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Crane weight testing on top of the Stratosphere: video
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Clip showing workers doing crane weight testing on site of Stratosphere construction. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.
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Transcript of interview with Linda Hartley by Pauline Marchese, March 10, 1978
Date
Archival Collection
Description
On March 10, 1978, Pauline Marchese interviewed her neighbor, Linda Hartley (born in 1941, in Cedar City, Utah) in her home at 5261 South Jane Way, Las Vegas, Nevada. During the interview, the two discuss Hartley’s personal history, such as schools that she had attended and her recollection of local recreational activities. The two go on to talk about changes in crime, the environment, and briefly discuss a variety of issues at the time, including: segregated schools, prostitution, and effects of the Nevada Test Site.
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Photograph of Jay Sarno riding an elephant outside of Circus Circus casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 21, 1970
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Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of a Las Vegas gambling scene, 1930s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Gambling in an early Las Vegas casino, probably the Frontier Club. Compare the bare interior with modern casino interiors.
Site Name: Fremont Hotel and Casino
Address: 200 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of the Sahara Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), after 1963
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Sahara complex after the 1963 completion of the 24 room tower, which was the tallest building in Nevada at the time.
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of the Eldorado Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, before 1951
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The exterior corner of the Eldorado Club on Fremont and Second Streets, now Casino Center. Above the Eldorado Club is the Hotel Apache.
Site Name: Eldorado Club
Address: 128 East Fremont Street
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Film transparency showing a store in Nelson, Nevada, circa 1940s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of showgirls posing from Minsky's Follies, circa 1960s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Show Name: Minsky's Follies at the Dunes Hotel
Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)
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Photograph of Copa Girls posing with blue ostrich feather fans, Las Vegas, 1955
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Show Name: Fan Dance
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
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Photograph of the Copa Girls onstage during rehearsal, Las Vegas, 1954
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Show Name: Ziegfeld Follies
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
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