons conducted by Claytee D. White, December 13, 2013
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Transcript from interview with George Simmons by Claytee White on December 13, 2013. Simmons talks about how he came to Las Vegas in 1963, and his wife, Eva. Simmons was a designer for Sproul Homes and later worked for Holmes and Narver, an engineering firm. He discusses his education at Texas Southern and the University of Texas.
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Postcard the Sahara Hotel porte cochere, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950s
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Photographs of "Lido" production at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1950s
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Photograph of Lido production "Fantasia Tropical," Paris (FRA), 1955
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Photographs of dancers at the Lido, Paris (FRA), 1960
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